For the purposes of this article, heraldry societies are defined as private associations of people who are interested in

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

. Heraldic ''authorities'', which have been established by reigning monarchs or governments, are dealt with in a separate article.

International

* Academie Internationale d'Heraldique (1949- )
International Association of Amateur Heralds
(1999- ) - it exists only in cyberspace, where it hosts an active interne
forum
and Facebook grou
The International Heraldry Society

The Society of Heraldic Arts
an international guild of heraldic artists and craftspeople. *

The Armorial Register The Armorial Register is a publisher of heraldic and associated science topics, founded in 2006. It produces the "International Register of Arms", a private armorial where people from all over the world can register their granted, inherited or ...

Europe

Belgium

Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office The Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office ( French: Association Royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique or OGHB) is a private genealogical and heraldic society in Belgium. It was founded in 1942 as an asbl and has over a th ...

(1942) - it publishes a bimonthly review (''Le Parchemin''), a quarterly link sheet (''Le Herault'') and studies in ''Les Recueils''.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society
BHVS coat of arms

Denmark

* Dansk Heraldisk Selskab (Danish Heraldry Socoety), affiliated with Societas Heraldica Scandinavica.

England

The Heraldry Society The Heraldry Society is a British organization that is devoted to studying and promoting heraldry and related subjects. In 1947, a twenty-year-old John Brooke-Little founded the Society of Heraldic Antiquaries. This name was changed to The Her ...

(1947- ) - it publishes a newsletter (''Heraldry Gazette'') and a journal (''The Coat of Arms''). *

Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society The Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society was formed as the result of the merger in 1957 of a previous Heraldic Society (founded 1948) with the Cambridge University Society of Genealogists (founded 1954). Foundation of the soci ...

(1950- ) - it publishes a journal (''The Escutcheon'').
Middlesex Heraldry Society
(1976- ) - it publishes a newsletter (''The Seaxe'').
Oxford University Heraldry Society
(founded 1835, but fell into desuetude in the 1930s), at least two attempts to be revived. * White Lion Society (1986- )
Norfolk Heraldry Society
- ''The Norfolk Standard'' is published three times a year.

- The magazine of the Society, ''The Blazon'', is published bi-annually. *

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies The United Kingdom's Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies (IHGS) was founded in 1961 at Canterbury, Kent (its current location) by Cecil Humphery-Smith. Its library was created by donations from Humphery-Smith, Aylmer Buesst and others. ...

Finland

Suomen heraldinen seura
(Heraldry Society of Finland, 1957–)

France

Société française d'héraldique et de sigillographie
(1937-)

Germany

HEROLD
Verein für Heraldik, Genealogie und verwandte Wissenschaften zu Berlin e. V. (1869 -). Oldest continuously working Heraldry society in the world.
Heraldischer Verein 'Zum Kleeblatt'
(1888- )
»Der Wappen-Löwe« – Heraldische Gesellschaft e. V.
(1980 - )

Macedonia

Macedonian Heraldry Society The Macedonian Heraldic Society (MHS) is the only professional body in the field of heraldry, vexillology, phaleristics, chivalristics and nobiliar issues in North Macedonia. The society was founded on 2 July 2003 in Skopje under the name Macedo ...

(2003- ) http://heraldika.org.mk/en/

Netherlands

Koninklijk Nederlandsch Gennotschap voor Geslacht- en Wapenkunde
(1883- ) - it publishes a journal (''De Nederlandsche Leeuw'').
Nederlands Genootschap voor Heraldiek, NGH
(Dutch Heraldry Society) (2014-) - it publishes a journal (''Blazoen'') and has three registers for coats of arms: personal/family, ecclesiastical and other organisations.

The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden)

Societas Heraldica Scandinavica
(1959- ) - it publishes a journal (''Heraldisk Tidsskrift''), a roll of arms (''Skandinavisk vapenrulla'') and a newsletter. Norsk Heraldisk Forening merke

Norway

Norwegian Heraldry Society Norwegian Heraldry Society ( no, Norsk Heraldisk Forening, NHF) is a heraldry society located in Oslo, Norway, which was founded in 1969. The first chairman was Herman Leopoldus Løvenskiold, and other founding members include C. S. Schilbred and ...

(1969- ) - it publishes a journal (''Våpenbrevet'').

Scotland

Heraldry Society of Scotland The Heraldry Society of Scotland was founded in 1977 with the aim of improving the study of heraldry. The Society's arms feature a Saint Andrew's Cross with silver thistles and a red shield. Their crest is a herald wearing a tabard of the arms, an ...

(1977- ) - it publishes a newsletter (''Tak Tent'') and a journal (''The Double Tressure''), and hosts an active interne
forum

Serbia

Serbian Heraldry Society The Serbian Heraldry Society ( sr-Cyrl, Српско хералдичко друштво, Srpsko heraldičko društvo), short from Serbian Heraldry, Genealogy, Faleristics and Vexillology Society "White Eagle" ( sr-Cyrl, Српско друштво ...

(1991- ) http://srpskoheraldickodrustvo.com/
CROM - Board for Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
(2001- )

Sweden

Swedish Heraldry Society
(1976- ) - it publishes a journal (''Vapenbilden'').

Switzerland

Société Suisse d'Héraldique

Schweizerisches Heraldische Gesellschaft
(1891- )

Ukraine

Ukrainian Heraldry Society
(1990-)

Africa

General: *

Heraldry Society of Africa Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

- it lists a general index of African coats of arms (recognized by the Republic of Uganda/UN) South Africa *

Heraldry Society of Southern Africa The Heraldry Society of Southern Africa (HSSA) was founded in Cape Town on 27 August 1953. It has not been active since 2007, but as it has not been wound up it is, in effect, in suspense. Activities The HSSA's main activity was regular meetings a ...

(1953- ) - it publishes a journal (''Arma''). Zimbabwe * Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Zimbabwe (1970- )

North America

Canada *

Royal Heraldry Society of Canada The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada (RHSC; french: Société royale héraldique du Canada) is a Canadian organization that promotes interest in heraldry in Canada. It was founded in 1966 and granted royal patronage in 2002. History The society ...

(1966- ) - it publishes a newsletter (''Gonfanon'') and two journals (''Heraldry in Canada'' and ''Alta Studia Heraldica'') and hosts an interne
forum
United States of America *

Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society The Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, established in 1864, is the world's oldest non-governmental body primarily concerned with heraldry. Purpose The committee was charged, on 3 February 1864, by the counci ...

(1864)
American College of Heraldry
(1972- )
College of Arms Foundation
(1984- )
American Heraldry Society
(2003- ) - it publishes a newsletter (''The Courant'') and a journal (''The American Herald''), and hosts an internet forum.
Society of Scottish Armigers
*

Augustan Society The Augustan Society, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida, was founded in 1957 to preserve material related to heraldry, genealogy, nobility, and orders of chivalry; and to further chivalric ideals in society. The Society moved to its curr ...

Oceania

Australia
Australian Heraldry Society
(1961- ) - it publishes a journal (''Heraldry News'').
Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra
- it publishes a journal (''The Ancestral Searcher''). New Zealand *

The Heraldry Society of New Zealand The Heraldry Society of New Zealand, established in 1962, is the principal New Zealand learned society concerned with the scholarly study of heraldry. Operationally and constitutionally, it is completely independent of The Heraldry Society in E ...

(1962- )

Asia

Philippines
Philippine Armorial
(2017- ) - provides a register of personal and family coats of arms in the Philippines and of Filipinos abroad.

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