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All (historical) provinces and counties, as well as all municipalities use arms. Quite a number of former municipalities as well as"districts also used arms. | All (historical) provinces and counties, as well as all municipalities use arms. Quite a number of former municipalities as well as"districts also used arms. | ||
*[[File:oland.jpg|30 px]][[:Category:Swedish Provinces|Arms of Counties and former Provinces]] | |||
*[[File:kindah.jpg|30 px]][[:Category:Swedish Districts|Arms of former Districts (Häradsvapnen)]] | |||
*[[:Category:Swedish Districts|Arms of former Districts (Häradsvapnen)]] | |||
===Arms of Municipalities and Villages=== | ===Arms of Municipalities and Villages=== | ||
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Select by first letter (be aware: in Swedish the Å, Ä and Ö are separate letters at the end of the alphabet): | Select by first letter (be aware: in Swedish the Å, Ä and Ö are separate letters at the end of the alphabet): | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_A|A]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_B|B]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_D|D]] | | [[File:alingsas.jpg|30 px|_|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_A]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_A| A - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_E|E]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_F|F]] | | [[File:boras.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_B]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_B| B - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_G|G]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_H|H]] | | [[File:dannemora.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_D]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_D| D - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_I|I]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_J|J]] | | [[File:ekero.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_E]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_E| E - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_K|K]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_L|L]] | | [[File:floda.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_F]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_F| F - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_M|M]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_N|N]] | | [[File:gnosjo.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_G]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_G| G - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_O|O]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_P|P]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_R|R]] | | [[File:helsingb.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_H]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_H| H - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_S|S]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_T|T]] | | [[File:idre.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_I]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_I| I - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_U|U]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_V|V]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Y|Y]] | | [[File:jokkmokk.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_J]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_J| J - ]] | ||
[[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Å|Å]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ä|Ä]] | [[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ö|Ö]] | [[File:kalmar.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_K]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_K| K - ]] | ||
[[File:lund.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_L]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_L| L - ]] | |||
[[File:mariefre.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_M]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_M| M]] | |||
[[File:nykoping.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_N]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_N| N - ]] | |||
[[File:orebro.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_O]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_O| O - ]] | |||
[[File:perstorp.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_P]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_P| P - ]] | |||
[[File:ramsele.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_R]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_R| R - ]] | |||
[[File:sundsval.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_S]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_S| S - ]] | |||
[[File:tidaholm.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_T]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_T| T - ]] | |||
[[File:umea.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_U]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_U| U - ]] | |||
[[File:vamhus.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_V]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_V| V - ]] | |||
[[File:ydre.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Y]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Y| Y - ]] | |||
[[File:ahus.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_ Å]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Å |Å - ]] | |||
[[File:angelhol.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ä]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ä| Ä - ]] | |||
[[File:orebro.jpg|30 px|link=:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ö]][[:Category:Swedish_Municipalities_Ö| Ö]] | |||
==Religious and Ecclesiastical heraldry== | ==Religious and Ecclesiastical heraldry== |
Revision as of 18:02, 29 April 2017
Heraldry of the World The main resource for civic heraldry since 1996 with 287,572 images |
The National Arms of Sweden | The National Flag | Location |
Administrative division
Sweden is divided into twenty-one counties (län). Each county further divides into a number of municipalities or kommuner, with a total of 290 municipalities at present. The municipalities are divided into a total of 2,512 parishes, or församlingar.
In the 1950s there were still nearly 2500 municipalities, but in 1952 and the early 1970s these have been reduces to the current 290.
There are older historical divisions, primarily the twenty-five provinces (landskap) and the hundreds of districts (härad), which still retain cultural significance. Most of the provinces overlap with the present counties, but not everywhere in the country.
Heraldry
All (historical) provinces and counties, as well as all municipalities use arms. Quite a number of former municipalities as well as"districts also used arms.
Arms of Municipalities and Villages
Select by first letter (be aware: in Swedish the Å, Ä and Ö are separate letters at the end of the alphabet):
A - B - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - Y - Å - Ä - Ö
Religious and Ecclesiastical heraldry
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