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Flag of norway sweden and finland. Blue nordic cross reaches the edges of the flag and it is located on a white background. Royal standard of norway. The design and colours of the swedish flag are believed to have been inspired by. The only difference between the off centred cross of the three countries is the colours.

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. Flag of finland finland emoji. The kalmar union which was the kingdom that united denmark sweden and norway as well as parts of finland between 1397 1523 adopted a flag with a red cross and yellow body. Sweden and norway or sweden norway swedish.

Sweden has bright yellow on a deep blue background. An asymmetrical horizontal cross with the crossbar closer to the hoist than the fly with the cross extending to the edge of the flag on a field of blue. These hand held mounted swedish flags are carefully hemmed on all four sides. Sweden flag 12 inch x 18 inch mounted e poly swedish flags these mounted flags are carefully printed on light weight polyester fabric offering the exceptional value in a larger mounted flags.

Flag with the norwegian lion of the coat of arms of norway still in use today by the king of norway a banner of arms this has been the historical flag of the kings of norway used as the coat of arms from at least 1318 also sometimes used in flag format on ships and fortresses and in various ruler s seals since 1285. The finnish flag also known as siniristilippu blue cross is another of flags inspired by danish danneborg. Each sweden flag is carefully mounted on a 0 25 inch x 24 inch natural wood staff tipped with a golden spear. This flag was hoisted by troops during various wars including the northern crusades.

The nordic cross design traditionally represents christianity. Denmark uses white on red. The flag of norway has the colors red white and blue and is the official flag of norway used to represent norway worldwide. The flags of norway denmark and sweden share a very similar design which we ll talk more about later.

The current flag design was introduced in 1821 when. Norway s flag colors are based on the french flag. Today the nordic cross is a feature in some city and district flags or coats of arms. Sveriges flagga consists of a yellow or gold nordic cross i e.

The flag mirrors the scandinavian nordic cross a cross offset to the left and the dannebrog the flag of denmark.