Coat of arms of Arvidsjaur
Arvidsjaur’s arms show a blue reindeer head on gold, beneath a blue chief bearing the Big Dipper in gold.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av guld ett blått renhuvud med röd beväring och däröver en blå ginstam belagd med Karlavagnen av guld.
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
- 23 November 1945: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipality’s blazon specifies a blue reindeer head with red details on gold, beneath a blue chief bearing the Big Dipper in gold.
Background in the municipal sources
The municipal profile says the reindeer head refers to reindeer husbandry and the Big Dipper to the municipality’s northern location. A heraldic artist at the National Archives helped refine the design.
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
- Gules
- Azure
- reindeer's head
- Plough (asterism)
- chief
- unpartitioned
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.
