Editing Troms (section)

===Coat of arms===
The [[coat of arms]] of Troms was made by [[Hallvard Trætteberg]] (1898–1987) and adopted by royal resolution on 15 January 1960. The official [[blazon]] in Norwegian ("På rød bunn en gull griff") translates to "On a field [[Gules]] a [[griffin]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Attitude (heraldry)#Rampant|segreant]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/vaapen/troms.html|title=Troms|publisher=Arkivverket.no|language=no|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-date=2012-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322022251/http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/vaapen/troms.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Trætteberg chose to have the griffin as [[Charge (heraldry)|charge]] because that animal was the symbol of the mighty [[Norse clans|clan]] of [[Bjarne Erlingsson]] on [[Bjarkøy]] in the 13th century.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/h_linjer.html|title=Hallvard Trætteberg: fylkesvåpen|publisher=Arkivverket.no|language=no|access-date=2010-06-24|archive-date=2016-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411033807/http://arkivverket.no/webfelles/kommunevaapen/h_linjer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>