Norway

Norge, Noreg, Kongeriket Norge (Kingdom of Norway)

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Civil Flag
by António Martins
Proportions 8:11

State and War Flag
by Jan Oskar Engene

Flag adopted 13 July 1821, coat of arms adopted circa 1280
Date of current legislation for flag: 10 December 1898; proclaimed 17 July 1898
Flag legislation published: 15 December 1898; effective date: 15 December 1899

Date of current legislation for coat of arms revision: 19 March 1937

• Flag Pole
• Dimensions of the flag
• About dimensions in Scandinavian flags

See also:

• Norway – flag law and rules for flying the flag
  • Act of 1898 describing the flag
  • Flag Flying Rules
  • Pantone colours
• Norway – flag days
• Norway – state arms
• Norwegian Royal Standard
• Clickable Map of Norway
• Other Norwegian flags
  • Historical Norwegian flags
  • Military and Rank flags
    • Naval Jack
  • Civil State Authorities
  • Subnational flags:
    • Dependencies
    • Regional Flags
    • County flags
    • Municipality flags
  • Cultural/Economic flags
• About Norwegian municipal heraldry

Flag Pole

Norwegian legislation does not say anything about the flagpole. Most often, there will be an ordinary knob on top of a flag pole, sometimes a spearhead. The flagpole itself is usually white.

Jan Oskar Engene, 03 May 1996

Dimensions of the flag

The official proportions of the flag are 16:22, being divided horizontally 6:1:2:1:12 and vertically 6:1:2:1:6.

Yngvar Lundh, 29 August 1995

The dimensions of the swallow-tail flag are 6:1:2:1:6:11 horizontally and 6:1:2:1:6 vertically.

Mark Sensen, 25 September 1995

About dimensions in Scandinavian flags

Scandinavian crosses are measured by the width of the color, as shown in the diagram above. In the case of Norway, horizontally there are 6 units of red, 1 unit of white, 2 units of blue, 1 unit of white, and 12 units of red. Vertically the flag has 6 units of red, 1 unit of white, 2 units of blue, 1 unit of white and 6 units of red.

Edward Mooney, Jr., 20 December 1999

See also:
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Sweden
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Scanian cross flag (Sweden)