Coat of arms of Bollnäs
Bollnäs’s arms show a silver crane holding a red stone in its raised right foot, with two silver wave lines below.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält en trana av silver med röd man med röda ben med röd näbb vakande en röd sten och varunder två vågsträngar 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 distinguishes registry information from municipal or local interpretations.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 16 July 1976: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Heraldica record’s description gives the crane a red crest, legs and beak. It stands above the red stone, while two silver waves run along the lower part of the shield.
Source: Heraldica record 3301
Background in local sources
According to Bollnäs Municipality’s 2024–2025 situational analysis, the stone held tightly by the crane symbolises vigilance: a tired, inattentive crane would quickly drop it. A 2026 municipal document distinguishes the heraldic arms from the graphic logo derived from them and says the arms will continue to be used in formal contexts.
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
- Argent
- crane
- Gules
- Azure
- stone
- two
- barrulet wavy
- 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.
