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  2. Three Crowns - Wikipedia

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    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 coats of arms or flags.

  3. Coat of arms of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Coat of arms of Gothenburg - Wikipedia

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    The Coat of arms of Gothenburg consists of images from Sweden's great coat of arms and is meant to symbolize the city as Sweden's western defence. The lion is from the arms of the Folkunga dynasty, which in the 17th century was considered to be the arms of Götaland and it holds the arms of Sweden, three crowns, defending this with a sword.

  5. History of Gothenburg - Wikipedia

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    Coat of arms of Gothenburg.The lion is symbolic of Götaland, [1] and its shield bears the Three Crowns, the national emblem of Sweden.. The history of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) begins with the foundation of the city in 1621, although by that time people had already been living in the area for thousands of years, since the Neolithic Period, and moreover there had already been a series of ...

  6. Tre kronor - Wikipedia

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    Tre kronor, Swedish "Three crowns", may refer to: Three Crowns, a national emblem of Sweden; Sweden men's national ice hockey team, which has the Swedish national emblem on its jersey; Tre Kronor (castle), a 16th-century royal castle in Stockholm, Sweden; HSwMS Tre Kronor, a Swedish Navy ship; Tre kronor

  7. Category:National symbols of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    39 languages. العربية ... Pages in category "National symbols of Sweden" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Three Crowns; V ...

  8. Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    Orders of Sweden constituting the Royal Order of Knights. The Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden have a historical basis, reaching back to the 1561 founding of the extinct Order of the Savior. The Royal Order of Knights of Sweden were only truly codified in the 18th century, with their formal foundation in 1748 by Frederick I of Sweden ...

  9. Swedish heraldry - Wikipedia

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    Swedish heraldry encompasses heraldic achievements in modern and historic Sweden.Swedish heraldic style is consistent with the German-Nordic heraldic tradition, noted for its multiple helmets and crests which are treated as inseparable from the shield, its repetition of colours and charges between the shield and the crest, and its scant use of heraldic furs. [1]