Örkelljunga

ÖRKELLJUNGA

Province (Landskap): Skåne
County (Län): Skåne län (until 1997 Kristianstads län)
Additions : 1952 Rya; 1971 Skånes-Fagerhult

Official blazon
Swedish	I blått fält en balkvis ställd störtad kyrkklocka av silver över en av vågskura bildad stam av silver.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted in 1974.

The arms were designed in 1973 after the merger with Fagerhult. Both former municipalities had no older arms. The arms show a church bell, which is based on a local legend. The local bell once was sunk in the lake, but could still be heard from beneath the water.

The arms on a roadsign on the municipal border

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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