Geta
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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 rathe rbarren, probably got it's name as no othe ranimals as goats could live there.
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.