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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
Denmark Flag of Denmark; thereafter, Sweden,
Norway,
Finland,
Iceland, and some of their subdivisions used this as inspiration for their own flags. The Flag of Norway 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 terminology may vary between the different flags and sometimes do even between different versions of the same flag.
National flags of the Nordic countries
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|Flag of Denmark DenmarkImage:Flag of Finland.svg]
FinlandImage:Flag of Iceland.svg] IcelandImage:Flag of Norway.svg]
NorwayImage:Flag of Sweden.svg] Sweden
Nordic Cross flags of autonomous regions
Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg|
Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of DenmarkImage:Flag of Aaland.svg|Flag of Åland Åland, an autonomous region of Finland
Other Nordic flags with the Nordic Cross
Note that most of these flags are historical or have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.Image:Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg|Reconstruction of the Flag of the Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523)Image:Flag of Nordisk Flaggsallskap.svg|Flag of the
Nordisk Flaggsallskap or Nordic Flag Society
Denmark
Image:Flag of Denmark (state).svg|State flag of DenmarkImage:Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg|Naval flag of Denmark. Note the darker
kraprød colour.Image:Danish flag of mourning.svg|18th century flag of
mourningImage:Flag of Denmark Bornholm.svg] (commonly used)Image:Jutland-Bandiera.png|Proposal for flag of Jutland, designed by artist Per Kramer Kunstavisen (actual use is not recorded)Image:Jutland_flag_proposal.gif], dating from 1972 (not in use)Image:Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel.gif|Proposed flag of
Vendsyssel (not commonly used or known) Image:Achen Greenland Flag Proposal.svg], designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen. Rejected in favour of non-Nordic-Cross flag.
Finland
Image:Flag of Finland (state).svg|State flag of Finland.Image:Naval Ensign of Finland.svg] and
naval ensign of Finland. The presidential standard has insignia (Order of the Cross of Liberty) in the canton.Image:Presidential Standard of Finland.svg]) in the canton.Image:Flag of Finnish yacht clubs.svg|Flag used by Finnish
yacht clubs. Club insignia goes in the canton.
Iceland
Image:Icstateflag.svg|
State flag of IcelandImage:Icelandic Presidential.svg]Image:Customs Flag and Ensign of Iceland.svg|Flag of the Icelandic Customs ServiceImage:Hvítbláinn.svg|Former unofficial flag of Iceland (ca. 1900)Image:Flag of Iceland - 1914 Proposal.svg]
Norway
Image:Flag of Norway, state.svg|Naval ensign and state flag of Norway.Image:Flag of Norway 1814-1821.PNG|Former
flag of Norway (1814-1821)Image:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg] 1844-1898 with the union badge representing the union with Sweden
Sweden
Image:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|Naval Ensign of SwedenImage:Svensk handelsflagg 1844-1905.png] 1844-1905 with the union badge representing the union with NorwaySwedenImage:Flag of Skåne.svg] Skåne (southern Sweden)Image:Flag of småland.svg|Unofficial flag of
SmålandImage:Unofficial flag of Götaland.svg], or alternatively
ÖstergötlandImage:Flag of Vastergotland clear.svg]http://www.handelskammaren.net/item.aspx?id=411Image:Flag of Vermland.png|Unofficial flag of
Värmland
Unofficial Nordic cross flags of ethnic or linguistic groups
Image:Ingrian people.svg|Unofficial flag of Ingrian peopleImage:Flag of Vepsia.svg]Image:Votic people.svg|Unofficial flag of the VotesImage:KarelianNationalFlag.svg]Image:Flag of Swedish-speaking Finns.svg|Unofficial flag of
Swedish-speaking Finns
Nordic cross flags of Germany
Nordic flags in
Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's
Norsemen 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.
Image:De old.gif] 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 unclearhttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.htmlImage:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|Former Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign of
Imperial Germany (1903-1919)Image:War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg] (1938-1945), now forbidden in GermanyImage:Flag of Saar.svg|Flag of the former
Saar protectorate,
GermanyImage:De!19n1.gif], circa 1919. Image:De pro4.gif|Proposed National flag of Germany by the Christian Democratic Union, circa 1948.
