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Coat of arms of Forshaga Municipality

Coat of arms of Forshaga Municipality

Swedish blazon

Sköld genom en vågskura styckad i grön och guld, i första fältet ett bomärke av guld, i andra fältet en grön lagerkvist med utväxande tre gröna lagerblad (allusion: Adliga ättens von Lagerlöf vapen).

Designers

  • Vladimir A. Sagerlund

Registration and history

  • 30 December 1954: Royal confirmation on
  • 30 March 1979: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration

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
  • per bend
  • field
  • Or
  • laurel branch
  • Vert
  • bay leaf
  • house mark
  • three

Sources and image use

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.

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