The following is a list of flags of entities named or related to
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
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Kingdom of Norway
National flags
Civil pennant
Royal standards
Flags of the Government
Other flags
Flags of the Military
Flags of the Navy
Flags of the Army
The rank flags are also used by the Air Force and Home Guard.
Flags of the Air Force
The Air Force uses the same rank flags as the Army.
Flags of the Home Guard
Flags of the Coastal Artillery
The now obsolete Coastal artillery of Norway used to have separate rank flags.
Historical flags
These flags are no longer in use, except the merchant flag of 1821–1844, which was also used from 1899 until the present. Note: The Royal Standard of Norway is seen as the official flag of the
Old Kingdom of Norway.
Raven Banner (9th - 11th Century)
Kingdom of Norway (872 - 1397)
Kalmar Union (1397 - 1537)
Denmark-Norway (1537 - 1814)
Kingdom of Norway (1814)
Sweden-Norway (1814 - 1905)
Other flags of Sweden-Norway
German occupation of Norway
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...
Nasjonal Samling and collaborationists
Party Flags
Rikshirden (Hird of the realm)
Unghirden (Youth Hird)
Unghirden was a branch of the youth organisation specialized for boys between 14 and 18. The flags of Unghirden was also used by the Guttehirden (Boys hird).
NS Ungdomsfylking (Youth organisation)
NS Ungdomsfylking was Nasjonal Samling's youth organisation for children and youth from 10 and 18. The flags of Ungdomsfylking was also used by the Gjentehirden (Girls hird) and the Småhirden (Small hird).
Kvinnehirden (Women's hird)
Kvinnehirden was a branch of the NS Kvinneorganisajonen. Despite being named a Hird, they were not officially part of the hird did not serve any military function, therefore their flags lacked the swords in the sun cross.
Kvinneorganisasjon (Women's organisation)
NS Kvinneorganisasjonen was an organisation for women connected to the party.
Hirdmarinen (Hird Navy)
Hirdmarinen was the Hirden's naval branch meant to form the basis for the future norwegian navy under
Quisling
''Quisling'' (, ) is a term used in Scandinavian languages and in English meaning a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for ''traitor''. The word ori ...
's rule.
Nasjonal Samling Labour Service
The NS Labour Service (NS Arbeidstjeneste) was one of the Nasjonal Samling party's special organisations. The Labour Service was meant to combat
unemployment
Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for Work (human activity), w ...
in Norway, similar to the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
Reich Labour Service
The Reich Labour Service (''Reichsarbeitsdienst''; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ...
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Flags of other Norwegian collaborationists
Political flags
Subnational flags
Ethnic group flags
Officially approved flags
Other proposed flags
Proposed flags of Norway
1814 proposals
1815 proposals
1821 proposals
1836 union flag proposals
Dependent territory proposals
House flags of Norwegian freight companies
See also
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Norwegian heraldry
Norwegian heraldry has roots in early medieval times, soon after the use of coats of arms first appeared in continental Europe. Some of the medieval coats of arms are rather simple of design, while others have more naturalistic charges. The king-gr ...
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Coat of arms of Norway
The coat of arms of Norway is the arms of dominion of king Harald V of Norway, and as such represents both the monarch and the kingdom (nation and the state). It depicts a standing golden lion on a red background, bearing a golden crown and axe w ...
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Ja, vi elsker dette landet
"" (; en, "Yes, we love this country") is the Norwegian national anthem. Originally a patriotic song, it came to be commonly regarded as the ''de facto'' national anthem of Norway in the early 20th century, after being used alongside "" since th ...
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Kongesangen
"" (; "King's Song") is Norway's royal anthem.Doug Lennox, ''Now You Know Royalty'' (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2009), p. 56 The lyrics come in several versions. The first version ("") was written by N. Vogtmann around 1800, but the version used to ...
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History of Norway
The history of Norway has been influenced to an extraordinary degree by the terrain and the climate of the region. About 10,000 BC, following the retreat inland of the great ice sheets, the earliest inhabitants migrated north into the territor ...
References
External links
Norway Army & Air Force Flags Since 1905
{{Lists of flags
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
Flags of Norway
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