Coat of arms of Sölvesborg
Sölvesborg’s arms show a red Greek cross and four blue eels on gold.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av guld ett rött grekiskt kors i korsvinklarna åtföljt av fyra blå ålar med röda beväringar.
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
- (1535): Used as a seal as of
- 26 January 1945: Royal confirmation on
- 11 January 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipality says the earliest known seal dates from 1535, when the town was Danish. It showed a cross and four horizontal shapes resembling the letter S.
Background in the municipal sources
The blazon identifies the figures as four eels: the two on the left face heraldic left, and the two lower ones are descending. Red armament may be used but is optional. The municipal page distinguishes the arms from the modern graphic symbol.
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
- cross couped
- field
- Or
- Gules
- eel
- Azure
- four
- 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.
