Coat of arms of Kiruna
Kiruna’s arms divide a silver-and-blue shield between an iron mark and a ptarmigan; the municipality revised the artwork in 2012.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Kluven i silver och blå, i första fältet ett blått järnmärke, i andra fältet en ripa av silver med röd beväring.
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
- 20 May 1949: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The iron mark and the ptarmigan
A blazon quoted in Kiruna Municipality’s 2012 newsletter describes a blue iron mark on silver and a silver ptarmigan on blue; the ptarmigan may have red heraldic detailing if used. The written description does not prescribe how the bird’s details are drawn in the current image.
A revision of the artwork in 2012
The arms were confirmed by the Crown in 1949. Kiruna Municipality adopted a new graphic profile and revised the artwork of its arms and logo on 17 September 2012. The municipality’s newsletter from that year says the blue area was enlarged and the bird was drawn more clearly as a ptarmigan; these were illustration changes, not a new blazon.
Source: Heraldica record 3427·Kiruna kommun: Grafisk profil·Kiruna kommun: Kiruna Information 2012, nr 4
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 pale
- field
- Argent
- Gules
- Azure
- iron symbol
- ptarmigan
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.
