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Smaller flags, from left to right: Barra, South Uist, Yorkshire West Riding (historical), Orkney, Shetland, Scania, Åland, Pärnu, Setomaa (ethnic), Vepsians (ethnic). A Nordic cross flag is a flag bearing the design of the Nordic or Scandinavian cross, a cross symbol in a rectangular field, with the centre of the cross shifted towards the hoist.
aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [1] fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" [2] flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [3] Ombudsman, “Ombudsmand” Window, “vindue” scrike, "shriek" [4] torsk, "codfish" [5] husband, “hus” is house in Danish, “bonde” is a type of farmer in Danish ...
The swords in the sun cross represent that the Hird is a militaristic organisation. The word "Sveit" is from Old Norse, meaning a team, gathering or herd of troops or Hirdmen. The flags of NS organisations sometimes contained text showing their division and location. The flags of Rikshirden used letters written in gold. 1930s – 8 May 1945
The flag of Åland hangs with the flag of Finland. The flag of Åland (Swedish: Ålands flagga; Finnish: Ahvenanmaan lippu) is a yellow or gold Nordic cross with another red cross inside on a blue background with the vertical bar shifted towards the hoist side. [1] It is intended to resemble the Swedish flag defaced by a red cross symbolizing ...
The flag is practically identical to the former unofficial national flag of Iceland (the Hvítbláinn) in use by Icelandic nationalist activists from 1897 until 1915, when it was in part abandoned due to its similarity to the Greek jack and the Swedish flag, which critics reasoned would be hard to tell apart at sea, a major issue in a time of ...
Swedish heraldry has a number of characteristics that distinguish the Swedish style from heraldry in other European countries. Common features of Swedish heraldry are similar to those of other Nordic countries and Germany, [2] placing it in the German-Nordic heraldic tradition, distinguished from Gallo-British heraldry and other heraldic traditions by several key elements of heraldic style. [1]
Many words of Nordic Romani origin have survived in the Scandinavian languages, both in common speech and slang. [12] Examples from Swedish: tjej, meaning 'girl' (originally slang, but now a more common alternative to the older flicka) puffra, meaning 'gun' (used to be common slang) hak, meaning 'place, joint, establishment' (used to be common ...
The unofficial flag of Swedish-speaking Finns. Envelope stamp (not postage) issued by the Swedish People's Party of Finland in 1922 (caption reads Svenskfinland, meaning "Swedish Finland") The flag of the Swedish-speaking Finns is an unofficial red flag with a yellow cross used in the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland to represent the Finland ...