Norway

Norge, Noreg, Kongeriket Norge (Kingdom of Norway)

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Civil Flag
image by Zoltan Horvath, 11 August 2024
Proportions: 8:11
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State and War Flag
image by Zoltan Horvath, 11 August 2024
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• Fact Sheet
• Flag Pole
• Dimensions of the flag
• About dimensions in Scandinavian flags

See also:

• Norway: Index of Pages
• Clickable Map of Norway
• Flag dates: by country

External links:

• Riksvåpenet (in Norwegian)
• Øystein Imsen: Flaggsak og flaggbruk i 1890-åra - fra Stortinget till Ilevolden (flag usage in the 1890s; in Norwegian)

Flag Pole

Norwegian legislation does not say anything about the flagpole. Most often, there will be an ordinary knob on top of a flag pole, sometimes a spearhead. The flagpole itself is usually white.
Jan Oskar Engene, 03 May 1996

Dimensions of the flag

The official proportions of the flag are 16:22, being divided horizontally 6:1:2:1:12 and vertically 6:1:2:1:6.
Yngvar Lundh, 29 August 1995

The dimensions of the swallow-tail flag are 6:1:2:1:6:11 horizontally and 6:1:2:1:6 vertically.
Mark Sensen, 25 September 1995