Helsinki

Heraldry of the World Civic heraldry of Finland

HELSINKI - HELSINGFORS

Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa

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 arms on a road-sign

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