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	HELSINKI Country: Finland Region: Uusimaa Historical province: 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomi until 1997 Uusimaa Additions: 1946 Haaga 1946 Huopalahti 1946 Oulunkylä 1946 Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":60.16629999999999967030817060731351375579833984375,"lon":24.938700000000000756017470848746597766876220703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon
Finnish	Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
Swedish	I blått fält en båt av guld flytande på en medelst en vågskura bildad stam av silver, båten ovanför åtföljd av en krona av guld.
English	Azure, on a base wavy Argent a lymphad Or, on honor point a coronet Or with engraved stones Argent and Azure.

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.

Image gallery

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 manhole cover
Photograph by Reddit user kas_vain, 2018
The arms on a Dutch Willem II cigar band
The arms on a road sign

Literature: Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.

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+'''Country''': Finland [[File:Finland.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
+'''Region''': [[Uusimaa]][[File:Uusimaa.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br>
+'''Historical province''':
+* 1997-2009 [[Etelä-Suomi]]
+** until 1997 [[Uusimaa]]
+'''Additions''':
+* 1946 Haaga
+* 1946 Huopalahti
+* 1946 Oulunkylä
+* 1946 Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki
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-Region : [[Uusimaa]]<br>
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-Former province : 1997-2009 [[Etelä-Suomen]], until 1997 [[Uusimaa]]<br>
+|+Official blazon
-Additions : 1946 Haaga, Huopalahti, Oulunkylä, Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki
+|-
+|'''Finnish'''
-[[File:helsinki.jpg|center]]
+| Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
+|-
-====Official blazon====
+|'''Swedish'''
-Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
+| I blått fält en båt av guld flytande på en medelst en vågskura bildad stam av silver, båten ovanför åtföljd av en krona av guld.
+|-
+|'''English'''
+| Azure, on a base wavy Argent a lymphad Or, on honor point a coronet Or with engraved stones Argent and Azure.
+|}
-====Origin/meaning====
+===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.
-{|align="center"
+===Image gallery===
-|align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seal of Helsinki from 1602
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
-|align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz2.jpg|center]]  <br/>The seal of Helsinki from 1639
+File:helsinkiz1.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1602
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+File:helsinkiz2.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1639
+File:helsinki3.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms during Russian times
+File:helsinkiz3.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1861
+File:Helsinki manhole.png|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms on a manhole cover<br>Photograph by Reddit user kas_vain, 2018
+File:2074.wi2.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band
+File:helsinki1.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms on a road sign
+</gallery>
-{|align="center"
+[[Literature]]: Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
-|align="center"|[[File:helsinki1.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a road sign
-|}
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-[[Literature]] : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
 [[Category:Finnish Municipalities H]]
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