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The various blue, white, and red striped banners were adopted, somewhat changing the order and position of stripes (vertical and horizontal). The Russian flag was adopted by Peter the Great on the basis of the Dutch flag, during his effort to build a Western-oriented navy.
Bangladesh naval Ensign (with combined national flag and white background) Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland Gambela Region, Ethiopia Ghana (1964–1966) Goshen (1883–1885, unrecognized) Iraq Iraq (1924–1959) Jordan Kenya Kuwait Libya Malawi (2010–2012) Ngobe-Bugle, Panama Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland Palestine
Greece's national flag between 1822 and 1970 featured a simple white cross on a blue background. It is not known why this version was adopted, and not a blue cross on a white background as was popular in the War of Independence. During the dictatorship, a navy blue version of the current flag with proportions of 7:12 was used. 1844–1922
Unofficial flag of Bornholm: Nordic Cross Flag in red and green. Also known in a version with a white fimbriation of the green cross in a style similar to design of the Norwegian flag: 1975: Proposed flag of Jutland: Nordic Cross Flag in blue, green and red. Designed by Per Kramer in 1975 [22] Rarely seen in use. 1976
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.
The civil national flag of Icelanders is blue as the sky with a snow-white cross, and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross. The arms of the cross extend to the edge of the flag, and their combined width is 2 ⁄ 9, but the red cross 1 ⁄ 9 of the combined width of the flag. The blue areas are right angled rectangles, the rectilinear ...
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have showcased quite a bit of the red, white and blue colors that many of the national flags have.
State and war flag, state and naval ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 6 November 1863; 161 years ago () Design: A white Saint George's cross with the national coat of arms in the centre that divides the flag into four rectangles, blue and red at the top and red and blue at the bottom: Designed by: Juan Pablo Duarte: Use: Civil flag and ensign ...