Flags of The Nordic Countries
Note that most of these flags are historical or have not been officially adopted and their use remains limited.
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Reconstruction of the flag of the Kalmar Union; Denmark, Norway and Sweden (1397–1523) - Ship flag from the Kalmar Union period, featuring a Nordic cross and the arms of the constituent kingdoms.
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Flag of the Nordisk Flaggselskap or Nordic Flag Society
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Famous quotes containing the words flags of, flags and/or countries:
“Still, it is dear defiance now to carry
Fair flags of you above my indignation,”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Gentlemen, those confederate flags and our national standard are what has made this union great. In what other country could a man who fought against you be permitted to serve as judge over you, be permitted to run for reelection and bespeak your suffrage on Tuesday next at the poles.”
—Laurence Stallings (18941968)
“I have never looked at foreign countries or gone there but with the purpose of getting to know the general human qualities that are spread all over the earth in very different forms, and then to find these qualities again in my own country and to recognize and to further them.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)