Coat of arms of Sola
Sola’s blue municipal arms contain two silver bars formed by a reversed double-arched line. Store norske leksikon interprets the shape as sea and wave crests; the municipality sets the approved colour variants and rules for use.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record SV
The Swedish wording in the Heraldica record is automatically assembled. It is not treated here as an official blazon, and details of the depiction are not presented as certain heraldic specifications.
I blått fält två genom karvskuror bildade bjälkar av silver.
The arms’ form
Store norske leksikon describes two silver bars on blue, formed by a reversed double-arched line. The reference work interprets the motif as the sea and wave crests. Sola Municipality’s identity manual says the arms have three approved colour variants.
Source: Store norske leksikon: Sola – kommune i Rogaland·Sola kommune: Profilmanual
Approval and use
Store norske leksikon states that the arms were approved in 1982. Sola Municipality’s identity manual identifies blue as the standard version and says use of the municipal arms must be approved by its communications department.
Source: Store norske leksikon: Sola – kommune i Rogaland·Sola kommune: Profilmanual
Sources and image rights
Heraldica record · Image file page on Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons lists this image as: Public domain
Creator listed on Commons: Original by caplex.no
More image information
Vexilla is an independent heraldic information service, not an official representative of the municipality. The rights information shown is reported by the image sources and has not been independently verified. A Public Domain label alone does not remove restrictions on using official arms.
Licence information for the Heraldica reference image: CC BY-SA 3.0. Rights information may differ between image sources.
SVG is own work, based upon image from caplex.no.