Coat of arms of Lomma
Lomma’s red arms show a gold anchor above a continuous crenellated gold wall with red joints.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I rött fält ett ankare av guld (allusion: Adliga ättens Anckargrip vapen) varunder en uppstigande genomgående krenelerad mur av guld murad röd.
The Swedish wording in the Heraldica record is registry information. Lomma Municipality publishes the blazon and distinguishes the heraldic arms from the municipal logo.
Designers
- Jan Raneke
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 25 November 1960: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The municipality’s published blazon
According to Lomma Municipality’s blazon, a gold anchor stands in a red field above a projecting, continuous crenellated gold wall with red joints.
Source: Lomma kommun: Grafisk profil
The arms and the municipal logo
Lomma Municipality says the arms, designed by heraldist Jan Raneke, were established in 1960. They are now used only on special occasions and should not be confused with the municipality’s regular logo.
Source: Lomma kommun: Grafisk profil
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
- anchor
- wall
- 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.
