Provinces of Sweden Shield Pack ROYALTY FREE VERSION

Intended for 3d print.

This version of the Shield Pack is sold under the "CULTS CU-ND - COMMERCIAL USE - NO DERIVATIVE" licence. You can use the models for commercial purposes, as long as you follow the terms of the licence. Please read Cults' info on licences below.

https://cults3d.com/en/licenses

Cheaper version for strictly non-commercial purposes (i.e for personal use) available here :

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/provinces-of-sweden-shield-pack

For true history nerds: This model pack contains shields with the coats of arms of all of Sweden's 25 provinces (known in Sweden as "landskap").

The landskaps have only nominal administrative importance today, but are generally speaking still something that the local population identifies with to a greater degree than certain other administrative divisions. People in Dalsland think of themselves as dalslänningar, people in Uppland consider themselves upplänningar, and so on. The landskaps have their origins in medieval times, and their boundaries have been virtually unchanged since at least the 16th century.

The provincial coats of arms, too, have historical origins dating back to the 16th century. Most coats of arms were formalized at king Gustav Vasa's funeral procession in 1560 ad. Another batch, consisting of provinces conquered from Denmark and Norway, dates to the funeral procession of king Charles X in 1660. Royal funeral procession at the time were grand affairs and required all provinces of the nation to be represented in heraldry, which is why most coats of arms originates from these ceremonies.

Listed below are all the provinces included in the shield pack. Note that all province shields come in three variants; one with a filled-in name tag, one with a blank name tag so you can fill in whatever name you want, and one without any name tag at all. So while there are 25 different motifs, the pack contains 75 models in total.

Detailed list:

Blekinge
Bohuslän
Dalarna
Dalsland
Gotland
Gästrikland
Halland
Hälsingland
Härjedalen
Jämtland
Lappland
Medelpad
Norrbotten
Närke
Skåne
Småland
Södermanland
Uppland
Värmland
Västerbotten
Västergötland
Västmanland
Ångermanland
Öland
Östergötland

If you want to know how to paint the various coats of arms, or if you just want to read up on the history of them, you can see all coats of arms on the following page:

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landskapsvapen_i_Sverige

I suggest you right click when on the page, and use the "translate" option to switch language into whatever language you prefer.

High printer settings recommended. Note that depending on the quality of your printer, some details may not show up properly if you print at the default 28mm scale.

No models are currently presupported. If you want presupported versions of the models, you can contact me and request this. Just note that you can easily add supports to the models yourself in your slicer software prior to printing. I recommend you learn how to do this yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLX0sqKbMyw