Coat of arms of Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn’s quartered arms show King Oscar I’s monogram, an anchor, a caduceus and a cornucopia.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
Fyrstyckad i blå och guld, i första fältet ett monogram av guld, i andra fältet ett blått ankare, i tredje fältet en blå merkuriestav, i fjärde fältet ett ymnighetshorn 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
- 30 October 1942: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipality’s 2020 graphic manual describes a blue-and-gold quartered shield and identifies the motif and colour in each quarter.
Background in the municipal sources
The municipality traces the arms to the nineteenth century and says they were established in 1942. A 2008 artwork update changed the rendering, not the content; the caduceus represents trade and the cornucopia prosperity.
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
- cornucopia
- field
- Or
- Azure
- anchor
- per saltire
- caduceus
- monogram
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.
