Works on Norwegian Heraldry in English and French

by Hans Cappelen

 

General

Cappelen, Hans: ’The Concept of the Coat of Arms in Norwegian Legislation,’ Kongressbericht, Stuttgart 1978)

Nissen, Harald: ’Norwegian Heraldry,’ Heraldry in Canada (1-2), 1995.

Tangeraas, Lars: ’L'héraldique médiévale norvégienne,’ Archives Héraldiques Suisses, 1998 II.

von Volborth, C.A.: Heraldry of the World London: 1975.

von Volborth, C.A.: Heraldry - Customs, Rules and Styles. Dorset: 1981.

 

Civic heraldry

Cappelen, Hans: ’Règles pour utilisation des armoiries communales en Norvège’, Archivum Heraldicum (1-2) 1976.

Cappelen, Hans and K. Johannessen: Norske kommunevåpen (Norwegian Municipal Coats of Arms). Oslo: 1987 (with a summary in English).

Cappelen, Hans: ’Norwegian Simplicity. The principles of recent public heraldry in Norway,’ The Coat of Arms (vol. VII, No. 138) 1988.

Trætteberg, H.: ’The Coat of Arms of Norway,’ The American-Scandinavian Review, June 1964.

Trætteberg, H.: Borg i segl, mynt og våpen (Castles and Towns on Seals and Coins and in Coats of Arms). Oslo: 1967 (with a summary in English).

Warming, P.: ’L'apparition de la Hache dans les armes de Norvége,’ Archivum Heraldicum, No 3-4/1954.

 

Flags

Cappelen, Hans: ’The Struggle for a "pure" Norwegian Flag: Nationalism and Symbolism in the 19th Century,’ The Flag Bulletin (XIX:3-5) 1980.

Smith, W.: Flags through the Ages and across the World. New York: 1975.

Trætteberg, Hans: ’A History of the Flags of Norway,’ The Flag Bulletin (XVIII:3) 1978.

 

Family heraldry

Cappelen, Hans: Norske slektsvåpen (Norwegian Family Coats of Arms). Oslo: 1969, 2nd ed. 1976 (with a summary in English).

Cappelen, Hans: ’On taking the family arms of others,’ Genealogica et Heraldica 1972.

Mathiesen, J.: ’L'usage d'armoiries dans une famille bourgeoise norvégienne au cours de trois siècles,’ Archivum Heraldicum (1) 1969.

 

Housemarks and seals

Schilbred, C.S.: ’What seals can tell,’ in Recueil du Congrès International. d'Héraldique. Liége: 1973.