Editing Sarpsborg (section)

===Coat of arms===
The [[Coat of arms|coat-of-arms]] is from modern times and was granted on 13 November 1991.  It is based on a coat of arms dating from 1556 and shows a bear above a castle. The bear was introduced as early as some time in the 13th century, by the [[earl]] of Sarpsborg ''(Comes de Saresburgh)'', [[Alv Erlingsson]]. He used the bear to symbolise his strength.{{Citation needed|date=April 2009}} The castle symbolises the fortress (borg) that gave the city its original name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sarpsborg.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,3140&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&articleId=11573&artSectionId=1246|title=Vedtak om bruk av byvåpenet i den nye kommunen|publisher=Sarpsborg|access-date=2008-12-15|language=no|archive-date=2011-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716005409/http://www.sarpsborg.com/portal/page?_pageid=33,3140&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&articleId=11573&artSectionId=1246|url-status=dead}}</ref>