Coat of arms of Kungsbacka
Kungsbacka’s arms show Saint Gertrude in silver on blue, holding a gold staff and chalice.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält ett helgon av silver eller en kvinna av silver eller - sankta Gertrud av silver hållande i dexter hand en stav av guld och hållande i sinister hand en kalk 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 distinguishes registry information from municipal or local interpretations.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- (1548): Used as a seal as of
- 24 September 1948: Royal confirmation on
- 5 July 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their description
Kungsbacka Municipality’s blazon describes Saint Gertrude in silver on a blue field, holding a staff and a chalice, both gold. This is the written description of the arms; the artwork may vary within the blazon’s constraints.
Background in local sources
Kungsbacka Municipality says its logo has always been based on the arms, although it has been drawn in different ways over the years. The manual distinguishes the written blazon from the logo’s graphic treatment and gives no separate account of Saint Gertrude’s historical significance.
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
- chalice
- woman
- field
- Or
- Gertrude of Nivelles
- Argent
- Azure
- saint
- staff
- 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.
