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Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag. The following year, a newspaper solicited eleven design proposals (all but one of which was a Nordic cross) and polled the people to determine the most popular. [4] Construction sheet of the flag of Greenland
The 'Saltire' is the official national flag. 9th century – Flag of Wales: Wales is one of the home nations that forms the United Kingdom. The Red Dragon (Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch) is the official national flag. The Welsh dragon has ancient origins, but was first officially flown in the modern era in 1959.
Greenland comprises the Island of Greenland and adjacent islands located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically and ethnically an Arctic island nation associated with the continent of North America, politically and historically, Greenland is associated with Europe, specifically ...
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.
English: Flag map of Greenland with European flag. Dansk: Flagkort over Grønland med europæisk flag. Date: 19 January 2024: ... flag of Europe. Greenland. creator ...
Flag of Karelia: The national flag of the Republic of Karelia is a rectangle with equal horizontal stripes: the upper stripe is red, the middle one is blue and the lower is green. 1997– Flag of the Komi Republic: The flag is a horizontal tricolour composed of three bars of, from top to bottom, medium blue, green, and white.
Greenland is of strategic importance to Denmark, Europe, and the U.S. because of its access to the Arctic and, because of global warming, the increasing ease of shipping around its coast. Trump ...
English: Flag map of Greenland with the flag of Denmark. Dansk: Flagkort over Grønland med Danmarks flag. Date: 21 January 2024: Source: This file was derived from: