Nordic cross flag

Flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross

"Nordic flag" redirects here. For the Nordic Council flag, see Flag of the Nordic Council.

Nordic flags, from left to right: Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. A selection of various Nordic Cross flags used in Northern Europe
Larger flags, from left to right: Iceland, Faroe Islands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland;
Smaller flags, from left to right: Barra, South Uist, Yorkshire West Riding (historical), Orkney, Shetland, Scania, Åland, Pärnu, Setomaa (ethnic), Vepsians (ethnic).

A Nordic cross flag is a flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross, a cross symbol in a rectangular field, with the centre of the cross shifted towards the hoist.

All independent Nordic countries have adopted such flags in the modern period, and while the Nordic cross is named for its use in the national flags of the Nordic nations, the term is used universally by vexillologists, in reference not only to the flags of the Nordic countries but to other flags with similar designs.[1] The cross design represents Christianity,[2][3][4] and was first seen in the Dannebrog, the national flag of Denmark in the first half of the 13th century. The same design, but with a red Nordic cross on a yellow background, was used as union flag during the Kalmar union (1397 to 1523), and when that union fell apart in 1523 the same design, but with a yellow cross on a blue background (derived from the Swedish coat of arms adopted in 1442), was adopted as national flag of Sweden, while Norway adopted their flag in 1821. After gaining independence the other Nordic countries adopted national flags of the same design, Iceland in 1915 and Finland in 1918. The Norwegian flag was the first Nordic cross flag with three colours. All Nordic flags may be flown as gonfalons as well.

## Flag formats

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* Bicolor Nordic / Scandinavian cross

* Tricolor Nordic / Scandinavian cross

* Bicolor Swallowtail Nordic / Scandinavian cross

* Tricolor Swallowtail Nordic / Scandinavian cross

## Flags of the Nordic countries

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Some of these flags are historical. Also, flag proportions may vary between the different flags and sometimes even between different versions of the same flag.

The Flag of Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic country or territory without a Nordic Cross. When Greenland was granted home rule, the present flag — with a graphic design unique to Greenland — was adopted in June 1985, supported by fourteen votes against eleven who supported a proposed green-and-white Nordic cross.[5]

* Flag of Denmark

* Flag of Finland

* Flag of Iceland

* Flag of Norway

* Flag of Sweden

### Denmark

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* Flag of Denmark (1748)

* State flag of Denmark (17th century)

* Naval ensign of Denmark (17th century). Note the darker kraprød colour (1939).

* Royal standard of Denmark

* Standard of Mary, Queen of Denmark

* Standard of Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark

* Standard of the Regent of Denmark

* Standard of the royal house- used by other members of the royal family

* Flag of the Faroe Islands (1919)

### Finland

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* Flag of Finland (1918)

* State flag of Finland (1918)

* War flag and naval ensign of Finland (1918)

* Flag of the president of Finland, with the Cross of Liberty in the canton (1978)

* Finnish yacht club ensign. Ratified club emblem in the canton (1919)

* Flag of Åland (1954)

### Iceland

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* Flag of Iceland (1944–present)

* State flag of Iceland

* Flag of the president of Iceland

* Flag of the Icelandic Directorate of Customs

### Norway

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* Flag of Norway (1821–1844 and 1899–present)

* Naval ensign of Norway since 1905, civilian state flag since 1899.

* Former flag of Norway (1814–1821).

* The common naval ensign and war flag of Sweden and Norway from 1815 to 1844.

* Merchant flag of Norway (1844–1898 with the union badge representing the union with Sweden)

* Naval ensign and state flag of Norway (1844–1905)

### Sweden

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* Flag of Sweden (1906–present)

* Flag of Sweden before 1815

* Flag of Sweden (1815–1844) representing the union with Norway

* Flag of Sweden (1844–1905) representing the union with Norway

* Naval ensign of Sweden

* Royal standard of Sweden with the Greater coat of arms, used by the King and Queen of Sweden

* Royal standard of Sweden with the lesser coat of arms, used by princes and princesses of Sweden

### Kalmar Union (historical)

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This is the historical flag of the Kalmar Union, which united Denmark, Sweden and Norway from 1397 to 1523. No pictorial evidence survives of the Kalmar Union's Flag. The flag appearing here is a reconstruction based on references in 1430 letters by King Eric of Pomerania.

