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==National flags of the Nordic countries and autonomous regions==
==National flags of the Nordic countries and autonomous regions==
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Image:Flag of Aaland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Åland|Flag of]] [[Åland]]</center>
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|<center>[[Flag of Denmark|Flag of]] [[Denmark]]</center>
Image:Flag of Denmark.svg|<center>[[Flag of Denmark|Flag of]] [[Denmark]]</center>
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Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg|<center>[[Flag of the Faroe Islands|Flag of the]] [[Faroe Islands|Faroe&nbsp;Islands]]</center>
Image:Flag of Finland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Finland|Flag of]] [[Finland]]</center>
Image:Flag of Finland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Finland|Flag of]] [[Finland]]</center>
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Iceland|Flag of]] [[Iceland]]</center>
Image:Flag of Iceland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Iceland|Flag of]] [[Iceland]]</center>
Image:Flag of Norway.svg|<center>[[Flag of Norway|Flag of]] [[Norway]]</center>
Image:Flag of Norway.svg|<center>[[Flag of Norway|Flag of]] [[Norway]]</center>
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|<center>[[Flag of Sweden|Flag of]] [[Sweden]]</center>
Image:Flag of Sweden.svg|<center>[[Flag of Sweden|Flag of]] [[Sweden]]</center>
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Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg|<center>[[Flag of the Faroe Islands|Flag of the]] [[Faroe Islands|Faroe&nbsp;Islands]], a Danish dependency</center>
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Image:Flag of Aaland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Åland|Flag of]] [[Åland]], a Finnish dependency</center>
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Note that most of these flags have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.
Note that most of these flags have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.
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Image:Unofficial flag of Bohuslän.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Bohuslän]]</center>
Image:Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg|<center>Reconstruction of the [[Flag of the Kalmar Union|flag of the]] [[Kalmar Union|Kalmar&nbsp;Union]]; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523)</center>
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Image:Dk_born2.gif|<center>Unofficial [[Flag of Bornholm|flag&nbsp;of]] [[Bornholm]]</center>
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Image:Finland-Swedish flag.png|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Finland-Swedes]]{{ref|finlandswedishflag}}</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Götaland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Götaland]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Gotland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Gotland]]</center>
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Image:Former unofficial flag of Iceland.gif|<center>Former unofficial [[flag of Iceland]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Jylland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Jutland]]</center>
Image:Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg|<center>Reconstruction of the [[Flag of the Kalmar Union|flag of the]] [[Kalmar Union|Kalmar&nbsp;Union]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Nordnorge.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Northern Norway]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Norrland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Norrland|Northern Sweden]]</center>
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Image:Flag of Norway 1814.gif|<center>Former [[flag of Norway]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Öland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Öland]]</center>
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Image:Flag of Skåne.svg|<center>Unofficial [[Flag of Terra Scania|flag&nbsp;of]] the [[Skåneland|Scanian&nbsp;lands]]</center>
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Image:Swedish norwegian union flag.svg|<center>Former [[flag of Sweden]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Vendsyssel]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vestlandet.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Western Norway]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vestsverige.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Västra Götaland|Western Sweden]]</center>
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</gallery>

===Denmark===
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Image:Dk_born2.gif|<center>Unofficial [[Flag of Bornholm|flag&nbsp;of]] [[Bornholm]], a Danish county</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Jylland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Jutland]], a Danish region</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Vendsyssel]], a Danish county</center>
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===Finland===
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Image:Finland-Swedish flag.png|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Finland-Swedes]], Swedes living in Finland{{ref|finlandswedishflag}}</center>
</gallery>

<small>{{note|finlandswedishflag}}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.</small>
<small>{{note|finlandswedishflag}}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.</small>

===Iceland===
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Image:Former unofficial flag of Iceland.gif|<center>Former unofficial [[flag of Iceland]] (ca. 1900)</center>
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===Norway===
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Image:Flag of Norway 1814.gif|<center>Former [[flag of Norway]] (1814-1821)</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Nordnorge.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Northern Norway]], a Norwegian region</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vestlandet.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Western Norway]], a Norwegian region</center>
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===Sweden===
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Image:Swedish norwegian union flag.svg|<center>Former [[flag of Sweden]] (1844-1905)</center>
Image:Unofficial flag of Bohuslän.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Bohuslän]], a Swedish county</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Götaland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Götaland]], a Swedish region</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Gotland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Gotland]], a Swedish county</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Norrland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Norrland]], a Swedish county</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Öland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Öland]], a Swedish county</center>
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Image:Flag of Skåne.svg|<center>Unofficial [[Flag of Terra Scania|flag&nbsp;of]] the [[Skåneland|Scanian&nbsp;lands]], a Swedish region</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Vestsverige.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Västra Götaland|Western Sweden]], a Swedish region</center>
</gallery>


==Nordic Cross flags of the British Isles==
==Nordic Cross flags of the British Isles==
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==Nordic flags without the Nordic cross==
==Nordic flags without the Nordic cross==
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Image:Unofficial flag of Christiania.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Freetown Christiania]]</center>
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Image:Flag of Greenland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Greenland|Flag of]] [[Greenland]]</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Jämtland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Jämtland]]</center>
Image:Nordic.gif|<center>[[Flag of the Nordic Council|Flag of]] the [[Nordic Council]]</center>
Image:Nordic.gif|<center>[[Flag of the Nordic Council|Flag of]] the [[Nordic Council]]</center>
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Image:Flag of Greenland.svg|<center>[[Flag of Greenland|Flag of]] [[Greenland]], a Danish dependency</center>
Image:Sami flag.svg|<center>[[Sami flag|Flag of]] [[Sápmi]]</center>
Image:Sami flag.svg|<center>[[Sami flag|Flag of]] [[Sápmi]]</center>
Image:Unofficial flag of Tornedalians.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Tornedalians|Tornedalian Finns]]</center>
Image:Unofficial flag of Christiania.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Freetown Christiania]] in Copenhagen, Denmark</center>
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Image:Unofficial flag of Jämtland.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of [[Jämtland]], a Swedish county</center>
Image:Unofficial flag of Tornedalians.gif|<center>Unofficial flag of the [[Tornedalians|Tornedalian Finns]], Finns living in Sweden</center>
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</gallery>


Revision as of 00:39, 13 March 2006

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 and autonomous regions

Other Nordic flags with the Nordic Cross

Note that most of these flags have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.

Denmark

Finland

^ 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

Norway

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.

Flags elsewhere that feature the Nordic Cross

Nordic flags without the Nordic cross

See also

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