The following is a list of flags of Denmark.
National flag and State flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1219—Present | National flag and civil ensign | Flag of Denmark | |
? —Present | State flag | ||
? —Present | Flag of Denmark (vertical banner) | ||
? —Present | Helsingor Flag | ||
? —Present | Pennant flag | ||
? —Present | Pennant flag |
Royal flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1972—present | Royal Standard of Denmark, used by King Frederik X | Royal flag with the greater (Monarch's) coat of arms | |
1914—present | The Flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark | Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms. | |
1914—present | The Flag of the temporary Regent of Denmark (in practice a member of the Royal House) | Royal flag with a Royal crown (top), a sceptre, a sword (in saltire), and an orb (bottom) in the centre white square. | |
? —Present | Royal House Standard (Other Members of the Royal Family) | Royal flag with a Royal crown in the centre white square. | |
1972—present | Royal Pennant of the Monarch | A pentagonal (i.e. a square and a triangle combined) pennant. In the hoist a white square with the same coat of arms as the royal flag, in the fly, a triangle with swallow-tail, a red field with a white cross. | |
? —Present | Royal Pennant | A pentagonal (i.e. a square and a triangle combined) pennant. In the hoist a white square with the lesser coat of arms (same as the crown prince's flag), in the fly, a triangle with swallow-tail, a red field with a white cross. |
Historical Royal flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1948–1972 | Royal Standard of Denmark | Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark | |
1903–1948 | Royal Standard of Denmark | Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark | |
1819–1903 | Royal Standard of Denmark | Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark | |
1731–1819 | Royal Standard of Denmark | Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway | |
1948–2000 | Royal Standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother | ||
1972–2002 | The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark | Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik. | |
2002–2018 | The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark | Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik, with a prince's crown replaced by the royal crown. | |
1968-2024 | Frederik the Crown Prince of Denmark | Royal flag with the arms of Frederik the Crown Prince. |
Holstein-Gottorp flags
Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions dexter) | |
Merchant Ensign of Holstein-Gottorp (Lions sinister) |
Order flags
Order of the Dannebrog |
Military flags
Rank flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?—Present | Minister of Defence flag. | Naval ensign with a crowned fouled anchor, placed in a centred white box. | |
?—present | Rank flag for the Chief of Defence | State flag or naval ensign with two white staffs in saltire in the upper canton. | |
1979—present | Rank flag for a general or an admiral | State flag or naval ensign with four stars equally split in the cantons of the hoist side. | |
1979—present | Rank flag for a lieutenant general or a vice admiral | State flag or naval ensign with three stars, two in the upper canton and one in the lower. | |
1979—present | Rank flag for a major general or a counter admiral | State flag or naval ensign with two stars equally split in the cantons of the hoist side. | |
1979—present | Rank flag for a brigade general or a flotilla admiral | State flag or naval ensign with one star in the upper canton. | |
Army
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?—Present | Danish Artillery Regiment, Army Rank Flag of Denmark - King, colours | ||
?—Present | Danish Artillery Regiment, Army Rank Flag of Denmark - Chief of the General Command, colours | ||
?—Present | Danish Artillery Regiment, Army Rank Flag of Denmark - Chief of a Division, colours | ||
<1580—Present | The Royal Danish Army uses the state flag. | ||
2019—Present | Danish Artillery Regiment colours | ||
1997—Present | Engineer Regiment colours | ||
2001—Present | Guard Hussar Regiment colours and standard | ||
2019—Present | Intelligence Regiment colours | ||
1972—Present | Jutland Dragoon Regiment standard | ||
1972—Present | Royal Life Guards colours | ||
2019—Present | Schleswig Regiment of Foot colours | ||
2019—Present | Signal Regiment colours | ||
1990—Present | Logistic Regiment colours |
Former regiments of the Royal Danish Army
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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(17th century) | Battle flag of Scots fighting for Denmark (17th century) | ||
1790–1842 | Standards of the 10th Regiment, Regimental flag of 2nd Jutland Infantry Regiment | ||
1785–1790 | Standards of the 10th Regiment, Regimental flag of Ribe Infantry Regiment | ||
1790–1819 | Standards of the Danish Life Regiment | ||
1785–1842 | Standards of the Falster Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of 3rd Jutland Infantry Regiment | ||
1790–1808 | Standards of the Funen Life Regiment | ||
1749–1766 | Standards of the Funen Life Regiment | ||
