The coat-of-arms is from modern times . It was granted on 30 October 1992 and designed by Harald Hallstensen . The arms are described as " left tilted dividing by silver and green , the dividing line is a curved wolf tooth pattern . The flame-like line represents the clearance of farms in the woods by the use of fire and is also a remembrance of the gruesome church fire of 1822 . The colors symbolize the forests and the Glomma river
church fire of 1822
Grue Church fire
Grue, Norway