Coat of arms of Falköping
Falköping’s arms show three red towers arranged side by side on a silver field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av silver tre bjälkvis ordnade röda torn.
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
- (1441): Used as a seal as of
- 26 April 1940: Royal confirmation on
- 15 September 1978: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Heraldica record describes three red towers on a silver shield. The towers derive from a seal motif; they are not a depiction of the modern townscape.
Source: Heraldica record 3139
Background in local sources
Falköping’s historical guide says the oldest object showing the town’s existence is a seal on a deed of sale from 1441. Its three towers later became the town and municipal arms. The guide presents one theory that the towers represent the three hundreds meeting at Falköping: Vilske, Gudhem and Vartofta.
Source: Falköpings kommun: Follow your past – historisk guide
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
- Gules
- tower
- three
- 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.
