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<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
'''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
'''Incorporated into''':
*
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'''HELSINKI - HELSINGFORS '''
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|+Official blazon
Region : [[Uusimaa]]<br>
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Former province : 1997-2009 [[Etelä-Suomi]], until 1997 [[Uusimaa]]<br>
|'''Finnish'''
Additions : 1946 Haaga, Huopalahti, Oulunkylä, Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki
| Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
 
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[[File:helsinki.jpg|center|{{PAGENAME}} Kuntavaakuna / Kommunvapen]]
|'''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.
===Official blazon===
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Sinisessä kentässä kultainen vene uimassa hopeisella, aaltokoroisella tyviöllä; veneen yläpuolella saatteena kultakruunu.
|'''English'''
| Azure, on a base wavy Argent a lymphad Or, on honor point a coronet Or with engraved stones Argent and Azure.
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===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
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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 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"
<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
|align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz1.jpg|center|Arms of Helsinki]] <br/>The seal of Helsinki from 1602
File:helsinkiz1.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1602
|align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz2.jpg|center|Arms of Helsinki]]  <br/>The seal of Helsinki from 1639
File:helsinkiz2.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1639
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File:helsinki3.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms during Russian times
|align="center"|[[File:helsinki3.jpg|center|400 px|Arms of Helsinki]]  <br/>The arms during Russian times
File:helsinkiz3.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The seal of Helsinki from 1861
|align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz3.jpg|center|400 px|Arms of Helsinki]]  <br/>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
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File:2074.wi2.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band
|align="center"|[[File:Helsinki manhole.png|center|400 px|Arms of Helsinki]]  <br/>The arms on a manhole cover<br>
File:helsinki1.jpg|alt=Helsinki (Kuntavaakuna - Kommunvapen)/Arms (crest) of Helsinki|The arms on a road sign
Photograph by Reddit user kas_vain, 2018
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|align="center"|[[File:2074.wi2.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a Dutch [[Willem II]] cigar band
 
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[[Literature]] : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.
|align="center"|[[File:helsinki1.jpg|center|Arms of Helsinki]] <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.


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