monogramme is not automatically a bumerke. However, monogrammes were often used for the same purposes as bumerkes, e.g. when signing documents or marking personal belongings. Gallery See also Coat of arms of Norway Flag of Norway List of coats of arms of Norway List of flags of Norway Burgher arms House mark Norwegian nobility Literature and sources H.J. Huitfeldt-Kaas et al.: Norske Sigiller fra Middelalderen, Oslo 1899-1950 (Norwegian seals from the Middle Ages - in Norwegian) Hallvard Trætteberg: «The Coat of Arms of Norway», The American-Scandinavian Review, June 1964 Hans Cappelen: Norske slektsvåpen, Oslo 1969 (2nd ed. 1976) (Norwegian family coats of arms), with English Summary Hans Cappelen and Knut Johannessen: Norske kommunevåpen, Oslo 1987 (Norwegian municipal coats of arms), with English Summary Hans Cappelen: "Norwegian Simplicity. The principles of recent public heraldry in Norway", The Coat of Arms,, Vol. VII, No. 138, London 1988, pp 15-24 Hans Cappelen: "The Heraldry of the Norwegian Armed Forces", Genealogica & Heraldica Lisboa 1986 (Congress Report), Lisboa 1989, Vol. 2, pp 179-185 Harald Nissen and Monica Aase: Segl i Universitetsbiblioteket i Trondheim, Trondheim 1990 (seals in the University Library of Trondheim) Harald Nissen: «Norwegian Heraldry», Heraldry in Canada (1-2), 1995 Knut Johannesen: Art by Royal Decree, National Archives of Norway, Oslo 1998 (municipal arms in Norway - in Norwegian) Hans Cappelen Bumerker i Norge: En oversikt, Oslo 2005 (about house marks - in Norwegian) Hans Cappelen: House marks in Norway, Oslo 2005 (an English summary) Elin Galtung Lihaug (editor): Report from the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences, Oslo 2014 References External links Discussion forum with much info on Norwegian military heraldry