Coat of arms of Ängelholm
Ängelholm’s arms show two crossed silver salmon on blue, with a gold crown and a silver cherub above.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält två korslagda laxar av silver varöver en krona av guld varöver en kerub av silver.
This is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. How it was composed and whether it is an official blazon have not been independently verified here. The editorial text below is based on the linked municipal source.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- (1693): Used as a seal as of
- 27 April 1934: Royal confirmation on
- 29 August 1975: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipal graphic profile says the arms were registered in 1975 and designed in 1934.
Background in the municipal sources
The municipality says the crown’s origin is unknown. We do not assign meanings to the crown or salmon that the source does not state.
Heraldic elements
The heraldic elements are identified using HERO, a heraldry ontology published through Finland's Finto service. It provides structured terminology for describing coats of arms and their components. The list describes the structure of the arms, not the symbolic meaning of its elements.
- escutcheon
- field
- Or
- Argent
- salmon
- Azure
- cherub
- two
- unpartitioned
- coronet
Sources and image rights
Heraldica / National Archives of Finland · Wikidata
Image licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Image source and credit: National Archives of Sweden / Vladimir Sagerlund
Original image. The image has been resized and converted to WebP. The derivative retains the original image’s licence.
