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HELSINKI - HELSINGFORS
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1946 Haaga, Huopalahti, Oulunkylä, Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki
Official blazon
Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on August 30, 1951.
The oldest arms of the city date from 1639 and show already a crown and a boat. The arms were based on the oldest seal of Helsinki, which dates from about 1500.
 The seal of Helsinki from 1602 |
 The seal of Helsinki from 1639 |
 The arms during Russian times |
 The seal of Helsinki from 1861 |
 The arms on a road sign |
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
