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The national 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 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 ...
The regional flags of Bornholm and Ærø are known to be in active use. The flags of Vendsyssel (Vendelbrog), the Jutlandic flag ("Den jyske fane"), and the flag of Funen ("Fynbo fanen") are obscure. None of these flags have legal recognition in Denmark, and are officially considered to be "fantasy flags". [ 2 ]
Denmark. Denmark (Danish: Danmark, pronounced [ˈtænmɑk] ⓘ) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe with a population of nearly 6 million; [11] 767,000 live in Copenhagen (1.9 million in the wider area). [12] It is the metropolitan part of and the most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, [N 8] a ...
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.
History of Denmark. Prehistoric Denmark c. 6000 BC–700 AD. Kongemose culture c. 6000 BC–5200 BC. Ertebølle culture c. 5,300 BC – 3,950 BC. Funnelbeaker culture c. c. 4300–2800 BC. Corded Ware culture c. 3000 BC – 2350 BC. Nordic Bronze Age c. 2000/1750–500 BC. Pre-Roman Iron Age c. 5th/4th–1st centuries BC.
Charges. Danish heraldry use the same divisions as are common in other heraldic traditions. The most simple arms available are the division of the field by a straight line. These divisions are called skjolddelinger (lit. divisions of the shield) in Danish. Ordinaries are called heroldsfigurer (lit. herold figures) in Danish.
The Danish Realm, [f] officially the Kingdom of Denmark, [h] or simply Denmark, [i] is a sovereign state and refers to the area over which the monarch of Denmark is head of state. It consists of metropolitan Denmark —the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlige Danmark)—and the realm ...
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