Coat of arms of Knivsta
Knivsta’s arms show a gold crown above a triple mount in gold on red.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I rött fält en krona av guld varunder ett treberg av guld.
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 here. The editorial text below is based on the linked municipal source.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 26 September 2003: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipality’s blazon was registered in 2003. The winning proposal was submitted by Jacob Blumenthal, then a 12-year-old pupil.
Background in the municipal sources
Knivsta says the motif recalls the Mora Stones, where medieval kings were elected and acclaimed. This is the municipality’s account of the design idea.
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
- Gules
- trimount
- unpartitioned
- coronet
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.
