Inspiration from Ryssnäs-släktens coat of arms

My crest is not identical to Ryssnäs-släktens shield at their coat of arms. It is however inspired by the main theme of the shield, the sleigh and the wheat sheaf ("garb" in heraldy terms). There are a few differences. For example there is no ice bellow the sleigh and there is no blue ("azure" in heraldry terms) field around the sleigh or the wheat sheaf. It is also a crest and not a shield item. In the better interpretations, like in Davor Zovkos version there are futher differences as well. Note that my crest is only a sign of distant relation nothing more and nothing less, the shield of my coat of arms has nothing to do with Ryssnäs-släkten.

Ryssnäs-släktens coat of arms has also been an inspiration for other coat of arms as well from other Ryssnäs-släktens members, like for example to a new shield in Fredrik Holms shield as a member of the Freemasons. It is possible to use parts of a shield as a part of a new shield or some of a shields items as a crest without claiming to be the only true heir to the inspirational the coat of arms.

My coat of arms. Drawing by Davor Zovko

Compare the small differences of both sleigh type (kicksled in this version) and that the wheat sheaf ("garb" i heraldry terms) is tied with a green("vert" i heraldry terms) stem with two green grain ears.

Fredrik Holms shield as a member of the Freemasons. Drawing by Thomas Falk

Large families in Sweden

As I understand, Ryssnäs-släktens has also some unexplored branshes including in 1700s and 1800s, and new members are not researched about but are manually reported by listed members themself. I also share a Ryssnäs member who was born in 1850 with a person I know but the person decendens from an other of her childs that was not listed so they are not in the book.

There are also many other family compounds in Sweden that has a coat of arms. A few of them are at mentioned in Svenskt Vapenregister and other has posted their coat of arms in for example Vapenbilden or Skandinavisk Vapenrulla.

Sweden has also other large families besides Långaryds-släkten and Ryssnäs-släkten like a very large numbers of Vasa descendants. Per Andersson made a very large book project of Vasa decendens but it does not cover none Swedish lines, even if a none Swedish Vasa decendent moved to Sweden, or bastard lines that was not official unlike some branshes that was ennobled. There are lots of uncovered Vasa bastard descendants that are unconfirmed and the two Bernadottes who has the most rumors about getting bastard childs, Kron-Kalle (Karl XV) and Oskar II, both descendants from House Vasa on their mother side from none Swedish lines.

The Bernadotte bastard decendens are difficult to confirm, especially since the Royal Court of Sweden refuses DNA tests, but rumors speaks of several 100:s on Oskar II alone and on Kron-Kalle alone and since that time several generations has passed meaning it could be 1000:s of descendants today. There are also other examples from other Houses with Vasa blood. For example before he became king, Karl X Gustaf of House Pfalz got several illegitimate childs on Öland.

Official books custom made from elites and Royal House point of view like "Kungar och Drottningar i Sverige" tries to rewrite this by mention false DNA tests and tries to pretend that there was only was one or two rumors and that most of them impossible. The Royal House of Bernadotte never does DNA testing. The book "Kungar och Drottningar i Sverige" has information about Swedish Kings and has images of every Swedish kings from Gustav Vasa and forward except no single images of King Oskar II or King Karl XV and the image of King Gustav V is so bad so one does not even see how he looked like! The book also failed to mention that King Gustav VI stopped drinking alcohol because of a direct orders from his wife the year my mothers father was born (1910).

Also there was some case between 2017 or 2018 in several newpapers when a family claimed and showed some "evidence" that they descended from prince Willhelm some generations back but they did not even get a DNA test despite the "evidence". I also know two local Chess players that also decends from House Bernadotte and I think I read the same course as one other at Mälardalen University.

The Swedish noble house with most living members is currently House Uggla that has many branshes but perhaps maybee not as great members as the numbers as Långaryds-släkten or Ryssnäs-släkten or House Vasa. Some branches of House Uggla decendens from House Vasa.

There are of course also cases where Church books has been burned up making it impossible to go back any further or follow a line regardless of origin.

Ryssnäs-släktens coat of arms as a brooch