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The first war flag of independent Norway, introduced 27 February 1814, replaced 7 March 1815 by a common war flag for Sweden and Norway. The national and merchant flag of Norway (1844–1899), with the union mark of Sweden-Norway, the "herring salad". The national flag of Norway during the World Expo in Paris (1937).
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.
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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... The tables contain many flags that were only ever proposals or are ... Norway: 1536 1814 1818 1821 ...
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.
The union mark with proportions 5:4 used in Swedish flags The square union mark used in Norwegian flags. The union mark of Norway and Sweden (Swedish: unionsmärket or unionstecknet, Norwegian: unionsmerket) was a symbol of the Union between Sweden and Norway. It was inserted into the canton of the Swedish and Norwegian national flags from 1844 ...
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.
There is some disagreement about whether the native name of Norway originally had the same etymology as the English form. According to the traditional dominant view, the first component was originally norðr, a cognate of English north, so the full name was Norðr vegr, "the way northwards", referring to the sailing route along the Norwegian coast, and contrasting with suðrvegar "southern way ...