A blue flag with a red Scandinavian Cross, fimbriated white. Used unofficially in 1913–1915, and as a territorial symbol as of 1915 until 1944 when the Republic of Iceland was established. Current color scheme established in 1944. The dimensions of the flag are 7:1:2:1:14 horizontally and 7:1:2:1:7 vertically; ratio: 18:25
A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
July 11th 1809-August 19th 1809
Proposal for what the flag of Iceland might have looked like during the reign of King Jörundur
It’s not fully known what Jørgen’s flag really looked like. There are no surviving copies and his original description simply read as: “The Icelandic flag shall be blue, with three white stockfishes on it”.[1] Due to this vague description, there can be multiple different interpretations of what the flag looked like. The example shown here shows three stockfishes in the first quarter on a dark-blue field. The word “stockfishes” in Jørgen’s description could also be interpreted simply as “cods”, so the symbols on his flag might not have been stockfishes
A red saltire cross on a white field. In an old drawing of the Herfylking, the flag is shown with seemingly black text at the top and bottom of the flag, although it’s impossible to make out what the text says
White with a sky-blue cross with a white and blue stripe on either side. The flag committee of 1913 presented two proposals, the current flag and this flag.
Republican flag
Unofficial flag used by the republicans in the early 1900s. This flag was rejected by the flag committee of 1913 as it was considered too similar to the flag of Sweden and the Greek naval ensign.
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