Editing Bodø Municipality (section)

==Coat of arms==
The [[coat of arms]] was first approved in 1889. It showed a midnight sun above a boat on the sea in front of a mountain range. The current version which is a simplified, modern version of the old arms was granted on 24 July 1959. The official [[blazon]] is ''"[[Gules]], a sun [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]"'' ({{langx|no|På rød bunn en gull sol}}). This means the arms have a red [[field (heraldry)|field]] (background) and the [[charge (heraldry)|charge]] is a [[sun]]. The sun has a [[tincture (heraldry)|tincture]] of [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The sun was chosen since Bodø was the first [[List of cities and towns in Norway|town]] in Northern Norway, and it experiences the [[midnight sun]] every year. The arms were designed by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Civic heraldry of Norway – Norske Kommunevåpen |url=https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Bodø |access-date=2023-01-30 |publisher=Heraldry of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bodø, Nordland (Norway) |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/no-18-04.html |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Flags of the World}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1959-07-24 |title=Forskrift om byvåpen og byflagg, Bodø kommune, Nordland |url=https://lovdata.no/dokument/LF/forskrift/1959-07-24-1 |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=Lovdata.no |publisher=Norges kommunal- og arbeidsdepartementet |language=no}}</ref>
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Bodø gamle komm.png|Old arms (1889–1959)
Bodø komm.svg|Current arms (since 1959)
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