Coat of arms of Uppsala
Uppsala’s arms show a crowned golden lion on blue; the 1943 blazon was restored in 2018, and the city uses its 1943 depiction for formal and ceremonial occasions.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält en leopard av guld krönt av guld med röd beväring konturlinje svart.
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. The editorial text below is based on the linked source.
Designers
- Vladimir A. Sagerlund
Registration and history
- 1732: Used as a seal as of
- 3 December 1943: Royal confirmation on
- 5 July 1974: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
- 10 January 1986: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
A crowned lion on blue
The arms are identified by a walking, crowned golden lion on a blue field. Uppsala Municipality’s own manual distinguishes the city arms from the emblem of the municipal organisation.
Source: Heraldica record 2885·Uppsala kommun: Uppsalas stadsvapen
The city and the municipal organisation
The present city arms are known from seals of the 1730s and were formally adopted in 1943. The municipality’s manual says they were replaced by a coat-of-arms-like emblem in 1986. In 2018, the municipality decided to restore the 1943 blazon and use the city arms for formal and ceremonial occasions.
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
- field
- Or
- Gules
- Azure
- leopard
- Sable
- 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.
