Coat of arms of Färgelanda
Färgelanda’s arms show a black harrow on a silver field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av silver en svart harv.
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
- 28 June 1968: Royal confirmation on
- 31 October 1980: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Swedish description in the Heraldica record specifies a black harrow on a silver field.
Source: Heraldica record 3099
Background in local sources
Färgelanda Municipality’s 2022 council rules assign the municipal executive board responsibility for deciding requests to use the municipal arms. The document covers permission and governance, not the harrow’s origin or symbolism.
Source: Färgelanda kommun: Reglemente för kommunstyrelsen (2022)
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
- Sable
- harrow
- 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.
