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Denmark Flag (Dannebrog)
Home » Denmark » Denmark, the People and the Culture » Denmark Flag (Dannebrog)Posted by Your Guide on May 3, 2006 2:58 PM
The Danish Flag is the simple red background and white cross and this nation’s flag is not just recognised by Danes alone, it has in recent years been adopted by other Nordic countries such as Finland, Sweden, Iceland and Norway.
Dannebrog means “the flag of the Danes” or “the red flag” and the name was first encountered in Danish text from 1478 but about a century before this time was used as a Netherlandish red banner from 1370 to 1386 which was the coat of arms for Valdemar IV Atterdag.
It is widely believed that the Dannebrog fell from the sky over Estonia in 1219 and this was thought to be a sign so it later was to be used as the nation’s flag right up to present day.
Top Fact: The Danish Flag has been widely said to be the oldest continually used National flag and whilst there have been several changes in the design – once in 1696 and again in 1856, it made one last change in 1893 and every time, the general look is similar but it still remained the widely used nations flag. Denmark is not the only place that uses the similar nations naval flag and one other country that uses the same background if Malta. It is not used as a permanent national flag but is known as the civil ensign.
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