## Regional Nordic flags

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These flags either do not have full official status or represent various private entities. They have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish region of Bergslagen

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Bohuslän

* Unofficial flag of Bornholm (1970s)

* Proposal for a flag of Greenland, designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen. Rejected in favour of the non-Nordic-Cross flag.

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Hälsingland

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Härjedalen

* Former unofficial flag of Iceland (c. 1900)

* Proposal for flag of Iceland, designed in 1914 by Magnús Þórðarson

* Proposal for flag of Jutland, designed by artist Per Kramer (1975)[6] (actual use is not recorded)

* Another proposal for flag of Jutland, dating from 1972 (not in use)

* Unofficial flag of Norrland, the northernmost land of Sweden

* Proposed flag of Norway by Christian Frederick (1814)

* Proposed flag of Norway (Anonymous proposal) (1814)

* Proposed flag of Norway by Niels Aall (1815)

* Proposed flag of Norway by Fredrik Meltzer (1821)

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish region of Roslagen

* Official flag of the Swedish province of Scania and unofficial flag of Skåneland

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Småland

* Unofficial Flag of Vendsyssel, Denmark

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish county of Västra Götaland (or West Sweden in general)

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Öland

* Unofficial flag of the Swedish province of Östergötland

## Nordic cross flags outside the Nordic countries

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### Armenia

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* Flag of Ejmiatsin.

### Brazil

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* Flag of Areias, São Paulo State

* Flag of Borborema, São Paulo State

* Flag of Carmo do Paranaíba, Minas Gerais

* Flag of Chapadinha, Maranhão

* Flag of Colorado, Rio Grande do Sul

* Flag of Domingos Martins, Espírito Santo

* Flag of Escada, Pernambuco

* Flag of Frei Martinho, Paraíba

* Flag of Grão Pará, Santa Catarina

* Flag of Guaíra, São Paulo State

* Flag of Itu, São Paulo State

* Flag of Lagoa Formosa, Minas Gerais

* Flag of Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul

* Flag of Palotina, Paraná

* Flag of Peritiba, Santa Catarina

* Flag of Pirapora do Bom Jesus, São Paulo State

* Flag of Santa Helena, Paraná

* Flag of Santo Antônio do Pinhal, São Paulo State

* Flag of Santo Cristo, Rio Grande do Sul

### Estonia

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* Flag of Pärnu (urban municipality)

* Flag of Türi Parish

* Flag of Koigi Parish (rural municipality)

* Flag of Setomaa Parish (rural municipality)

* A proposed design for the national flag of Estonia (1919)

### France

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* Flag of Calais, Hauts-de-France

* Flag of Dol-de-Bretagne, Brittany

* Alternative flag of Normandy, nicknamed "St. Olaf's Cross"

* Alternative flag of Normandy

* Flag of Presqu'île de Crozon, Brittany

* Viking flag of Vendée, Pays de la Loire

### Georgia

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* Flag of Tbilisi, Georgia

* Flag of the Georgian Orthodox Church

* Flag of Gori Municipality

* Flag of Khoni Municipality

* Current flag of Zugdidi Municipality

* Old flag of Zugdidi Municipality (2012–2018)

* Variation of the old flag of Zugdidi Municipality (2015)

### Germany

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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.

* The unofficial 'Noordlandflagg' of Low German-speaking people in northern Germany, northeastern Netherlands and southern Denmark

* Teutonic Knights and their State

* Flag of the Danish monarch, flown in his capacity as Duke of Holstein, Schleswig and Lauenburg. The three duchies were ceded to Austria and Prussia in 1864 as a result of the Second Schleswig War.[7]

* Civil flag of Oldenburg[8]

* Former North German Federal Navy Ensign (1867–71), Reichskriegsflagge

* Former War Ensign of Nazi Germany (1938–1945), now illegal in Germany

* Flag of the former Saar Protectorate, Germany

* Proposed National flag of Germany, circa 1919.

