Coat of arms of Hjo
Hjo’s arms show a single-masted gold ship on a blue field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält ett enmastat skepp av guld.
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
- (1628): Used as a seal as of
- 15 August 1933: Royal confirmation on
- 30 March 1979: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
The Swedish description in the Heraldica record specifies a single-masted ship in gold on blue.
Source: Heraldica record 3137
Background in local sources
Hjo Municipality’s graphic manual says the town arms form the symbol in its logo, alongside the word HJO. The manual says the arms were modernised by Vladimir A. Sagerlund at the state heraldic office and later adapted for digital use.
Source: Hjo kommun: grafisk profil
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
- Azure
- ship
- 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.
