Coat of arms of Alta
Alta’s arms show a stylised silver arrowhead on a blue shield.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record SV
The text below is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. Whether its wording is an official blazon has not been independently verified. The editorial text distinguishes the arms from the graphic element used in the municipality’s visual identity.
I blått fält en lansspets av silver.
The arrowhead as the arms’ motif
Alta Municipality describes the arms as a stylised silver arrowhead on a blue shield. The municipality says artist Arvid Sveen designed the arms in 1976.
Source: Alta kommune: visuell profil og kommunevåpen·Heraldica record 3929
The arms and a separate graphic element
The municipality also uses the arrowhead shape as a separate graphic element in its visual identity. This graphic use is distinct from the arms, which the municipal guide describes as a stylised silver arrowhead on a blue shield.
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: Own work
More image information
Vexilla is an independent heraldic information service, not an official representative of the municipality. The rights information shown is reported by the image sources and has not been independently verified. A Public Domain label alone does not remove restrictions on using official arms.
Licence information for the Heraldica reference image: CC BY-SA 3.0. Rights information may differ between image sources.
Original by Arvid Sveen, based upon image from snl.no.