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The Nordic flags. From left to right respectively; the flag of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Nordic Cross Flag, Nordic Cross, Scandinavian Cross is a pattern of flags usually associated with the flags of the Scandinavian countries of which it originated. All the Nordic countries have adopted such flags. The cross design symbolises Christianity and is depicted extending to the edges of the flag with the vertical part of the cross shifted to the hoist side as opposed to flags where the cross is centred on the flag (known as a Greek cross). The first flag with this design was the Danish Dannebrog; thereafter, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and some of their subdivisions used this as inspiration for their own flags. The Norwegian flag was the first Nordic cross flag with three colours. Though the flags share this pattern, they have individual histories and symbolism.
Some of the flags in this list do not have official status. Also, note that flag proportions may vary between the different flags and sometimes do even between different versions of the same flag.
Note that most of these flags are historical or have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.
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Naval flag of Denmark. Note the darker kraprød colour.
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Proposal for flag of Jutland, designed by artist Per Kramer [1] (actual use is not recorded)
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Another proposal for flag of Jutland, dating from 1972 (not in use)
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Proposed flag of Vendsyssel (not commonly used or known)
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Proposal for Flag of Greenland, designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen. Rejected in favour of non-Nordic-Cross flag.
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Flag used by Finnish yacht clubs. Club insignia goes in the canton.
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Flag of the Icelandic Customs Service
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Naval ensign and state flag of Norway.
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Flag of the Norwegian Postal Service.
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Flag of the Norwegian Customs Service.
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The common naval ensign and war flag of Sweden and Norway from 1815 to 1844.
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Merchant flag of Norway 1844-1898 with the union badge representing the union with Sweden.
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Unofficial flag of the Veps
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Unofficial flag of the Votes
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Nordic flags in Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's Norse heritage and Nordic origins. Nordic flag designs very similar to Denmark's, Sweden's, and Norway's national flags were proposed as Germany's national flags in both 1919 and 1948, after World War I and World War II, respectively. Today, the Nordic cross is a feature in some city and district flags or coats of arms.
A flag claimed to be the flag of Imperial Germany from 1871-1892, though most information cites the black-white red tricolour as Germany's flag from 1871-1918. The origins of this flag are unclear[3]
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Former war flag of Nazi Germany (1938-1945), now forbidden in Germany
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Flag of Schleswig-Holstein, 1845-65, in union with the Danish crown.
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Proposed National flag of Germany, circa 1919.
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Proposed National flag of Germany by the Christian Democratic Union, circa 1948.
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Many territories around the Baltic Sea have begun using Nordic cross flags. Sometimes this is done to bolster the locality's association with the Scandinavian states (and, as with the proposed flags of Latvia and Lithuania, to assert a Baltic identity over a long-standing affiliation with the Russian sphere of influence.)
Many locations in England, Scotland and Ireland were colonized by Norse settlers and viking raiders during the 9th, 10th, and 11th centuries. Several locales, particularly in the Scottish islands, have flags based on the Nordic cross as a recognition of this Scandinavian heritage.
Flags where the vertical bar is centered (such as certain Greek and Swiss flags) are not included here; see Gallery of flags with crosses.
The flag of Norsefire as portrayed in the film version V for Vendetta. A black-on-red version is also seen in the film.
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- ^ Kunstavisen
- ^ http://www.handelskammaren.net/item.aspx?id=411
- ^ http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.html
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