Merkið

Merkið ("the sign") is the flag of the Faroe Islands. It was designed 1919 by Jens Oliver Lisberg and two of his comrades, hoisted the first time in Fámjin that year, and on 25 april 1940 recognized by Winston Churchill during World War II. Day of the Flag is each year 25 april.

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  Merkið

• Flag of the Faroe Islands with blue sky.JPG

  Photo: Norden.org

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  First own stamp of the Faroese post 1976

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  50th Day of the Flag stamp from 1990

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  The trawler Nýggjaberg with Merkið during the war

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  The schooner Sanna was flying the flag the first time to America

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  Miniature sheet with the three previous stamps

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  1000 years of Christianity: National Awakening, struggle for the flag. stamp from 2000

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  The first flag, hanging in the church of Fámjin

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  The first flag, hanging in the church of Fámjin

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  In memoriam Jens Oliver Lisberg, Fámjin. He created the first orginal flag of Faroe Islands