1790–1842 | Standards of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of Funen Infantry Regiment | ||
1785–1790 | Standards of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of 2nd Jutland Infantry Regiment | ||
1819–1842 | Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of 2nd Life regiment on Foot (Denmark) | ||
1785–1819 | Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of Norwegian Infantry Regiment | ||
?–1785 | Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of The King's Life Regiment | ||
1790–1860 | Standards of the Marine Regiment, Regimental flag of 1st Jutland Infantry Regiment | ||
1785–1790 | Standards of the Marine Regiment, Regimental flag of Aarhus Infantry Regiment | ||
?–1785 | Standards of the Marine Regiment, Regimental flag of Bornholm Infantry Regiment | ||
1790–1808 | Standards of the Prince's Life Regiment, Regimental flag of Prince Frederik's Armed Infantry Regiment | ||
1753–1790 | Standards of the Prince's Life Regiment, Regimental flag of Prince Frederick's Infantry Regiment | ||
1810–1842 | Standards of the Queen's Life Regiment | ||
?–1790 | Standards of the Queen's Life Regiment | ||
1790–1808 | Standards of the Zealand Life Regiment, Regimental flag of Crown Prince's Regiment (Denmark) | ||
1785–1814 | Standards of the Zealand Life Regiment, Regimental flag of Zealandic Infantry Regiment | ||
1790–1842 | Standards of the Schleswig Regiment of Foot, Regimental flag of Schleswig Infantry Regiment | ||
1778–1785 | Funen Infantry Regiment | ||
?-1949 | Regimental flag of Northern Jutland National Regiment (of foot) | ||
?-1949 | Regimental flag of Zealand National Regiment (of foot) | ||
1940s | Standards of the Danish volunteers in the Winter War | ||
1940–1945 | Standards of the SS-Schalburgkorps (part of Germanic SS durning World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army) | ||
1941–1943 | Standards of the Free Corps Denmark (part of Germanic SS durning World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army) |
Navy
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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<1585—Present | Naval Ensign | Like the state flag but the Royal Danish Navy uses flags with a darker hue than both the national and state flags. | |
? —Present | Chief of Defence staff flag. | State flag with two white staffs in saltire in the first quarter. | |
? —Present | Rank flag for General admiral staff flag. | Navy Rank Flag of General Admiral (Denmark) | |
? —Present | Chief of Squadron flag | ||
? —Present | Senior Officer Afloat flag | ||
1880s-? | Vice Admiral flag | ||
1880s-? | Counter admiral flag | ||
1858-? | Counter admiral flag |
Customs services
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1778–1814 | Customs services flag |
Flags of state-owned companies
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–Present | Post Danmark | State flag with the logo of Post Danmark | |
?–Present | Danish State Railways | State flag with the logo of DSB |
Subnational flags
Autonomous entities
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1985–Present | Flag of Greenland | Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white. | |
1940–Present | Flag of the Faroe Islands | A red Nordic cross, which is offset to the left. The red cross is surrounded by an azure-blue border and is set on a white field. |
Regions
See also: Regions of DenmarkThe regions of Denmark do not have flags, instead using "logos" as symbols. These are sometimes misattributed as flags, and can be seen flown at times, but this is not the official use of them.
- Capital Region of Denmark
- Central Denmark Region
- North Jutland Region
- Region Zealand
- Region of Southern Denmark
Unofficial regional flags
Some areas in Denmark have unofficial flags, listed below. The regional flags of Bornholm and Ærø are known to be in active use. The flags of Vendsyssel (Vendelbrog), the Jutlandic flag ("Den jyske fane"), and the flag of Funen ("Fynbo fanen") are obscure. None of these flags have legal recognition in Denmark, and are officially considered to be "fantasy flags". Denmark reserves official recognition to official flags and regional flags (områdeflag) from other jurisdictions.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1970s—Present | 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. | |
1633—Present | Unofficial flag of Ærø | Tricolour in yellow, green and red Very similar to the Flag of Lithuania. A frequent interpretation is that the colours represent the kings of Denmark (red), the dukes of Schleswig (yellow) and the islands itself (green). | |
1976—Present | Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel | Nordic Cross Flag in blue, orange and green. Designed by Mogens Bohøj. | |
1975—Present | Unofficial flag of Jutland | A Nordic Cross Flag in white and red. Designed by Per Kramer in 1975. | |
1972—Present | Unofficial flag of Jutland | The Jutland flag is a symbol of the Jutland's influence on the most south-eastern part of Britain, which they settled together with the Angles and Saxons in the 5th century. | |
2014—Present | Unofficial flag of West Jutland | The West Jutland flag symbolizes the grass and forest-green western Jutland with its white dunes. | |
