Three Crowns of Sweden

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heraldic charge national emblem symbol

The Three Crowns of Sweden is a historic national emblem consisting of three golden crowns, symbolizing the Swedish kingdom and used prominently in its heraldry and state insignia.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Three Crowns of Sweden canonical	4
royal crown of Sweden	2
Royal crown of Sweden	1
Three Crowns (national emblem of Sweden)	1
three crowns of Sweden	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2346487 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Three Crowns of Sweden
Context triple: [Greater coat of arms of Sweden, firstQuarter, Three Crowns of Sweden]

A. Swedish Crown
The Swedish Crown is the constitutional monarchy and royal institution that serves as the head of state and symbol of national continuity and authority in Sweden.
B. Tre Kronor
Tre Kronor is the iconic nickname of Sweden’s national men’s ice hockey team, renowned as one of the world’s top international hockey powers.
C. Swedish Royal Court
The Swedish Royal Court is the official organization that supports and administers the duties, ceremonies, and public engagements of the Swedish monarch and royal family.
D. Holy Crown of Hungary
The Holy Crown of Hungary is the historic coronation crown and national symbol of the Hungarian monarchy, traditionally associated with Saint Stephen I and regarded as a sacred emblem of Hungarian statehood.
E. royal crown of Norway
The royal crown of Norway is the traditional, jewel-encrusted crown used in Norwegian royal heraldry and ceremonial symbolism to represent the monarchy’s authority.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Three Crowns of Sweden
Target entity description: The Three Crowns of Sweden is a historic national emblem consisting of three golden crowns, symbolizing the Swedish kingdom and used prominently in its heraldry and state insignia.

A. Swedish Crown
The Swedish Crown is the constitutional monarchy and royal institution that serves as the head of state and symbol of national continuity and authority in Sweden.
B. Tre Kronor
Tre Kronor is the iconic nickname of Sweden’s national men’s ice hockey team, renowned as one of the world’s top international hockey powers.
C. Swedish Royal Court
The Swedish Royal Court is the official organization that supports and administers the duties, ceremonies, and public engagements of the Swedish monarch and royal family.
D. Holy Crown of Hungary
The Holy Crown of Hungary is the historic coronation crown and national symbol of the Hungarian monarchy, traditionally associated with Saint Stephen I and regarded as a sacred emblem of Hungarian statehood.
E. royal crown of Norway
The royal crown of Norway is the traditional, jewel-encrusted crown used in Norwegian royal heraldry and ceremonial symbolism to represent the monarchy’s authority.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	heraldic charge ⓘ national emblem ⓘ symbol ⓘ
appearsOn	Riksdag building decoration ⓘ Royal Palace of Stockholm decoration ⓘ Swedish embassies signage ⓘ
arrangement	two crowns above one crown ⓘ
associatedWith	King of Sweden ⓘ Swedish monarchy ⓘ Swedish national identity ⓘ Swedish state authority ⓘ
backgroundColorCommon	blue ⓘ
color	golden ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
disputedWith	Denmark ⓘ
disputeTopic	right to use three crowns in heraldry ⓘ
hasPart	crown 1 ⓘ crown 2 ⓘ crown 3 ⓘ
historicalUse	Kalmar Union symbolism ⓘ medieval Swedish heraldry ⓘ
legalProtection	protected national symbol of Sweden ⓘ
materialDepicted	gold ⓘ
regulatedBy	Swedish law ⓘ
shape	three open crowns ⓘ
symbolizes	Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Swedish monarchy ⓘ Swedish sovereignty ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Sweden ⓘ linked to: Swedish government Royal Court of Sweden ⓘ linked to: Swedish Royal Court Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ Swedish national sports federations ⓘ
usedIn	Swedish Air Force roundel ⓘ Swedish banknotes ⓘ Swedish coins ⓘ Swedish government insignia ⓘ Swedish heraldry ⓘ Swedish national emblem ⓘ Swedish national ice hockey team emblem ⓘ Swedish national sports teams logos ⓘ Swedish passports ⓘ coat of arms of Sweden ⓘ linked to: Lesser coat of arms of Sweden greater coat of arms of Sweden ⓘ linked to: Greater coat of arms of Sweden lesser coat of arms of Sweden ⓘ linked to: Lesser coat of arms of Sweden military insignia of Sweden ⓘ official Swedish buildings decoration ⓘ official seals of Sweden ⓘ state insignia of Sweden ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greater coat of arms of Sweden → firstQuarter → Three Crowns of Sweden ⓘ

Greater coat of arms of Sweden → secondQuarter → Three Crowns of Sweden ⓘ

Greater coat of arms of Sweden → thirdQuarter → Three Crowns of Sweden ⓘ

Greater coat of arms of Sweden → fourthQuarter → Three Crowns of Sweden ⓘ

Greater coat of arms of Sweden → crownType → Royal crown of Sweden ⓘ