Coat of arms of Karlshamn
Karlshamn’s arms divide gold and green with a wavy line; a black lion holds an anchor.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Sköld genom en vågskura delad i guld och grön, i första fältet ett uppstigande svart lejon med röd beväring hållande mellan tassarna ett stolpvis ställt svart ankare.
This is the Swedish description in the Heraldica record. Its status as an official blazon has not been independently verified here. Karlshamn Municipality publishes its own blazon and history of the arms.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 28 February 1666: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
Motifs and description
The Heraldica record describes a shield divided into gold and green by a wavy line. In the upper field, a rising black lion with red detailing holds a black upright anchor.
Source: Heraldica record 3019
From city arms to municipal emblem
Karlshamn Municipality says the arms appeared in the 1666 charter that granted Bodekull the name Karlshamn. The municipality dates their confirmation for current use to 1974. They are the city’s historic emblem; the municipality’s graphic profile uses them with a mural crown.
Source: Karlshamns kommun: 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
- per fess
- field
- Or
- Gules
- Sable
- Vert
- anchor
- lion
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.
