Gladsaxe

	GLADSAXE Country : Denmark Region : Hovedstaden Amt (until 2007) : København Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":55.73769999999999669171302230097353458404541015625,"lon":12.46979999999999932924765744246542453765869140625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
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Origin/meaning

The arms are used since 1948.

The swallow in the lower part symbolises the rapidly growing municipality at the time, now a part of Greater Copenhagen. The four leaves are a symbol for the four former villages in the municipality: Buddinge, Gladsaxe, Mørkhøj and Bagsvård.

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The arms in partner city Klagenfurt

Literature: Achen, 1982; Zeuthen, 2000

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