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University of Stockholm
![[Logo of Stockholm University]](../images/s/se-su.gif)
from the homepage of the University of Stockholm
® Registered as a trademark in 1983.
The flag of the University of Stockholm (Stockholms Universitet) is
dark blue with the logo in white. I attach an image of the logo, which
however have not the same proportions as the flag usually have. This logo
was created by Karl-Erik Forsberg when the College of Stockholm
(Stockholms Högskola) was made a University in 1960. The torch is a symbol
for enlightment, while the three crowns show that it is a state-owned
university; over the torch is a laurel twig. The logo was approved by the
state heraldist and was registered as a trademark in 1983. The colour of
the university is blue.
- Literature: Torgny Nevéus: "Lagerkransar och logotyper", Bokförlaget
Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1999, pp. 36 and 44.
Elias Granqvist, 2001-Jan-08
University of Upsala
The University of Upsala (Uppsala Universitet) uses a flag which is a
banner of arms. The arms are blazoned: "I rött fält en sol av guld, belagd
med en med röda latituder och longituder markerad jordglob av guld.
Skölden är krönt med en kunglig krona och kan omges av en öppen krans av
lager och ek av guld och kan åtföljas av ett rött devisband med texten
GRATIAE VERITAS NATURAE av guld." (It is a red shield with a golden sun
upon which is a golden earthglobe with red longitudes and latitudes; I
wouldn't know how to blazon that in English.) On the shield is a royal crown (the university is state-owned)
and around it is an open wreath of laurel and oak, and there may be a red
band with the text GRATIAE VERITAS NATURAE in gold under the shield).
These arms was proposed by the state heraldist, drawn by the artist Ingrid
Lamby. It was adopted by the principal (rector magnificus) in 1990 and
inaugurated in the spring of 1991. I'll see if I can fix a picture of
either arms or flag. The arms are based on the seal of the University,
created in 1599 by Johannes Bureus. This seal has long been used as the
logotype of the University, and was registered as a trademark in 1992.
- Literature: Torgny Nevéus: "Lagerkransar och logotyper", Bokförlaget
Natur och Kultur, Stockholm 1999, pp. 37f and 44.
Elias Granqvist, 2001-Jan-08