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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}<br>(Historical province) '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Sweden [[File:Sweden.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
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I rött fält ett riksäpple av guld. | |+Official blazon | ||
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|'''Swedish''' | |||
| I rött fält ett riksäpple av guld. | |||
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|'''English''' | |||
| Gules, an orb Or. | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms show an orb and were already used at the funeral procession of King Gustav Vasa in 1560. The orb symbolises the royal power and the Swedish Kings were crowned in [[Uppsala]] at the time, the capital of the province. | The arms show an orb and were already used at the funeral procession of King Gustav Vasa in 1560. The orb symbolises the royal power and the Swedish Kings were crowned in [[Uppsala]] at the time, the capital of the province. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:Uppland1562.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|The arms in a manuscript from 1562 | |||
File:Uppland.hes.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|The arms in the [[Wapen- en Vlaggenboek Hesman|Wapen- en Vlaggenboek]] van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
File:Uppland1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|The arms as shown by Liljeblad, 1878 | |||
File:Uppland.hagse.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|The arms in the [[Kaffe_Hag_Sverige|Kaffe Hag album]] +/- 1935 | |||
File:Uppland3.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|Greeting card, 1950s | |||
File:Uppland4.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Uppland|Greeting card, 1950s | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Literature]] : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992 | |||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Category:Swedish Provinces]] | [[Category:Swedish Provinces]] | ||
[[Category:Uppland]] | [[Category:Uppland]] |