Coat of arms of Håbo
Håbo’s arms show a forward-facing lamb with a cross-staff and five-lobed banner; the municipality explains how the design was chosen.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I rött fält ett stående lamm av guld hållande i dexter hand en ginbalksvis ställd korsstav av guld försedd med ett baner av guld belagt med ett rött latinskt kors.
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. The editorial text below is based on the linked source.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 15 December 1978: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The forward-facing lamb and banner
A golden lamb stands on a red field, carrying a diagonal cross-staff and a gold banner charged with a red Latin cross.
Source: Heraldica record 2871·Håbo kommun: Håbos kommunvapen
The municipality’s account of the design
Håbo Municipality calls the figure Agnus Dei. Its history page says the design was selected from several proposals; the lamb faces forward rather than lowering its head as in Järfälla’s similar motif. The five banner lobes are said to recall the five former rural municipalities or parishes.
Source: Håbo kommun: Håbos kommunvapen
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
- lamb
- Latin cross
- processional cross
- field
- Or
- Gules
- banner
- unpartitioned
Sources and image rights
Heraldica / National Archives of Finland · Wikidata
Image licence: CC BY 4.0
Image source and credit: National Archives of Finland
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