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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms depict a golden crowned lion (often called the Lion of Finland) rampant holding a sword on its armoured hand and trampling on a sabre. Around the lion are scattered nine silver roses. | The arms are defined by the [https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/1978/19780381 Laki Suomen vaakunasta (381/78))] | ||
The arms depict a golden crowned lion (often called the Lion of Finland) rampant holding a sword on its armoured hand and trampling on a sabre. Around the lion are scattered nine silver roses. | |||
Lion has been a common charge in Nordic arms and used in royal Swedish heraldry since 13th century. The first Duke of Finland (Bengt Bigersson, 1254-1291) used as his arms the arms of the House of Folkunga: a crowned lion rampant with three bends sinister on a field sémy of hearts. | Lion has been a common charge in Nordic arms and used in royal Swedish heraldry since 13th century. The first Duke of Finland (Bengt Bigersson, 1254-1291) used as his arms the arms of the House of Folkunga: a crowned lion rampant with three bends sinister on a field sémy of hearts. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Finland Gustav vasa memorial.jpg|200px|center]] <br/>First depiction of Finnish arms on memorial of Gustav Vasa | |align="center"|[[File:Finland Gustav vasa memorial.jpg|200px|center]] <br/>First depiction of Finnish arms on memorial of Gustav Vasa | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Finland.hes.jpg|300px|center]] <br/>The arms of Vasa for Finland in the <br>Wapen- en Vlaggenboek van Gerrit Hesman (1708) | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:Fi-c1.jpg| | |align="center"|[[File:Fi-c2.jpg|300px|center]] <br/>The arms on a 1879 coin | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Fi-c1.jpg|300px|center]] <br/>The arms on a 1938 coin | |||
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In 1934 the Finnish government did set up a committee to design state coat of arms with full achievement. Sketches were made by artist Germund Paaer, with bears as supporters and | In 1934 the Finnish government did set up a committee to design state coat of arms with full achievement. Sketches were made by artist Germund Paaer, with bears as supporters, crowned with the grand-ducal crown and with the motto “VAPAA, VANKKA, VAKAA” (“Free, strong, stable”), but during the turmoils of World War II the project was forgotten and abandoned. | ||
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