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Image:Flag of Swedish-speaking Finns.svg|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Swedish-speaking Finns]].</center>
Image:Flag of Swedish-speaking Finns.svg|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Swedish-speaking Finns]].</center>
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===Germany===
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Image:De old.gif|<center>A military flag which was once used in Imperial Germany though the origins are unclear<ref>http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.html</ref></center>
Image:Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge (1903).png|<center>Former Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign of [[Imperial Germany]] (1871-1919)</center>
Image:War Ensign of Germany 1938-1945.svg|<center>Former war flag of [[Nazi Germany]] (1935-1945), now forbidden in Germany</center>
Image:Flag of Saar.svg|<center>Flag of the former [[Saar protectorate]], [[Germany]]</center>
Image:De!19n1.gif|<center>Proposed National flag of [[Germany]], circa 1919. </center>
Image:De pro4.gif|<center>Proposed National flag of [[Germany]] by the Christian Democratic Union, circa 1948. </center>
Image:Jutland_flag_proposal.gif|<center>Proposal for flag of [[Jutland]], dating from 1972 (not in use)</center>
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===Iceland===
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Revision as of 16:55, 7 July 2007

The Nordic flags, from left to right; the Finnish flag, the Icelandic flag, the Norwegian flag, the Swedish flag and the Danish flag.

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.

National flags of the Nordic countries

Nordic Cross flags of autonomous regions

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.

Denmark

Finland

Germany


Iceland

Norway

Sweden

Nordic Cross flags of Germany

Nordic Cross flags of Scotland

Nordic cross flags in Scotland are used to allude to a Norse heritage, although with two notable exceptions, (the flags of Orkney and Shetland), they have no official status. The Norse heritage of these areas relates to the historical status of the isles of Orkney, Shetland and those of the Outer Hebrides, which together with Caithness and parts of Sutherland, (both on the Scottish mainland), at one time fell under the control of the Kingdom of Norway.

Nordic Cross flags of England

Nordic cross flags in England are also used to allude to a Norse heritage, which with particular regard to Yorkshire stems from the rule of the Danish Kings in that part of North East England known as the Danelaw. This area included much of what is now Yorkshire.

Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross or similar design

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

Nordic flags without the Nordic cross

Fictional Nordic cross flags

See also

References

  1. ^ Kunstavisen
  2. ^ http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.html
  3. ^ http://www.handelskammaren.net/item.aspx?id=411
  4. ^ http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de_ufe.html
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