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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.
In 1821, a flag committee was deducted in the Storting to find a new merchant flag of Norway. 18 Proposals were put forward to be judged by the committee. On May 4, The Storting discussed and held the vote on what would become the Norwegian flag. The original documents of 14 of the 18 flag proposals are stored in the Storting Archive.
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.
Flags of Norway (12 P) O. Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway (5 C, 24 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Norway" The following 9 pages are in this ...
List of Norwegian flags; A. Flag of Akershus; F. Flag flying days in Norway; K. Kven flag; R. Royal Standard of Norway; S. Sámi flag; Flag of Sogn og Fjordane; Flags ...
Even if Liberation Day is an official flag day in Norway, the day is not an official holiday and not widely celebrated. Instead, a new and broader meaning has been added to the celebration of Norwegian Constitution Day on 17 May to reflect the victory over Nazi oppression. [4]
A depiction originally from ca. 1370 of a Nordic king holding the flags of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Likely appearance of medieval flag of Norway. The flag was referred to as the "ancient royal standard" of Norway when it was re-introduced in 1905. It is the earliest known flag of Norway, originally only a flag for the king, as it is today.
Norwegian pennant. Norwegian pennants do not contain the nordic cross and instead uses a single stripe in blue with white borders on a red triangular canvas. Although they may sometimes appear different such as with the nordic cross motif of the national flag, these alternative designs are very uncommon compared to the single stripe design.