Coat of arms of the landscapes of Finland
This list shows the coats of arms of the 19 regions of Finland .
The landscapes of Finland ( Finnish maakunnat , Swedish landskap ) are regional administrative units and mostly trace their origins back to the historical landscapes from the time of Swedish rule.
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location | coat of arms | region | Remarks |
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Åland |
Description of the coat of arms: In blue a running golden stag with golden antlers. A flat pearl crown rests on the coat of arms. | ||
Kainuu (Kajanaland) |
Description of the coat of arms: There is a green bar in the gold coat of arms . This divides at the top according to the fir cut and at the bottom according to the wave cut . | ||
Kanta-Häme (Egentliga Tavastland) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the red shield there is a running golden lynx with a golden tongue and black ear tips above which three silver six-pointed stars hover and below it are four (1; 3) silver roses . | ||
Kymenlaakso (Kymmenedalen) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the shield, which is divided by blue and white, there is a white growing fish (salmon) bent to the right with differently colored fins at the top and a blue net at the bottom . | ||
Lapland (Lappi, Lapland) |
Description of the coat of arms: In red a wild man dressed in green shorts with a black beard and a wreath of green hair holding a golden club over his right shoulder. A flat pearl crown rests on the shield. Symbolism: The coat of arms of the Lapland region is derived from the coat of arms of the historic Swedish province and shows a wild man in a red shield. |
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Central Finland (Keski-Suomi, Mellersta Finland) |
Description of the coat of arms: a courting red-billed black grouse in silver . | ||
Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa, Mellersta Österbotten) |
Description of the coat of arms: In blue a red- armored , resisting silver marten , above which there are three bars and below it two silver, nail-pointed paw crosses . A flat pearl crown rests on the shield. | ||
North Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala, Norra Karelen) |
Description of the coat of arms: Two silver right arms in red break out of the edge of the shield , on the right with a gold-hilted sword with a gold-hilted joint guard and swinging a gold- hilted scimitar on the left . A golden crown floats between the arms . | ||
Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Norra Österbotten) |
Description of the coat of arms: In blue six (2; 2; 2) white fleeing stoats with black tails. | ||
North Savo (Pohjois-Savo, Norra Savolax) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the black shield a golden bow with a silver string. The bow points to the top right and its golden arrow has a silver tip and fletching. | ||
Päijät-Häme (Päijänne Tavastland) |
Description of the coat of arms: In blue, a fish-tailed virgin with blond waving hair lets a golden bird fly with attached wings and tail feathers. | ||
Österbotten (Pohjanmaa) |
Description of the coat of arms: In red a golden wasa sheaf and above the golden head of the shield with four (2; 2) red fleeing ermines . | ||
Pirkanmaa (Birkaland) |
Description of coat of arms: In the golden shield, the monkshood section separates the red head of the shield . | ||
Satakunta (Satakunda) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the shield divided by blue and gold, a gold-crowned, red-armored, red-tongued and red-eyed black bear with a gold-hilted silver sword in both paws is accompanied by two silver seven-pointed stars . A golden crown rests on the shield . | ||
South Karelia (Etelä-Karjala, Södra Karelen) |
Description of the coat of arms: In red and black as a shield base , divided by a narrower white wavy bar shows two floating silver right arms at the top , on the right a gold-handled sword with golden joint protection and on the left a gold- handled sword . Scimitar swinging. | ||
South Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Södra Österbotten) |
Description of the coat of arms: In blue, three white, fleeing stoats with black tails on stacks. | ||
South Savo (Etelä-Savo, Södra Savolax) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the black shield a golden bow with a silver string. The bow points to the top left and its golden arrow has a silver tip and fletching. | ||
Uusimaa (Nyland) |
Description of the coat of arms: In the blue shield there is a golden rowing boat with a tiller between two silver wave beams . | ||
Varsinais-Suomi (Egentliga Finland) |
Description of the coat of arms: In red a gold-crowned golden spangenhelm placed en face (facing the viewer), behind which a blue flag with a small triangular incision on the flight side and with a gold cross on the golden stick flies on each side . A golden crown rests on the coat of arms . |
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