Finnish heraldry information

Finnish heraldry has a common past with Swedish heraldry until 1809 and it belongs to German heraldric tradition. Arms of the historical provinces of Finland...

Coats of arms of Finland, can be found in ThisisFINLAND by Maunu Harmo, Master of Pol. Sc., Former President of Finnish Society of Heraldry. Turku, Porvoo...

French heraldry, the colour is usually excluded from the common colours as well as considered "ambiguous" (could be either colour or metal), and Finnish heraldry...

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology...

in the parentheses is the Finnish name and the second is the Swedish one. Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi, Egentliga Finland) Karelia (Karjala, Karelen)...

late. Swedish and Finnish heraldry have a shared history prior to the Diet of Porvoo in 1809; these, together with Danish heraldry, were heavily influenced...

purposes of this article, heraldry societies are defined as private associations of people who are interested in heraldry. Heraldic authorities, which...

In heraldry, the field (background) of a shield can be divided into more than one area, or subdivision, of different tinctures, usually following the lines...

Ecclesiastical heraldry refers to the use of heraldry within Christianity for dioceses, organisations and Christian clergy. Initially used to mark documents...

cross symbols were developed for the purpose of the emerging system of heraldry, which appeared in Western Europe in about 1200. This tradition is partly...

The wolf has been widely used in many forms in heraldry during the Middle Ages. Though commonly reviled as a livestock predator and man-eater, the wolf...

Heraldry is the system of visual identification of rank and pedigree which developed in the European High Middle Ages, closely associated with the courtly...

of arms of Barnard, Baring, Barnes, Bearsley, etc. In British and Irish heraldry, a bear's head is usually muzzled (reflecting the lack of wild bears in...

South African heraldry dates back to the 1650s, inheriting European (especially Dutch and British) heraldic traditions. Arms are borne by individuals,...

Romanian Cyrillic (Moldavian), and Finnish. In 1956, the Karelo-Finnish SSR was demoted into the Karelo-Finnish ASSR and incorporated into the Russian...

The National Archives of Finland (Finnish: Kansallisarkisto; Swedish: Riksarkivet) is a Finnish government agency under the Ministry of Education and Culture...

a millwheel in the door opening Nacka, Sweden (Swedish variant) Forssa, Finland Bolivar family in Biscaya Millrind Mill (heraldry) History of heraldry...

cooperation with Finland. Most of the soldiers of the Forest Guerillas were from White Karelia, Repola & Porajärvi and Olonets Karelia. The heraldry of the East...