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Three Crowns The lesser arms of Sweden The three crowns on Stockholm's City Hall. Three Crowns (Swedish: tre kronor) is the national emblem of Sweden, present in the coat of arms of Sweden, and composed of three yellow or gilded coronets ordered two above and one below, placed on a blue background. Similar designs are found on a number of other ...
The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges riksvapen) is the arms of dominion of the King of Sweden. It has a greater and a lesser version. It has a greater and a lesser version. The shield displays the "Three Crowns of Sweden" quartering the "Lion of Bjälbo", with an inescutcheon overall of the House of Vasa impaling the ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden (5 C, 43 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Sweden" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The National Archives Heraldry Board, established under Swedish statute 2007:1179, [14] is the highest heraldic body in Sweden. [15] The board is chaired by the National Archivist and includes three other officials, three deputies, the State Herald (who acts as secretary ), the National Archives jurist and the National Archives heraldic artist ...
According to this theory, [citation needed] the Swedish flag was created during the reign of King Charles VIII, who also introduced the coat of arms of Sweden in 1442. The national coat of arms is a combination of King Albert's coat of arms of 1364 and King Magnus III's coat of arms of 1275, and is blue divided quarterly by a golden cross pattée.
Mother Svea is normally depicted as a powerful female warrior, valkyrie or shieldmaiden, frequently holding a shield and standing beside a lion.Svea is a Swedish female personal name which derives from svea, an old plural genitive form meaning "of the Swedes" or the Swea.
Queen Christina's crown was the crown chosen to be displayed with other items of the Swedish regalia and artifacts from the Swedish royal collections in a 1988-1989 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Minneapolis Institute of Art commemorating the founding of Delaware as a Swedish colony in 1638.
The greater Coat of arms of Sweden, which is blue divided quarterly by a cross pattée of gold 1905–present: Royal standard of Sweden, used by H.M. The King of Sweden and H.M. The Queen of Sweden: Royal flag with the greater national coat of arms 1905–present: Royal pennant of Sweden, used by H.M. The King of Sweden above the royal flag on ...