Coat of arms of Alesaker
| Royal Coat of Arms of Alesaker | |
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| Details | |
| Armiger | Christian II, in right of Alesaker |
| Adopted | 2020 |
| Crest | Royal crown |
| Escutcheon | Gules a bear rampant Or armed, langued and crowned of the same holding in its forepaws an axe Argent hilted Or, the hilt extending to its hind legs. |
| Supporters | Rampant bear regardant, two axes of the shield in saltire. |
The royal coat of arms of Alesaker is the arms of dominion of king Christian II of Alesaker.
Bear of Alesaker
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The bear appears twice on the coat of arms; in the supporters and most notably the escutcheon. In the escutcheon the bear is depicted as the lion of Norway, that is in attitude, all gold, crowned and holding an axe. In pre-independent Norway, the lion of Norway had been shown with an exceedingly longer axe, and by 1844 when it was officially changed, the axe had curved all the way to its hind legs appearing as if the lion stood on the axe which now resembled a halberd. In the coat of arms of Monteberg, the bear is depicted standing on a longer axe in reference to historical Norway.
The bear is significantly shown with a longer tail than what is usual for a bear. Though this is only in the escutcheon and the supporters appear as they should. The bear having a longer tail is presumably a reference to a Norwegian folk tale of how the bear gained such a short tail as is anatomically correct. The story suggests that a fox had tricked the bear to stick his (long) tail in a hole in the ice which had caused it to freeze and break off as the bear attempted to hoist it up.
Blazon
Gules a bear rampant Or armed, langued and crowned of the same holding in its forepaws an axe Argent hilted Or, the hilt extending to its hind legs.
The blazon currently fails to recognize that the bear appears in the escutcheon to have an extended tail.