Nordic Cross Flag
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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 symbolizes
Christianity and is depicted extending to the edges of the flag with the vertical part of the cross shifted to the hoist side. 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
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|Flag of Denmark
Image:Flag of Finland.svg|Flag of Finland
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg|Flag of Iceland
Image:Flag of Norway.svg|Flag of Norway
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|Flag of Sweden
Nordic Cross flags of autonomous regions
Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg|Flag of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of Denmark
Image:Flag of Aaland.svg|Flag of Åland, an autonomous region of Finland
Other Nordic flags with the Nordic Cross
Note that most of these flags 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; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523)
Image:Nordisk Flaggsallskap flag.gif|Flag of the Nordisk Flaggsallskap or Nordic Flag Society [link]
Denmark
Image:Flag of Denmark (state).svg|State flag of Denmark
Image:Unofficial flag of Jylland.gif|Unofficial flag of Jutland
Image:Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel.gif|Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel
Image:Danish flag of mourning.gif|Former flag of mourning
Image:Flag Denmark Bornholm.png|Unofficial flag of Bornholm
Image:Proposed flag of Greenland - Sven Tito Achen design.png|Proposal for flag of Greenland, designed in 1984 by Sven Tito Achen.
Finland
Image:Flag of Finland (state).svg|State flag of Finland.
Image:Naval Ensign of Finland.svg|Naval ensign of Finland.
Image:Finland-Swedish flag.png|Unofficial flag of the Finland-Swedes, the Swedish-speaking minority [#endnote_finlandswedishflag]
Image:Pursiseurax.jpg|Flag used by Finnish yachting clubs. Club insignia goes in the canton.
↑ Finland-Swedes see the Finnish flag as their national flag, but sometimes also use this flag as a supplement. The flag is in red and yellow which are sometimes used as the symbolic colors of the Finland-Swedes. This flag had previously been one of the candidates to become the flags of Finland, Norway and Greenland.
Iceland
Image:Icstateflag.svg|State flag of Iceland
Image:Icelandic Presidential.svg|Flag of the President of Iceland(ca. 1900)
Image:Hvítbláinn.svg|Former unofficial flag of Iceland (ca. 1900)
Image:Flag of Iceland - 1914 Proposal.png|Proposal for flag of Iceland, designed in 1914 by Magnus Thordarson
Norway
Image:Flag of Norway, state.svg|State flag of Norway.
Image:Flag of Norway 1814-1821.PNG|Former flag of Norway (1814-1821)
Image:Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg|Former flag of Norway (1844-1898)
Image:Unofficial flag of Nordnorge.gif|Unofficial flag of Northern Norway
Image:Unofficial flag of Vestlandet.gif|Unofficial flag of Western Norway
Image:Norwegian flag 1818-1844 south of Cape Finisterre.gif|Flag used by Norwegian vessels 1818-1844 while operating south of Cape Finsterre, Spain.
Sweden
Image:Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg|Naval Ensign of Sweden
Image:Swedish_norwegian_union_flag.svg|Former flag of Sweden (1844-1905)
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Image:Flag of Skåne.svg|Unofficial but generally adopted flag of the Scanian lands (southern Sweden)
Nordic Cross flags of the British Isles
Nordic cross flags in the
British Isles are used to allude to a
Norse or
Norse-Gaelic heritage. Many are unofficial or semi-official.
Image:Flagbarra.gif|Unofficial flag of Barra
Image:Lundy_flag.gif|Unofficial flag of Lundy
Image:Flag of Orkney.svg|Unofficial flag of Orkney
Image:Flag of Shetland.svg|Flag of Shetland
Image:Southuist.gif|Unofficial flag of South Uist
Image:Nordic-celtic flag.svg|Unofficial "Teutonic-Celtic" flag
Image:Yorkshire.gif|Unofficial flag of Yorkshire
Image:Unofficial flag of Jylland.gif|Proposed flag for Northern England
Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross
Image:Aldtsjerk flag.png|Flag of Aldtsjerk, the Netherlands
Image:Andalucia.gif|Flag of Andalucia, Colombia
Image:United Baltic Duchy flag.svg|Flag of the short-lived Baltic Duchy
Image:Bayamonflag.gif|Flag of Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Image:Calais_Flag.gif|Flag of Calais, France
Image:Estonian alternative flag proposal.gif|Proposed new flag of Estonia
Image:Ingria_flag_large.png|Unofficial flag of Russian Ingria
Image:LittleRockAR.jpg|Flag of Little Rock, Arkansas, the United States
Image:Nazi war flag.png|Former war flag of Germany (1935-1945)
Image:Normandy flag large.png|Unofficial flag of Normandy, France
Image:Flag of Saar (protectorate).svg|Flag of the former Saar protectorate, Germany
Image:StravopolKraiFlag.GIF|Flag of Stavropol Krai, Russia
Image:Tbilisi Flag.gif|Flag of Tbilisi, Georgia
Image:Naval Ensign of Tonga.svg|Naval enisgn of Tonga
Image:Flag of Vepsia.svg|Flag of Vepsia, Russia
Image:Flag of Volhynia.png|Flag of Volyns'ka Oblast', Ukraine
Image:Votic people.svg|Unofficial flag of Votia, Russia
Image:WilmingtonDEflag.jpg|Flag of Wilmington, Delaware, the United States
Nordic flags without the Nordic cross
Image:Flag of Greenland.svg|Flag of Greenland, a Danish dependency
Image:Freestate christiania flag.png|Unofficial flag of the Freetown Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark
Image:Unofficial flag of Jämtland.gif|Unofficial flag of Jämtland, Sweden
Image:Nordic.gif|Flag of the Nordic Council
Image:Sami flag.svg|Flag of Sápmi, the Sami ethnic homeland
Image:Unofficial flag of Tornedalians.gif|Unofficial flag of the Tornedalian Finns of Sweden
See also
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