Coat of arms of Stavanger
Stavanger’s arms use a horizontal vine with leaves and tendrils; the municipality set blue and gold as its colours in 1939.
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 Stavanger Municipality’s account of the arms.
I blått fält en stolpvis ställd vinkvist av guld.
The vine as the subject of the city arms
Stavanger Municipality describes the design as a horizontal, pruned vine with leaves and tendrils. The 1939 decision also established blue and gold as the arms’ colours.
From a seal impression to an established design
The municipality says the motif is first known from a seal impression dated 1591. A vine and an oak stump alternated as the city’s emblem during the 18th and 19th centuries. The idea of fixing the design was raised in 1902, and archivist Hallvard Trætteberg completed its form in the early 1930s, after the motif had been identified as a vine.
Sources and image rights
Heraldica record · Image file page on Wikimedia Commons · Wikidata
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