Nordic Cross flags

Nordiska flaggor

Skandinavisk: Nordisk Korsflagg eller Skandinaviskt Kors kallas en typ av flagg där de vertikala armarna ligger till "vänster" om flaggets mitt, det vill säga närmare flaggstången. Alla länder i har denna typ av flagg og dessutom finns flaggor för Åland og, samt ett flertal andra mer eller mindre officiella regionala flaggor, till exempel för og. Även bland annat og Orkneyøerne har nordiska korsflaggor. Sättet att markera kulturell eller geografisk samhørighet genom liknande flaggor färekommer även på andra håll i världen, till exempel är många av arabstaternas flaggor i färgerna grønt, vitt och svart. Ett annat exempel är de flaggor i vitt og blått som används av de länder som tidigare ingick i det Centralamerikanska federationen.

English: 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).

Kalmar Union and micronations

Reconstruction of the Flag of the Kalmar Union Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523)

Flag of the Nordisk Flaggsallskap or Nordic Flag Society ([3] [4])

Ship flag from the Kalmar Union period, featuring a Nordic cross and the arms of the constituent kingdoms

Nordic national flags / Nordiska Nationsflaggor

Flag of Denmark

Flag of Finland

Flag of Iceland

Flag of Norway

Flag of Sweden

Nordic flags of autonomous regions / Nordiska Flaggor av Självstyrande Regioner

Flag of the Faroe Islands

Flag of Åland

Proposal for Flag of Greenland, designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen. Rejected in favour of non-Nordic-Cross Flag

Denmark / Danmark

Flag of Denmark	State Flag of Denmark	Royal Standard of Denmark	Naval Flag of Denmark. Note the very dark knaprød colour.	18th Century Flag of Mourning
Unofficial Flag of Bornholm (Commonly Used)	Unofficial Flag of Bornholm (Commonly Used)	Proposal for Flag of Jutland, designed by artist Per Kramer (actual use is not recorded)	Another Proposal for Flag of Jutland, dating from 1972 (not in use)	Proposed Flag of Vendsyssel (not commonly used)
Proposed flag of Vendsyssel (not commonly used)	Proposed flag of Vendsyssel (not commonly used)

Finland / Finland

Flag of Finland	State Flag of Finland	War Flag and Naval Ensign of Finland.	Flag of the President of Finland, with the Cross of Liberty in the canton.	Flag used by Finnish yacht clubs. Club insignia goes in the canton.
Unofficial Flag of Swedish-Speaking Finns.

Iceland / Ísland

Flag of Iceland	State Flag of Iceland	Flag of the President of Iceland	Flag of the Icelandic Customs Service	Former Unofficial Flag of Iceland (ca. 1900)
Proposal for Flag of Iceland, designed in 1914 by Magnús Þórðarson

Norway / Norge

Flag of Norway 1821-1844 and since 1899.	State Flag of Norway since 1899, War flag since 1905.	Flag of Norway 1814-1821.	The Common State and War Flag of Sweden and Norway from 1815 to 1844.	Flag of Norway 1844-1898.
State Flag of Norway 1844-1898, War Flag 1844-1905	Flag of Norwegian Fascist Party Nasjonal Samling 1933-1945

Sweden / Sverige

Flag of Sweden	Naval Ensign of Sweden	Royal Standard of Sweden with the Greater Coat of Arms, used by the King of Sweden	Royal Standard of Sweden with the Lesser coat of Arms (the Royal House using the Greater Coat of Arms)	Former Flag of Sweden representing the Union with Norway (1844-1905)
Unofficial Flag of the Finnish-Speaking Swedes	Flag of Skåneland or Scania (Southern Sweden)	Unofficial Flag of Gotland	Unofficial Flag of Hälsingland	Unofficial Flag of Härjedalen
Unofficial Flag of Småland	Unofficial Flag of Västergötland	Flag of Norrland	Unofficial Flag of Öland	Unofficial Flag of Öland
Unofficial Flag of Östergötland	Unofficial Flag of Västsverige (West Sweden) designed by Per Andersson in 1990	Catholic Cathedral of Stockholm

Nordic Cross flags of Germany / Nordiska Korsflaggor i Tyskland

Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge 1871–1892 (War Flag of the Imperial Army)	Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge 1892–1903	Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge 1903–1918 (–1921)	Proposed War Flag of 1919 (never used)
War Flag of NS-Germany (1935–1945), now forbidden in Germany	Flag of the former Saar Protectorate (1947–1956) (Saarland, Germany)
Proposed National flag of Germany, circa 1919.	Proposed National flag of Germany by the German Resistance, circa 1944.	Proposed National flag of Germany by the Christian Democratic Union, circa 1948.

Nordic Cross flags of Great Britain / Nordiska Korsflaggor för Storbritannien

English: Nordic cross flags in England and Scotland are used to allude to a Norse heritage, although with four notable exceptions, (the flags of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Caithness, Orkney and Shetland), they have no official status.

Flag of Shetland	Former flag of Orkney (Unofficial)	Flag of Orkney	Flag of Caithness
Unofficial Flag of the Island of Barra, in the Outer Hebrides.	Unofficial flag of the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides	Flag of the Highlands of Scotland (Unofficial)	Flag of Northern England (Unofficial)
Flag of North West England (Unofficial)	Former Proposal for a Flag of Yorkshire (Unofficial)	Flag of the West Riding of Yorkshire

Nordic Cross flags in the Baltic States / Nordiska Korsflaggor i Baltikum

Flag of the Short-Lived United Baltic Duchy
Proposed New Flag of Estonia	Flag of Pärnu, Estonia	Flag of Koigi, Estonia	Flag of Setomaa, Estonia
Flag of Aluksne, Latvia	Flag of Cesis, Latvia	Flag of Ventspils, Latvia

Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross or similar design

English: Flags where the vertical bar is centered (such as certain Greek and Swiss flags) are not included here; see flags with crosses.

Flag of Aldtsjerk, the Netherlands	Flag of Andalucía, Colombia	Flag of Bayamón, Puerto Rico	Flag of Calais, France
Flag of Ejmiatsin, Armenia	Unofficial Flag of Frisia, Europe	Flag of the Georgian Orthodox Church	Flag of Hernandarias, Paraguay
Flag of Pula, Croatia	The Royal Standard of Greece (1863)	Unofficial flag of Russian Ingria and Ingrian Finns	Flag of Little Rock, Arkansas, the United States
Unofficial Flag of Normandy, France	Flag of São Paulo (City), Brazil	Flag of Stavropol Krai, Russia	Flag of Tbilisi, Georgia
Naval ensign of Tonga	Flag of Tudela, Navarre, Spain	Flag of Vepsia, Russia	Flag of Volyns'ka Oblast', Ukraine
The so-called "Vinland Flag"	Unofficial Flag of Votia, Russia	Former Flag of East Karelia, Russia	Flag of Wilmington, Delaware, the United States
Proposed Independence Flag of South Island, New Zealand	Flag of Gori, Georgia

See also / Se Även

• Gallery of flags by design

Externa Länkar / 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.