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Coat of arms of Simrishamn Municipality

Coat of arms of Simrishamn Municipality

Swedish blazon

Sköld genom en vågskura delad i guld och blå, i första fältet en röd båt, i andra fältet en fisk av guld med röda fenor.

Designers

  • Vladimir A. Sagerlund

Registration and history

  • 1500-luvulta: Used as a seal as of
  • 14 December 1945: Royal confirmation on
  • 16 November 1979: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration

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
  • per fess
  • field
  • Or
  • Gules
  • Azure
  • fish
  • boat

Sources and image use

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.

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