Skedsmo

SKEDSMO

Province : Viken (until 2020 Akershus)

Official blazon
Norwegian	På rød bunn tre sølv hestehoder i skrå rekke.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on October 4, 1974.

The arms show three horse heads with waving manes. The arms are canting from the old Norse word skeiðismór, a field used for horse racing, hence the waving manes of the horses.

Literature: Norwegian Municipal Network and Norske Kommunevåpen, Kommunalforlaget, 1987.

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