Coat of arms of Ålesund
Ålesund’s arms show a Sunnmøre boat with four pairs of oars, three cod and a three-towered mural crown; the city arms were approved in 1898.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record SV
The Swedish description in the Heraldica record is shown separately from the editorial text. It has not been verified as an official blazon. The editorial text is based on Ålesund Municipality’s account of the arms.
I rött fält ett enmastat skepp av silver flytande på en vågsträng av silver varunder tre fiskar av silver.
The boat, cod and three-towered crown
Ålesund Municipality describes the design as a typical 18th-century Sunnmøre boat, a fjæringfar with four pairs of oars. Three cod appear in the waves, and the mural crown above the shield has three towers. The municipality connects the design with fishing and seafaring.
Sources: Ålesund kommune: Historikken bak Ålesund sitt kommunevåpen
From the 1898 city arms to the current municipality
The arms were approved by royal resolution on 1 April 1898. The new Ålesund municipal council adopted them as the municipality’s arms at its inaugural meeting on 24 October 2019; they came into use when the municipal merger took effect in 2020. The municipality distinguishes the arms from a digital artwork version developed in 2020.
Sources: Ålesund kommune: Historikken bak Ålesund sitt kommunevåpen
Sources and image rights
Heraldica record · Image file page on Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons lists this image as: Public domain
Creator listed on Commons: Original by caplex.no
More image information
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SVG is own work, based upon image from caplex.no.