* Flag proposed by the conspirators of the 20 July plot against Hitler, nowadays often used in a right-wing context.[9] (Wirmer Flag)

* A proposed flag for West Germany (1948)

### Hungary

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* Flag of Balatonszőlős

* Flag of Kozármisleny

* Flag of Tatárszentgyörgy

* Flag of Fűzvölgy

* Flag of Pat

### Latvia

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* Flag of Alūksne, Latvia

* Flag of Cēsis

* Flag of Cēsis Municipality, 2022–

* Flag of Ventspils

* Flag of Ventspils Municipality

* Flag of the former Grobiņa Municipality, 2011–2021

* Nordic cross proposal for Latvian flag

### Lithuania

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* Nordic cross proposal for Lithuanian flag

### Netherlands

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* Flag of Aldtsjerk

* Flag of Bedum

* Flag of Havelte

* Flag of Hof van Twente

* Flag of Koewacht

* Flag of Rosmalen

* Flag of Skarsterlân

* Flag of Tilburg

* Flag of Utrechtse Heuvelrug

* Flag of Wierden

* Flag of Wouw

### Russia

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* Flag of Alyoshino, Tver Oblast

* Flag of Levokumsky District

* Flag of Likhoslavlsky District

* Flag of Mikhaylovsk, Stavropol Krai

* Flag of Mikhailovskoe [ru], Republic of Karelia

* Flag of Plodovskoe [ru], Leningrad Oblast

* Flag of Predgorny District, 1997–2017

* Flag of Rameshki, Tver Oblast

* Flag of Rameshkovsky District

* Flag of Stavropol

* Flag of Stavropol Krai

### Spain

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* Flag of Burón

* Flag of Casar de Palomero

* Flag of Paterna del Río

* Alternative flag of Tudela, Navarre

### Thailand

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* Flag of Uttaradit, 1942–1950s

### Teutonic Order

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* Flag of the State of the Teutonic Order (1230–1525)

### Ukraine

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* Flag of Volyn Oblast

* Flag of Zhytomyr

* Flag of Bershad Raion

* Flag of Khrestivka

* Flag of Lukiv

### United Kingdom

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A number of flags for localities in the United Kingdom (primarily Scotland) are based on Nordic cross designs, intended to reflect the Scandinavian heritage introduced to the British Isles during the Viking Age and through the High Middle Ages.[10]

* Flag of Shetland (2005)

* Flag of Orkney (2007)

* Flag of Caithness (2016)

* Flag of Yorkshire West Riding (2013)

* Cross of St Magnus, former unofficial Flag of Orkney (1990s)

* Unofficial flag of North Uist (2018)

* Flag of the island of South Uist (recognised 2017)[11]

* Isle of Barra (recognised 2017)[12]

* Flag of the Isle of Skye (2020)

* Official flag of Sutherland (2018)

* Proposed flag of Lancashire (1990s)

* Proposed flag of Orkney (2007)

* Proposed flag of Orkney (2007)

* Proposed flag of Somerset (2013)

### United States

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* Flag of Bayamón, Puerto Rico

* Flag of Little Rock, Arkansas

* Flag of Staunton, Virginia

* Flag of Portland, Oregon

* Campaign Flag of the Puerto Rican Independence Party

* Flag of Wilmington, Delaware

* Flag of the Episcopal Church

* Flag of New Milford, Connecticut

* Flag of Terre Haute, Indiana

### Other

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* Flag of a Chilean ambassador

* Flag of Andalucía, Colombia

* Flag of Pula, Croatia

* Royal Standard of Greece (1863). George I was also a prince of Denmark.

* Flag of Hernandarias, Paraguay

* Flag of Timor Portuguese refugees flown in Lisbon (1946)[13]

* Proposed flag of South Island, New Zealand

* Naval ensign of South Africa (1952–1981)

* House flag of the South African Marine Corporation (1969–2020)

* Naval ensign of Tonga

* Flag of Westarctica, a micronation claiming Marie Byrd Land in Antarctica

* Flag of Ladonia, a micronation in southern Sweden. The white lines are not visible on the flag itself, yet it is still seen as bearing a Nordic Cross as it represents a boiled Swedish flag.

* Unofficial flag of the Komi Republic used by activists.

* Flag of Amambay Department, Paraguay.

* Flag of the Principality of Snake Hill, a micronation in Australia.

