Coat of arms of Nacka
Nacka’s arms show a silver waterwheel on blue.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält ett vattenhjul av silver.
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
- 3 December 1948: Royal confirmation on
- 3 May 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
Nacka’s material says Eric Ericsson’s proposal won a design competition in 1947 and included both a waterwheel and a cogwheel. The later version shows only the waterwheel.
Background in the municipal sources
The municipality links the wheel with the old mills at Nacka Stream. The later coat of arms is distinguished from the original competition proposal.
Source: Nacka kommun: Lärarhandledning om Nacka·Nacka kommun: Nacka ström
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
- Argent
- Azure
- waterwheel
- 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.
