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The exact age of the Swedish flag is not known, but the oldest recorded pictures of a blue cloth with a yellow cross date from the early 16th century, during the reign of King Gustav I. [citation needed] The first legal description of the flag was made in a royal warrant of 19 April 1562 as "yellow in a cross fashioned on blue". [9]
The same design, but with a red Nordic cross on a yellow background, was used as union flag during the Kalmar union (1397 to 1523), and when that union fell apart in 1523 the same design, but with a yellow cross on a blue background (derived from the Swedish coat of arms adopted in 1442), was adopted as national flag of Sweden, while Norway ...
Cross of St Alban Flag of Mercia (Flag Institute) First cultural flag of Cape Breton Island, Canada (1940's) The Saint Alban's Cross is a yellow saltire on a blue field ( azure a saltire or ). It is found in several flags, notably that of the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban , previously a Benedictine monastery, and the city of St Albans ...
A red cross with yellow trimming on a blue and green field, and a yellow fleur de lys in the middle of the cross. [25] 1909: Flag of Middlesex reg: A red field with three white, gold-hilted Saxon swords or seax under a gold Saxon crown. [26] 11 September 2014: Flag of Norfolk reg: Ermine bend from top left to bottom right on a gold and black ...
The Victory Cross in yellow, centred, over blue. Flags of Asturias, Spain, and the European Union flying in front of the Asturian presidency of government building. The flag of Asturias shows the "Cruz de la Victoria" ( Victory Cross ) in yellow ( PMS 109) over blue (PMS 829).
This is a list of flags of states, territories, former, and other geographic entities (plus a few non-geographic flags) sorted by their combinations of dominant colors. Flags emblazoned with seals, coats of arms, and other multicolored emblems are sorted only by their color fields. The color of text is almost entirely ignored.
The 2024 Paris Olympic Games have showcased quite a bit of the red, white and blue colors that many of the national flags have.
Pages in category "Blue and yellow flags" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. ... Flag of Jalisco; Saint Alban's Cross; M.