* The "Vinland flag", used by American band Type O Negative, now a potential White Supremacist logo.[14]

* Flag of Vikesland, a Canadian micronation located on a ranch in Manitoba

* Flag of the Foundation Interdisciplinary Center for Cultural Studies, Argentina

## Ethnic flags

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* Official flag of the Forest Finns, adopted in 2022. Designed by Frédéric M. Lindboe and Bettina Gullhagen

* Official flag of Ingrian people, designed in 1919[15][16]

* Flag of the Veps since 1992, designed by Vitaly Dobrynin. In 2000–2005 span used as the official flag of Vepsian autonomous region in Russian Karelia

* One of the two flags of Votians

* Flag of Provisional Government of East Karelia, designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela in 1920. Later used as the ethnic flag of Karelians

* Flag of the Swedish-speaking Finns (1918)[17][18]

* Flag of the Sweden Finns

* Proposed flag of Frisia (2006)[19]

* Flag of the Mi'kmaq people, Canada (horizontal version)

* Falaise Cross flag (Croix de Falaise) – Falaise in Normandy was the birthplace of William the Conqueror

* Not adopted proposal for the flag of Sápmi

* Unofficial flag of Ludic Karelians

* Flag of Setos

## Political flags

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* Flag of Norwegian fascist party Nasjonal Samling (1933–1945)[20]

## Sport societies

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* Flag of Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna[21]

* Ensign of the Hungarian Yachting Association[22]

## Fictional

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* Flag of Latveria, a fictional nation within the Marvel Comics universe

* Flag of Norsefire, a fictional neofascist party ruling over the United Kingdom in Alan Moore and David Lloyd's comic series V for Vendetta

* Flag of Kekistan, a fictional country created by 4chan members as a political meme and online movement

## See also

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* Heraldry portal
* Europe portal
* Denmark portal
* Faroe Islands portal
* Finland portal
* Iceland portal
* Norway portal
* Sweden portal

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## References

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1. ^ EnchantedLearning.com Archived 3 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine; Historical flags of the world: The Scandinavian cross Archived 2 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Eric Inglefield: "Fahnen und Flaggen" (translated to German by Dagmar Hahn), Delphin Verlag, Munich 1986, p.16
2. ^ Jeroen Temperman (2010). State Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 88\. ISBN 978-9004181489. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2007. "Many predominantly Christian states show a cross, symbolising Christianity, on their national flag. The so-called Scandinavian crosses or Nordic crosses on the flags of the Nordic countries–Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden–also represent Christianity."
3. ^ Carol A. Foley (1996). The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic or Contemporary Icon. William Gaunt & Sons. ISBN 9781862871885. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2007. "The Christian cross, for instance, is one of the oldest and most widely used symbols in the world, and many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greece and Switzerland, adopted and currently retain the Christian cross on their national flags."
4. ^ Andrew Evans (2008). Iceland. Bradt. ISBN 9781841622156. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2007. "Legend states that a red cloth with the white cross simply fell from the sky in the middle of the 13th-century Battle of Valdemar, after which the Danes were victorious. As a badge of divine right, Denmark flew its cross in the other Scandinavian countries it ruled and as each nation gained independence, they incorporated the Christian symbol."
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7. ^ In 1844, pro-German nationalists in the two duchies of Holstein and Schleswig created a blue-white-red tricolour as a symbol for independence which began to see widespread use. In 1845, Denmark responded by outlawing all other flags than the Danish one shown here. This ban was enforced as long as Denmark controlled the three duchies (Holstein and Lauenburg: effectively until 1863, Schleswig effectively until 1864.) Use of the Danish flag was in turn outlawed by the secessionist government that claimed the three duchies between 1848–1851.
8. ^ "Grand Duchy of Oldenburg 1815–1918 (Lower Saxony, Germany)". Flagspot.net. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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11. ^ "South Uist flag". Hebrides-news.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
12. ^ "Isle of Barra's flag officially recognised". BBC News. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
13. ^ "Os portugueses em Timor na II Guerra Mundial". jornaldenegocios.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 28 February 2022.
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16. ^ Пюккенен, А. Ю. (30 May 2011). "Геральдика Невского края" [Neva region heraldry]. Санкт-Петербургские ведомости (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: АО Издательский дом «С.-Петербургские ведомости».
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## Bibliography

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* Znamierowski, Alfred (2002). The world encyclopedia of flags : The definitive guide to international flags, banners, standards and ensigns. London: Hermes House. pp. 103 and 134. ISBN 1-84309-042-2.

## External links

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Media related to Nordic Cross flags at Wikimedia Commons

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