Coat of arms of Finland

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Coat of arms of Finland
Coat of arms of Finland.svg
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Heraldic shield lion

The coat of arms of Finland has its origins in 1581, when Finland was still part of Sweden .

history

Stylized coat of arms on the Finland House in Hamburg

The Swedish King John III. (1568 to 1592) gave Finland a coat of arms , which consisted of a red shield with a golden lion on it. There is a crown on the coat of arms . This coat of arms was for Egentliga Finland ( Sw. , Finnish. Varsinais-Suomi, actual Finland ), which had the area around Turku including Åland with Turku as the capital.

When Finland became independent in 1917, the Swedish coat of arms was declared the Finnish national coat of arms. However, the crown has been removed and some changes have been made. So here were only nine roses depicted, which now, instead of being decorated, represent the nine historical parts of Finland .

  • Grave of Gustav Vasas, Grand Ducal coat of arms of Finland

  • Grave of Gustav Vasas, coat of arms of Karelia

  • Coat of arms of Finland under the sovereignty of Tsarist Russia

  • Never confirmed design for a large coat of arms of Finland in 1936

description

In red with nine silver roses, a gold crowned, armored and tongued lion standing on a gold-tipped silver curved sword and wielding a silver, gold-tipped sword with his right hand as an arm in alternation with a silver and gold-armored arm.

The golden lion only holds the straight European sword in the hand of an armored arm while he kicks down the Tatar curved sword . In today's national flag of Finland, this coat of arms can also be seen in the center of the cross.

See also

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Hesmer: Flags and coats of arms of the world. History and symbolism of the flags and coats of arms of all states . Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh 1992, ISBN 3-570-01082-1 .

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