Coat of arms of Oslo
The coat of arms of Oslo (Norway) is actually the modern version of an ancient medieval seal of the city, dating back to about 1300. The design of the seal is based on the legend of St. Halvard, the patron saint of Oslo, and represents the saint dress with a red tunic, hood and helmet sitting on a lion throne and hands its attributes: a mill wheel and a wheel arrows. At her feet, near, a naked woman. In the background, a blue sky with four golden stars.
On the edge of the seal, a Latin inscription that says: OSLO UNANIMITER ET CONSTANTER (Oslo, Unanimous and Constant). Above a five-towers tower wall. Stored by wikitesto
The symbol is the oldest in Norway, dating back to about 1300. This first seal resembled, roughly, to the present. Even after the introduction of the Protestant reform on Norwegian soil, it continued to use the seal of San Halvard, but with some modifications. As a Catholic worship, that of San Halvard lost in the time of importance and in the seals after reform to the place of the saint represented a female figure. The figure of San Halvard with the woman was recovered at the end of the nineteenth century and at the same time it was inserted the wall crown, none existent before.
The current coat of arms is a 1924 version, designed by Børre Ulrichsen and colored by Carsten Lien. Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto
This entry is from the official page of the municipality of Oslo, where we include, among others, the following works: Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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