2014 — Present |
Unofficial flag of Funen | There are two proposed flags:
The green colour symbolises the island's importance as the 'pantry of Denmark'. The blue represents the island itself, and the red its strong ties to Denmark. | |
Zealand flag | ?— Present | Unofficial flag of Zealand |
Political flags
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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1932–1945 | National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark | The only party in the history of Denmark that used flag was DNSAP. | |
around 1999 | National Socialist Movement of Denmark, marginal traffic reactivating the former DNSAP. | ||
2011–2017 | Party of the Danes, considered to be the 3rd incarnation of DNSAP. |
Ethnic groups flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Frisians in North Frisia in Southern Schleswig (belonging to Denmark until 1864) | Flags of Frisia | ||
Flag of North Schleswig Germans | |||
Flag of the Danish minority of Southern Schleswig |
Historical
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1016–1035 | North Sea Empire | The Raven Banner was used by Cnut the Great and many other Scandinavian rulers. | |
Circa 1300s | State Banner of the King of Denmark as depicted in the Gelre Armorial, the earliest representation of the Dannebrog. | ||
Circa 1300s | Royal Banner | Yellow Banner depicting the Arms of the King of Denmark; three crowned lions with a semée of hearts. | |
1430s | Kalmar Union | Emblems of the Kalmar Union | |
1427 | A medieval ship flag captured from a Danish ship by forces from Lübeck | ||
The flag of Scania |
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The flag of Denmark-Gdańsk |
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The flag of Denmark-Norway |
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1814-1851 | Flag of Schleswig-Holstein | ||
1796/1848-1917 | In the flag books this is labelled 'Danish in West Indies'. No official sources can tell us what the flag was, and that the flag is *not* the colonial ensign of the Danish West India. However, he argues that the flag was hoisted as a courtesy ensign on the foretop mast by ships bound for the colony. | Dannebrog in the canton of a blue flag, Blue Ensign of the flag. | |
The flag of Iceland, Denmark-Iceland |
House flags of Danish freight companies
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1889–Present | Dampskibsselskabet Torm | ||
1866–Present | DFDS | ||
1904–Present | Maersk | ||
1897–Present | EAC Invest A/S | ||
1902–1979 | Danish-French Steamship Company | ||
1879–1898 | Thingvalla Line |
Yacht clubs of Denmark
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–Present | Ensign of Royal Danish Yacht Club | ||
?–Present | Ensign of Randers Sejlklub | ||
?–Present | Denmark Yacht Ensign | ||
?–Present | Ensign of Hellerup Sejlklub |
Flag | Club |
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Aarhus Sejlklub | |
Espergærde Sejlklub | |
Faaborg Sejlklub | |
Fredericia Sejlklub | |
Gråsten Sejlklub | |
Hellerup Sejlklub | |
Horsens Sejlklub | |
Kerteminde Sejlklub | |
Kjøbenhavns Amatør-Sejlklub | |
Kolding Sejlklub | |
Royal Danish Yacht Club | |
Middelfart Sejlklub | |
Skovshoved Sejlklub | |
Skælskør Amatør Sejlklub | |
Taarbæk Sejlklub | |
Thisted Sejlklub | |
Yachtklubben Furesøen |
Other flags/Microstate flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1796–1848 | In the flag books this is labelled 'Danish in West Indies'. No official sources can tell us what the flag was, and that the flag is *not* the colonial ensign of the Danish West India. However, he argues that the flag was hoisted as a courtesy ensign on the foretop mast by ships bound for the colony. | Dannebrog in the canton of a blue flag. | |
1924 | Flag of 2nd World Scout Jamboree | ||
1971–Present | Flag of Christiania | Unofficial flag | |
1944–Present | Flag of Kingdom of Elleore | Unofficial flag, unofficial country, kingdom and monarchy |
References
- https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/Flags_of_Denmark
- ^ "FKOBST L.202 - 4: Ceremoniel i Forsvaret" (in Danish). Danish Defence. October 2019. p. Bilag 1 til Tillæg A. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ Adriansen, Inge (2003). Nationale symboler i det danske rige 1830–2000. Museum Tusculanum forlag. pp. 129–130. ISBN 87-7289-794-5.
- Sletskov, Torsten (21 April 2006). "Bornholm's Regional flag Denied". harteg.dk. Bornholms Tidende. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- https://www.harteg.dk/bornholmsflag/?De_bornholmske_flag
- Klauber Flag. "Flag Name – Vendelbrog". Klauber-Flag. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- Ottesen, Charlotte B. (9 August 2011). "It Didn't Fall From the Sky". NordJyske. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- Klauber Flag. "Flag Name – Flag of Jutland". Klauber-Flag. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- "Det Fynske flag". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- https://www.evangeliser.nu/SSjaelland1.shtml
See also
Flags within the Kingdom of Denmark | |||
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Subnational |
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Historical | |||
Others |