The conference will be held 7-8 May 2027 at Det Hanseatiske Museum and Schøtstuene, Bryggen, Bergen. The Conference Committee for the XIVth Nordic Heraldic Conference hereby invites interested speakers to submit their name and lecture topic for the conference by 31 March 2026. Contributions may be sent to nhk27@heraldik.org. The theme of the conference is Heraldry and Symbolism of the Hanseatic World. Please see the Call for Papers below for additional details.
Call for papers:
The Hanseatic League started to develop in Lübeck and other towns in northern Germany in the 12th century and expanded in the following centuries around the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The league as such was not a legal entity and did not have its own seal. It was a cooperation between towns, guilds and tradesmen. Throughout the more than four hundred years of its activities approximately two hundred towns have been part of the Hanse network. The type of ship primarily used, the cog, was used as a symbol on seals and coats of arms. A “kontor” was established in London, Bruges, Bergen and Novgorod. They had their own coats of arms, with eagles as a frequent charge. On the ships, flags and pennants were used, often with the colours red and white.
We welcome papers concerning the theme “Heraldry and Symbolism of the Hanseatic World”. Papers can deal with, for example:
- the design and symbolism of seals and coats of arms used by merchants, towns and the different ”kontor”,
- the usage and function of the seals and coats of arms
- the design and usage of the flags and pennants on the ships, and
- how Hanseatic symbols have been used throughout the centuries and are still used in today’s heraldry.
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