Coat of arms of Helsingborg
Helsingborg’s arms show a red medieval castle rising from a silver wall; the oldest surviving seal dates from 1468.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av silver en uppstigande genomgående krenelerad röd mur och uppstigande från denna en röd borg med ett torn krönt med 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
- (1468): Used as a seal as of
- 10 May 1946: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The castle and its crenellations
A red crenellated wall stands on the silver field, with a castle rising behind it. The city’s description specifies that the castle’s tower is topped with a cross.
Source: Heraldica record 3064·Helsingborgs stadslexikon: Stadsvapnet
From the 1468 seal to the confirmed arms
Helsingborg’s city lexicon identifies the oldest preserved arms or seal on a parchment document from 1468. The image shows a medieval castle with Valdemarshuset, a building from the twelfth century that no longer survives. The arms received their current blazon in 1946.
Source: Heraldica record 3064·Helsingborgs stadslexikon: Stadsvapnet
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
- Gules
- castle
- wall
- 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.
