Hrvatski grb iz frankopanskog Senja u Švedskoj
The Croatian Coat of Arm - from Frankopan's Senj to Sweden

Summary/Abstract: This paper attempts to explain the possible origin of the coat of arms owned by the Swedish noble family Kristiernsson from Östergötland in Sweden. This family served the Scandinavian king Erik VII of Pomerania and his governor in Östergötland, count Ivan Anž Frankopan (in Sweden known as Johan Franke) during the fifteenth century. The central part of Kristiernsson's coat of arms corresponds to the traditional chequered Croatian coat of arms, known since the eleventh century. During the king Erik of Pomerania's travel through Croatia on his way to the Holy Land, his followers and possibly Kristiernsson made a longer break in Frankopan's city of Senj. The coat of arms very similar to that of Kristtiernsson's, belonged to the noble family Perović from Senj. The author discuss the details concerning King Erik's visit to Senj and briefly describes the appearence of chequer in the Croatian and the Scandinavian coat of arms.

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