Vantaa

VANTAA - VANDA (until 1972 Helsingin maalaiskunta, Helsingfors landskommun)

Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa

Official blazon

Sinisessä kentässä alainen, aaltokoroinen hopeahirsi, josta oikealle kaartuva kultainen kalanpyrstö.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on May 8, 1951.

The arms refer to the Vantaa river, which flows through the town, and originally it was an important source of salmon fishing, indicated by the salmon tail in the arms.

The arms on a road sign

The arms on the town hall

Literature:Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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