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Dr.
Glenn Jørstad Jakobsen
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Registered: The
International Register
of Arms, 2nd October
2008. Registration No.
0141.
Arms:
Azure, on a chevron
Argent, three lozenges
of the field, between in
chief an estoile Argent,
and in base, a Viking
dragon ship under full
sail of the same.
Crest:
Upon a wreath Argent and
Azure, a tower Argent,
and issuing therefrom a
phoenix of the same,
issuing from flames
Gules
Motto:
Love Conquers All
Registered:
American College
of Heraldry, September
17th, 1996.
Assumed
Arms:
Designed in consultation
with American College of
Heraldry and
Scandinavian Heraldiske
Selskab, 1995.
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The
armiger has assumed
burgher arms as was the
tradition in his
ancestral land of
Norway. Owing to the
scarcity of nobility and
its abolition by
parliament in 1821, the
majority of arms found
in Norway are burgher
arms. Historic examples
of arms in Northern
Scandinavia are notable
for simplicity of
design. The charges
contained within the
field allude to the
armiger's ancestry and
represent the following:
The chevron visually
resembles a mountain,
separating sea and sky.
It also represents an
arrow admonishing us to
learn, grow, and reach
ever higher during our
life journey.
North Star: Stella
Polaris was used by
early seafarers before
the invention of the
sextant or other means
of navigation. Here its
reference is twofold.
First, as a Viking
navigation aid, and
second, as that moral,
spiritual, and
intellectual light that
guides us in our lives.
The ship: The Viking
ship is an obvious
allusion to the
armiger's ancestry, but
also the voyage we are
all on in our lives.
The three lozenges
represent not only the
armiger's three
children, but also
allude to the Norn of
Norse mythology. The
Norn are the three
fates: past, present and
future. A parallel
meaning is the biblical
reference of Faith,
Hope, and Love.
The Crest represents the
folly of life based on
edifices and
possessions. The castle
representing strength
can nevertheless be
destroyed. Through
destruction of the
material, a new life of
enlightenment rises as
the phoenix. The second
allusion is to a shared
Asian ancestry of the
armigers children.
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