Coat of arms of Karlskrona
Karlskrona’s arms show a golden anchor with a crown and the monogram C XI on blue.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält ett ankare av guld krönt med en kungakrona av guld och överlagd med ett monogram av guld (C XI).
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
- 1682: Used as a seal as of
- 16 April 1943: Royal confirmation on
- 5 July 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
Anchor, crown and monogram
A golden anchor topped by a crown stands on a blue field, with the monogram C XI laid across it in gold. The registry describes the design but does not assign a separate symbolic meaning to the anchor.
Source: Heraldica record 3017
The arms and the municipality’s current symbol
The archival register records the motif on a seal from 1682; the arms were confirmed by the Crown in 1943 and registered in 1974. Karlskrona Municipality describes its current symbol as a stylised version of the city arms. The graphic symbol is therefore distinct from the heraldic description of the arms.
Source: Heraldica record 3017·Karlskrona kommun: Logotypen och symbolen
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
- anchor
- royal crown
- monogram
- 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.
