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Adoption of current flag design First use of current flag design Last change to current flag design Denmark: 1625 [1] 1219: 1893 (proportions formalized) Netherlands: 1660 [2] 1409 – 1410: 1937 (colours formalized) United Kingdom: 1 January 1801: 1801: 1801 (merged with Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) Argentina: 27 February 1812: 1812
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
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. Today, the Nordic cross is a feature in some city and district flags or coats of arms.
Flag of the Netherlands See also: List of flags of the Netherlands: The flag of the Netherlands was officially adopted on 19 February 1937. At one time this tricolour flag was orange, white, and blue, as those were the livery colours of William of Orange, a Dutch prince. In the 17th century, red replaced the orange as a flag colour, because the ...
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.
NORAM or NA or NAMER: North American Region (Canada, United States, and Mexico) Nordics: in addition to the Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden, also Finland and Iceland are included. Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8): the Nordic and Baltic countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden
Netherlands: 1581 / 1652 1795 1806 1810 1814 Netherlands: New Zealand: 1769 1834 1840 1867 1869 New Zealand: Nicaragua: 1524 1823 1825 1839 1858 1889 1893 1896 1908 1971 Nicaragua: Niger: 1922 1959 Niger: Nigeria: 1886 1900 1960 Nigeria: 1967 North Macedonia: 1844 1903 1903 1912 1918 1941 1944 1946 1992 1995 North Macedonia: Norway: 1536 1814 ...
Flags may be in multiple flag families. Only twelve current national flags existed before the 19th century, when large-scale flag use began. Seven of these flags (Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States) are the inspiration for more than 130 current national flags and ensigns. [1]