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Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway (5 C, 24 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Norway" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
The coat of arms of Norway is the arms of dominion of King Harald V of Norway, and as such represents both the monarch and the kingdom (nation and the state). It depicts a standing golden lion on a red background, bearing a golden crown and axe with silver blade (blazoned Gules, a lion rampant Or, crowned Or, holding an axe Or with a blade argent).
Rank flag of a Norwegian Squadron Commander or Senior Officer: Pennant with Norwegian stripe. – present: Rank Flag of Petty officers: Red pennant. – present: Royal Norwegian Navy pennant Is a commissioning pennant and is used as a rank flag by those officers not possessing a separate rank flag. Norwegian swallowtailed pennant. 1905 – 2010
There is no special Norwegian heraldic authority but the government uses the National Archives of Norway as expert consultant for municipal arms. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the heraldic authority for use of the national coat of arms and the symbolic royal crown.
Karabakh horse (national horse) Equus caballus [6] Bahamas: Blue marlin (national fish) Makaira nigricans [7] Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis: Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha Belize: Baird's tapir ...
The national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. ' Norway's flag ') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark.
Norway: No official motto. Royal motto of Harald V: Everything for Norway (Norwegian: Alt for Norge) [100] and Eidsvoll oath: United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble (Norwegian: Enige og tro inntil Dovre faller/Einige og tru til Dovre fell) [101] [circular reference] Oman: No official national motto. Pakistan: Īmān, Ittiḥād ...
King's crown of Norway Queen's crown of Norway The sceptres and orbs of the King and the Queen with the anointing horn Crown Prince's coronet, by Johannes Flintoe. The King's Crown: made in Stockholm in 1818 by goldsmith Olof Wihlborg, the crown is a corona clausa (closed model) of gold consisting of a circlet bearing eight large stones, primarily amethysts and chrysoprases surrounded by a ...