Other Nordic cross flags of the Baltic
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.)Image:Bandera Aluksne.png],
LatviaImage:United Baltic Duchy flag.svg]Image:Bandera Cesis.png|Flag of
Cēsis,
LatviaImage:Estonian alternative flag proposal.svg] EstoniaImage:Flag of et-Parnu.svg] Pärnu, EstoniaImage:Bandera Ventspils.png],
Latvia
Nordic cross flags of the British isles
Many locations in England,
Scotland and
Ireland were colonized by
Norsemen 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.Image:Flag of Yorkshire (Flag Institute).svg], EnglandImage:Flag of Shetland.svg]
Shetland, ScotlandImage:2007 Flag of Orkney.svg] Orkney,
Scotland, official as of 2007Image:Former Flag of Orkney.svg] Orkney,
ScotlandImage:Flag_of_the_Highlands_of_Scotland.svg], ScotlandImage:Southuist.gif], ScotlandImage:Flag of Barra.svg],
Scotland
Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross or similar design
Flags where the vertical bar is centered (such as certain
Flag of Greece and
Flag of Switzerland flags) are not included here; see
Gallery of flags with crosses.Image:Aldtsjerk flag.svg], the NetherlandsImage:Flag_of_Andalucía_(Colómbia).svg]
Andalucía, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaImage:Flag of Bayamon.svg] Bayamón, Puerto Rico,
Puerto RicoImage:Flag of Calais.svg|Flag of Calais Calais,
FranceImage:Flag_of_Little_Rock.svg], the
United StatesImage:Normandy flag large.png],
FranceImage:São Paulo City flag.svg], BrazilImage:Flag of Stavropol Krai.png]
Stavropol Krai, RussiaImage:Tbilisi Flag.gif] Tbilisi, Georgia (country)Image:Naval Ensign of Tonga.svg|
Naval ensign of TongaImage:Flag of Volyn Oblast.svg] Volyns'ka Oblast', UkraineImage:Vinland flag.svg]Image:WilmingtonDEflag.jpg|Flag of
Wilmington, Delaware, the
United States, based on that used by the colonists of New Sweden.Image:PIP.logo.gif], the Commonwealth (United States insular area)
Fictional Nordic cross flags
Image:Fbnfvv.png|The flag of
Norsefire as portrayed in the film version
V for Vendetta. A black-on-red version is also seen in the film.
See also
References
External links
- Extensive compilation of official and non-official Nordic Cross flags (at Flags of the World). Note: The contents of this discussion forum range from sound science to utter nonsense and must be checked with other references for accuracy.
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
Denmark Flag of Denmark; thereafter,
Sweden, Norway,
Finland,
Iceland, and some of their subdivisions used this as inspiration for their own flags. The Flag of Norway 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 terminology may vary between the different flags and sometimes do even between different versions of the same flag.
National flags of the Nordic countries
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|
Flag of Denmark DenmarkImage:Flag of Finland.svg] FinlandImage:Flag of Iceland.svg] IcelandImage:Flag of Norway.svg] NorwayImage:Flag of Sweden.svg]
Sweden
Nordic Cross flags of autonomous regions
Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg|Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of DenmarkImage:Flag of Aaland.svg|
Flag of Åland Åland, an autonomous region of Finland
Other Nordic flags with the Nordic Cross
Note that most of these flags are historical or have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.Image:Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg|Reconstruction of the Flag of the Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523)Image:Flag of Nordisk Flaggsallskap.svg|Flag of the
Nordisk Flaggsallskap or
Nordic Flag Society
Denmark
Image:Flag of Denmark (state).svg|State flag of DenmarkImage:Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg|Naval flag of Denmark. Note the darker
kraprød colour.Image:Danish flag of mourning.svg|18th century flag of
mourningImage:Flag of Denmark Bornholm.svg] (commonly used)Image:Jutland-Bandiera.png|Proposal for flag of Jutland, designed by artist Per Kramer Kunstavisen (actual use is not recorded)Image:Jutland_flag_proposal.gif], dating from 1972 (not in use)Image:Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel.gif|Proposed flag of
Vendsyssel (not commonly used or known) Image:Achen Greenland Flag Proposal.svg], designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen. Rejected in favour of non-Nordic-Cross flag.
Finland
Image:Flag of Finland (state).svg|
State flag of Finland.Image:Naval Ensign of Finland.svg] and naval ensign of Finland. The presidential standard has insignia (
Order of the Cross of Liberty) in the canton.Image:Presidential Standard of Finland.svg]) in the canton.Image:Flag of Finnish yacht clubs.svg|Flag used by Finnish yacht clubs. Club insignia goes in the canton.
