Coat of arms of Flen
Flen’s arms show a gold saltire and three upright green oak leaves in a gold chief on a green field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I grönt fält ett andreaskors av guld och däröver en ginstam av guld belagd med tre stolpvis ställda gröna eklöv.
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
- 17 December 1948: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Swedish description in the Heraldica record specifies a gold saltire on green and, above it, a gold chief charged with three upright green oak leaves.
Source: Heraldica record 2909
Background in local sources
Flen Municipality says the graphic identity approved in 2026 keeps the municipal arms and the Sörmland heart mark separate: the arms identify the municipal organisation, while the heart marks the place. The municipality says both were modernised and clarified, not that the arms’ motifs were replaced.
Source: Flens kommun: Ny grafisk profil·Flens kommun: Kommunstyrelsens protokoll 2026-06-15
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
- Or
- Vert
- oak leaf
- chief
- three
- saltire
- 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.
