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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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.
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.
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 ...