Coat of arms of Strand
Strand’s municipal arms show three red water wheels on a silver field, two above one. Store norske leksikon links the motif to the importance of hydropower both today and before industrialisation.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record SV
The Swedish description in the Heraldica record is automatically assembled and is not treated here as an official blazon. Store norske leksikon is the source for the arms’ history and symbolism.
I fält av silver tre röda vattenhjul 2 + 1.
Description of the arms
Store norske leksikon describes three red water wheels on a silver field, arranged two above one. This is the reference work’s description of the arms, not an official blazon independently verified here.
Hydropower and the arms’ background
Store norske leksikon states that the arms were approved in 1973 and interprets the water wheels as an expression of hydropower. According to the reference work, hydropower has been an important resource in Strand both before industrialisation and today.
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
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SVG is own work, based upon image from caplex.no.