Coat of arms of Hudiksvall
Hudiksvall’s arms show three severed silver goat heads on a red field.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I rött fält tre avhuggna bockhuvuden av silver 2 + 1.
This is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. Its status as an official blazon has not been independently verified here. The editorial text distinguishes the registry wording from any sourced municipal interpretation.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 13 April 2007: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
Motifs and registry wording
According to the Heraldica record, three severed silver goat heads appear on a red field: two side by side and one below. This reports the registry wording rather than every detail of an individual drawing.
What the sources say about the motif
The sources checked did not provide a municipal explanation for why the goat heads were chosen. Their origin and symbolism are therefore not presented as established facts.
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
- goatbuck's head
- three
- 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.
