Coat of arms of Halden
Halden’s arms show an armoured man standing on a rock with a drawn sword.
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’ subject from later drawn versions.
I blått fält en man av guld harneskklädd hållande ett svärd av guld och på en naturfärgad klippa, på skölden en murkrona, timbrering en inskrift (HALDEN | 1665 | GUD MED OSS).
The man and sword in the arms
Halden Municipality says the present drawing is based on C. M. Munthe’s original design from 1927. The subject is an armoured man standing on a rock with a drawn sword in his hand.
Source: Halden kommune: byvåpenets historie·Heraldica record 3479
The royal letter of 1665 and the 1927 design
The municipality traces the subject to a royal letter issued when the town received its market-town privileges in 1665. The letter specified an armoured man with a drawn sword standing on a rock. The town council adopted the present design on 13 December 1927; the municipality later returned to Munthe’s original drawing to refine the depiction.
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: Erik
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Licence information for the Heraldica reference image: CC BY-SA 3.0. Rights information may differ between image sources.
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