Iceland
Image:Icstateflag.svg|State flag of IcelandImage:Icelandic Presidential.svg]Image:Customs Flag and Ensign of Iceland.svg|Flag of the Icelandic Customs ServiceImage:Hvítbláinn.svg|Former unofficial flag of Iceland (ca. 1900)Image:Flag of Iceland - 1914 Proposal.svg]
Norway
Image:Flag of Norway, state.svg|Naval ensign and state flag of Norway.Image:Flag of Norway 1814-1821.PNG|Former
flag of Norway (1814-1821)Image:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg] 1844-1898 with the union badge representing the union with Sweden
Sweden
Image:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|
Naval Ensign of SwedenImage:Svensk handelsflagg 1844-1905.png] 1844-1905 with the union badge representing the union with NorwaySwedenImage:Flag of Skåne.svg] Skåne (southern Sweden)Image:Flag of småland.svg|Unofficial flag of SmålandImage:Unofficial flag of Götaland.svg], or alternatively
ÖstergötlandImage:Flag of Vastergotland clear.svg]http://www.handelskammaren.net/item.aspx?id=411Image:Flag of Vermland.png|Unofficial flag of Värmland
Unofficial Nordic cross flags of ethnic or linguistic groups
Image:Ingrian people.svg|Unofficial flag of Ingrian peopleImage:Flag of Vepsia.svg]Image:Votic people.svg|Unofficial flag of the
VotesImage:KarelianNationalFlag.svg]Image:Flag of Swedish-speaking Finns.svg|Unofficial flag of
Swedish-speaking Finns
Nordic cross flags of Germany
Nordic flags in
Germany were historically used to allude to the nation's
Norsemen 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.
Image:De old.gif] 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 unclearhttp://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.htmlImage:War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg|Former Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign of
Imperial Germany (1903-1919)Image:War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg] (1938-1945), now forbidden in GermanyImage:Flag of Saar.svg|Flag of the former Saar protectorate,
GermanyImage:De!19n1.gif], circa 1919. Image:De pro4.gif|Proposed National flag of
Germany by the Christian Democratic Union, circa 1948.
Other Nordic cross flags of the Baltic
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.)Image:Bandera Aluksne.png], LatviaImage:United Baltic Duchy flag.svg]Image:Bandera Cesis.png|Flag of
Cēsis, LatviaImage:Estonian alternative flag proposal.svg]
EstoniaImage:Flag of et-Parnu.svg]
Pärnu,
EstoniaImage:Bandera Ventspils.png], Latvia
Nordic cross flags of the British isles
Many locations in England,
Scotland and
Ireland were colonized by
Norsemen 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.Image:Flag of Yorkshire (Flag Institute).svg],
EnglandImage:Flag of Shetland.svg]
Shetland, ScotlandImage:2007 Flag of Orkney.svg] Orkney,
Scotland, official as of 2007Image:Former Flag of Orkney.svg]
Orkney,
ScotlandImage:Flag_of_the_Highlands_of_Scotland.svg],
ScotlandImage:Southuist.gif], ScotlandImage:Flag of Barra.svg], Scotland
Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross or similar design
Flags where the vertical bar is centered (such as certain
Flag of Greece and Flag of Switzerland flags) are not included here; see Gallery of flags with crosses.Image:Aldtsjerk flag.svg],
the NetherlandsImage:Flag_of_Andalucía_(Colómbia).svg]
Andalucía, Valle del Cauca, ColombiaImage:Flag of Bayamon.svg] Bayamón, Puerto Rico,
Puerto RicoImage:Flag of Calais.svg|
Flag of Calais Calais, FranceImage:Flag_of_Little_Rock.svg], the
United StatesImage:Normandy flag large.png],
FranceImage:São Paulo City flag.svg], BrazilImage:Flag of Stavropol Krai.png]
Stavropol Krai,
RussiaImage:Tbilisi Flag.gif]
Tbilisi, Georgia (country)Image:Naval Ensign of Tonga.svg|
Naval ensign of TongaImage:Flag of Volyn Oblast.svg]
Volyns'ka Oblast', UkraineImage:Vinland flag.svg]Image:WilmingtonDEflag.jpg|Flag of Wilmington, Delaware, the
United States, based on that used by the colonists of New Sweden.Image:PIP.logo.gif], the
Commonwealth (United States insular area)
Fictional Nordic cross flags
Image:Fbnfvv.png|The flag of
Norsefire as portrayed in the film version
V for Vendetta. A black-on-red version is also seen in the film.
See also
References
External links
- Extensive compilation of official and non-official Nordic Cross flags (at Flags of the World). Note: The contents of this discussion forum range from sound science to utter nonsense and must be checked with other references for accuracy.
