Coat of arms of Sundsvall
Sundsvall’s arms show a storm hat above two crossed musket rests.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I fält av silver en blå stormhatt varunder två korslagda blå muskötgafflar.
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
- 15 June 1939: Royal confirmation on
- 22 February 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipal graphic profile includes the town arms in its official materials and distinguishes them from the modern logo.
Background in the municipal sources
Sundsvall says the motif is connected with the town privileges granted in 1624. The municipality limits the arms to ceremonial contexts.
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
- morion cap
- handgun rest
- field
- Argent
- Azure
- 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.
