Coat of arms of Höör
Höör’s arms combine a silver millstone and three red flames across red and silver fields.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I rött fält en kvarnsten av silver och däröver en ginstam av silver belagd med tre röda flammor.
This is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. Its status as an official blazon has not been independently verified here. The municipality stresses that the formal confirmation applies to the written blazon, not to a single drawing.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 20 May 1949: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
Motifs and registry wording
The Heraldica record describes a silver millstone on a red field, with a silver chief above it charged with three red flames. Höör Municipality’s overview describes the motifs as a millstone and three fires.
Source: Heraldica record 3053
The municipality’s interpretation and the scope of approval
Höör Municipality says the three fires recall the locality’s former use as a sacrificial site, while the millstone refers to the area’s once extensive stone industry. The market-town council adopted a proposal in December 1948, and Gustav V confirmed the arms on 20 May 1949. The municipality clarifies that the confirmation applies to the blazon—the written description—not to one particular drawing. The arms may therefore be depicted in different ways as long as the blazon and heraldic rules are followed.
Source: Höörs kommun: Höörs 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
- field
- Argent
- Gules
- chief
- three
- flame
- unpartitioned
- millstone
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.
