Sveriges Ridderskap & Adels vapenbok

Sveriges Ridderskap & Adels vapenbok

by Schwerin, Otto & Mörner, Göran: Sveriges Ridderskap & Adels vapenbok. Hemera bokförlag 2024, hardcover, 144 p.

 The book presents the coats of arms of 657 now living families introduded into the Swedish House of Nobility. Based on extensive research, modernised coats of arms have been created, which correspond to the original coat of arms books, drawings and other sources, and which as closely as possible reflect the original intention of each ruler.

 Otto von Schwerin is an illustrator and former secretary of the House of Nobility. He has drawn the coats of arms for the 2001-2013 and 2022-2025 editions of the Adelskalendern, the Swedish Peerage Book. Mr Göran Mörner has been a genealogist at the House of Nobility since 2010 and is a heraldry scholar. The foreword was written by the first archivist, former State Herald Baron Carl Michael Raab. The book is in Swedish, introduction in English. Price 48€. Delivery costs will be added.