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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.
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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 ...
A few Norwegian cities were granted arms (or seals with similar emblems) by the union kings: Kristiansand 1643, Halden 1665, Kristiansund and Molde 1742, Holmestrand and Lillehammer 1898. Today practically all Norwegian municipalities and all counties have their own coat of arms and corresponding banner of arms as their flag.
Christ's Charge to Peter, one of the Raphael Cartoons, c. 1516, a full-size cartoon design for a tapestry. In fine art, a cartoon (from Italian: cartone and Dutch: karton—words describing strong, heavy paper or pasteboard and cognates for carton) is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a design or modello for a painting, stained glass, or tapestry.
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