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Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag. The following year, a newspaper solicited eleven design proposals (all but one of which was a Nordic cross) and polled the people to determine the most popular. [4] The flag of Denmark was preferred to the others ...
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 ...
Use. Description. 1972—present. Royal Standard of Denmark, used by King Frederik X. Royal flag with the greater (Monarch's) coat of arms. 1914—present. The Flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark. Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms. 1914—present.
Some flags, including a number from South Asia, include both a distinct yellow and a distinct orange; these have been noted accordingly. Magenta is included with red. How to use this list. Let’s say you want to identify a flag with field colors red, white, green, and in the center an emblem with some blue and yellow.
Greenland. Greenland (Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat, pronounced [kalaːɬːit nʉnaːt]; Danish: Grønland, pronounced [ˈkʁɶnˌlænˀ]) is a North American island autonomous territory [14] of the Kingdom of Denmark. [15] It is the larger of two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both ...
[78] Compare to the flags of Indonesia and Monaco, which have the colours positioned on the opposite side Portugal: 2:3 (1.5) Naval jack: 1:1 [79] Puerto Rico 2:3 (1.5) Compare to the flag of Cuba, where the blue and red colours are swapped Qatar: 11:28 (2.545) [80] Qatar's flag is the only national flag having a width more than twice its height.
Pages in category "Flags of Denmark". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Flag of Denmark. Flag of the Faroe Islands. List of Danish flags.