Jakobstad

JAKOBSTAD - PIETARSAARI

Region : Pohjanmaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Länsi-Suomi (until 1997 Vaasa)

Official blazon

(fi) Kultakentässä sininen, aaltokoroinen tyviö, josta nousee punainen torni; tornista nousee sininen, punavaruksinen leijona, päässään punainen kruunu, häntä kaksihaarainen; leijona pitää oikeassa kämmenessään sinistä, punakahvaista, iskuun kohotettua miekkaa.
(sv) I fält av guld en av en vågskura bildad, blå stam, från viiken uppskjuter ett rött torn; från tornet uppstiger ett blått, krönt lejon med tudelad svans, beväring och krona röda; lejonet håller isin högra ram ett till hugg lyftat blått svärd med rött fäste.

Origin/meaning

The arms were granted on December 28, 1957.

The arms are taken from the seal of the town from 1653. The arms are probably the arms of Jakob de la Gardie, whose family founded the town. The Swedish name of the town is derived from his name.

In the middle of the 19th century B. Kene proposed to change the arms with two anchors behind the shield and the provincial arms in the upper right corner. These arms were not adopted.

The seal from 1653

The proposal of Kene

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

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