Coat of arms of Borlänge
Borlänge’s arms have blue, silver and red fields divided by wavy lines, with a silver iron mark in the top field and a silver axe in the bottom field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Sköld genom en vågskura röd två gånger styckad i blå, silver och röd, i första fältet ett järnmärke av silver, i tredje fältet en balkvis ställd yxa 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
- 21 January 1938: Royal confirmation on
- 28 April 1944: Royal confirmation on
- 15 September 1978: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Heraldica record describes a shield divided twice by wavy lines into blue, silver and red. The upper field contains an iron mark and the lower field a horizontally placed axe, both silver.
Source: Heraldica record 3264
Background in local sources
Borlänge Municipality says its current logo derives from the municipal arms. The logo is a graphic adaptation, while the arms remain a distinct heraldic emblem; the municipality’s guidance treats logo use separately.
Source: Borlänge kommun: Logotyp
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
- tierced per bend
- field
- Argent
- Gules
- Azure
- axe
- iron symbol
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.
