Coat of arms of Ås
Ås’s arms show three silver pointed lozenges on red; the municipality connects their number with its three parishes.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record SV
The Swedish text in the Heraldica record is kept separate from the blazon and history in Ås Municipality’s graphic manual.
I rött fält tre spetsrutor av silver 2 + 1.
Three silver pointed lozenges
Ås Municipality’s graphic manual describes the arms as three silver pointed lozenges on a red field, arranged two above one. The manual uses the Norwegian heraldic term spissruter for the figures.
From archaeological inspiration to heraldic form
The manual says Aase Weydahl-Ottesen made the first draft inspired by finds from the Stone Age. During the approval process, the National Archives pointed out that Stone Age tools do not belong among heraldic charges; the final design therefore used pointed lozenges that can recall such tools. Truls Nygård completed the drawing. The municipal council adopted the arms on 25 March 1982, and a royal resolution approved them on 23 July that year. The municipality links the three figures to the parishes of Ås, Nordby and Kroer, and the silver to the stone axe.
Sources and image rights
Heraldica record · Image file page on Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata
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Original by Truls Nygaard, based upon image from caplex.no.