Coat of arms of Bräcke
Bräcke’s arms show red, gold and blue, with a bear in the centre.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Två gånger delad, i första fältet, i blått fält bestrött med sexuddiga stjärnor av guld, i andra fältet, i fält av guld en gående svart björn med röd tunga med röda naglar, i tredje fältet, i rött fält murat 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
- 28 March 1958: Royal confirmation on
- 31 January 1975: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms’ design
Bräcke Municipality describes the arms as part of its logo and identifies the shield’s colours as red, gold and blue, with a bear in the centre. The page gives no separate historical interpretation of the bear motif.
Background and the source’s interpretation
The municipal page discusses use of the arms in its identity and says commercial use requires permission. As it does not give the arms’ origin story, we add neither a date nor a symbolic explanation.
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 fess
- field
- Or
- Gules
- Azure
- Sable
- mullet of six points
- bear
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.
