Coat of arms of Vännäs
Vännäs’s arms show a silver bridge with an overlying silver beam, above three gold logs arranged two and one, on blue.
Swedish description in the Heraldica record
I blått fält en genomgående bro av silver varunder tre svävande strängar bjälkvis av guld.
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
- 7 March 1952: Royal confirmation on
- 15 March 1985: Registered at the National Board of Patents and Registration
The arms and their blazon
The municipal graphic profile says the arms were introduced in 1984 and distinguishes them from the current municipal logo.
Background in the municipal sources
Vännäs links the bridge with road and rail connections and the three bars with forestry. These are the municipality’s own interpretations.
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
- Argent
- Azure
- bridge
- barrulet
- three
- 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.
