enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Nordic cross flag - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_cross_flag

    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.

  3. List of English words of Scandinavian origin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of...

    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 ...

  4. Scandinavism - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavism

    The Norwegian and Swedish flags have the union mark. An 1856 meeting of Scandinavian students in Uppsala , Sweden , with a parade marching next to Svandammen Scandinavism ( Danish : skandinavisme ; Norwegian : skandinavisme ; Swedish : skandinavism ), also called Scandinavianism [ 1 ] or pan-Scandinavianism , [ 2 ] is an ideology that supports ...

  5. Flag of Denmark - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark

    A historically incorrect version similar to the flag of Lithuania was used until 2015 1970s: 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 ...

  6. Flag of the Faroe Islands - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands

    The flag of the Faroe Islands (in Faroese: Merkið [ˈmɛʃtʃɪ]) is an offset cross, representing Christianity. It is similar in design to other Nordic flags – a tradition set by the Dannebrog of Denmark, [1] [2] of which the Faroe Islands are an autonomous territory. [3] The flag is called Merkið, which means "the

  7. Flag of Shetland - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Shetland

    Photograph of the flag flying in Unst. The flag of Shetland is a white or silver Nordic cross on a blue background. The flag uses the colours of the flag of Scotland, but in the form of the Nordic cross in order to symbolise Shetland's historical and cultural ties with Scandinavia.

  8. Comparison of Danish, Norwegian and Swedish - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Danish...

    nogle/nogen – in written Danish the counterparts of the English words "some" (in a plural sense) and "any" are spelled nogle and nogen, respectively – although in speech, nogle is pronounced just like nogen. In contrast, in Norwegian both are spelled identically, as noen (from Danish nogen). Swedish uses någon, några, en del, or somliga.

  9. Flag of Sweden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Sweden

    Royal Flag of Sweden flying over the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The Royal flag (Kungliga flaggan) is identical to the triple-tailed naval ensign, but has in its centre a white field with the greater or the lesser coat of arms surrounded by the Order of the Seraphim, which has the monarch as its grand master. The monarch personally decides about ...