The State Herald (Swedish: Statsheraldiker, formerly Riksheraldiker), between 1953 and 1981 called the Director of the Heraldic Section of the National [Swedish] Record Office[1] is an officer of the National Archives of Sweden who is responsible for matters related to heraldry. Until 1953 the Riksheraldiker was the head of his own state agency, the National Heraldry Office (Riksheraldikerämbetet).
Since 1953, the Statsheraldiker has been the head of the Heraldry Board, operating under the authority of the National Archives. The Heraldry Board is Sweden's highest heraldic authority, regulating only public arms (i.e. national, county and municipal heraldry, and the arms of public offices), whereas the National Heraldry Office also registered personal heraldry (i.e. noble arms and burgher arms). No other northern European country has a comparable heraldic authority, although the College of Arms in Britain and the Court of the Lord Lyon in Scotland are comparable.
The current State Herald of Sweden (since 2022) is Davor Zovko,[2] and the Assistant State Herald (since 2010) is Carl Michael Raab. Henrik Dahlström is the heraldic artist, who succeeded Vladimir Sagerlund in 2011.
- ^ Gullberg, Ingvar E. (1977). Svensk-engelsk fackordbok för näringsliv, förvaltning, undervisning och forskning [A Swedish-English dictionary of technical terms used in business, industry, administration, education and research] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 886. ISBN 91-1-775052-0. SELIBR 8345587.
- ^ Perić, Matija (2022-06-18). "Veliko priznanje: Mostarac Davor Zovko novi je državni herald Kraljevine Švedske". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-07-14.
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