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Revision as of 10:15, 8 January 2017
GETA
Region : Åland (Ahvenanmaa)
Former province : Åland
Official blazon
- (se) I blått fält en upprest bock av guld.
- (fi) Sinisessä kentässä pystyyn kavahtanut kultapukki.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on December 19, 1951.
The arms are canting, showing a goat (get in Swedish). The island, which was rather barren, probably got it's name as no other animals as goats could live there.
 The arms on a road sign |
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© since 1995, Heraldry of the World, Ralf Hartemink 
Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.