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The flag of Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit erfalasuat, Danish: Grønlands flag) was designed by Greenland native Thue Christiansen. [2] It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a counter-changed red-and-white disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe ...
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 ...
The flag of Denmark (Danish: Dannebrog, pronounced [ˈtænəˌpʁoˀ]) [ 4 ] is red with a white Nordic cross, which means that the cross extends to the edges of the flag and that the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side. A banner with a white-on-red cross is attested as having been used by the kings of Denmark since the 14th ...
The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; lit. 'the North') [2] are a geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic. It includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway [a] and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland.
Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway 1948–2000: Royal Standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother: 1972–2002: The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark: Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik. 2002–2018: The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark: Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik, with a prince's crown replaced by the ...
Greenlandic people in Denmark. Greenlandic, Faroese, Danish and Icelandic flag in front of Nordatlantens Brygge, the North Atlantic culture house in Copenhagen, Denmark. Greenlandic people in Denmark (Danish: Grønlændere i Danmark; also known as Greenlandic Danes) are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or Greenlandic Inuit heritage.
Occupation (s) Teacher, visual artist, politician. Thue Christiansen (25 February 1940 – 26 June 2022) was a Greenlandic teacher, visual artist, and politician. Christiansen is best known as the designer of the current flag of Greenland, which was adopted on 21 June 1985. [ 1] A trained teacher, Christiansen was elected to the Inatsisartut ...
Merchant Flag for Whaling in Greenland Meanwhile, following Sweden's exit from the Kalmar Union , the remaining states in the personal union were reorganized into Denmark-Norway in 1536. In protest against foreign involvement in the region, the Greenlandic polar bear was included in the state's coat of arms in the 1660s (it was removed in 1958 ...