Coat of arms of Sandviken
Sandviken Municipality’s history says the current arms are based on the arms of Sandviken town. In 1943 the town council selected silver charges on a blue shield; the former town arms became the municipal arms in 1971.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält en ånghammare av silver åtföljd av två järnmärken av silver.
Sandviken’s municipal history gives the decision history and motifs of the town arms. The automatically assembled Swedish description in the Heraldica record remains separate registry information.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 11 June 1943: Royal confirmation on
- 4 April 1975: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
From town arms to municipal arms
According to the municipality, Sandviken’s arms show a large steam hammer and two iron marks in silver on a blue shield. They were the arms of Sandviken town from 1943 to 1970 and became the municipal arms in 1971.
Source: Sandvikens kommun: Kommunens historia – Stads- och kommunvapen
Design and adoption
In 1942 the town arranged a drawing competition through the newspaper Arbetarbladet and asked for a Bessemer converter, a steam hammer and a steel ring to be included. The National Heraldic Office refined the proposals. On 17 April 1943, the town council adopted the proposal with a large steam hammer and iron marks in silver on a blue shield.
Source: Sandvikens kommun: Kommunens historia – Stads- och kommunvapen
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
- steam hammer
- field
- Argent
- Azure
- iron symbol
- two
- 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.
