Uddevalla

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UDDEVALLA

Province (Landskap): Bohuslän
County (Län): Västra Götalands län
Additions : 1944 Bäve; 1971 Forshälla, Lane-Ryr, Ljungskile (1952 Grinneröd, Ljung, Resteröd), Skredsvik (1952 Herrestad, Högås), Skaftö (partly, 1952 Bokenäs, Dragsmark, Fiskbäckskil, Grundsund)

Official blazon
Swedish	I fält av silver en grön ek med ollon av guld mellan två gröna granar.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted in 1942.

The arms are based on the seal of the city from 1622, which showed three trees.

The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878	The arms in the Kaffe Hag album +/- 1935
The arms on a roadsign on the municipal border

Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992

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