Coat of arms of Gothenburg Municipality
Swedish blazon
I blått fält tre genom vågskuror bildade ginbalkar av silver överlagda med ett sinistervänt lejon av guld krönt av guld med dubbelsvans med röd beväring (allusion: Götalands vapen) hållande i dexter hand ett svärd av guld och hållande i sinister hand en miniatyrsköld Lilla riksvapnet [I blått fält tre kronor av guld 2 + 1.].
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 1621: In use as of
- 30 June 1952: Royal confirmation on
- 1 October 1973: 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
- three bendlets sinister
- field
- Or
- Argent
- Gules
- Azure
- lion
- escutcheon (mobile charge)
- unpartitioned
- sword
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.
