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|align="center"|[[File:helsinki1.jpg|center]] <br/>The arms on a road | |align="center"|[[File:helsinkiz1.jpg|center]] <br/>The seal of Helsinki from 1602 | ||
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Revision as of 08:34, 8 November 2015
HELSINKI - HELSINGFORS
Region : Uusimaa
Former province : 1997-2009 Etelä-Suomen, until 1997 Uusimaa
Additions : 1946 Haaga, Huopalahti, Oulunkylä, Kulosaaren Huvilakaupunki
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 seal of Helsinki from 1602 |
The seal of Helsinki from 1639 |
The arms on a road sign |
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Index of the site
Literature : Pirinen, K. Local coats of arms in Finland (Suomen kunnallisvaakunat), Vantaa, 1982, 216 p.