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![[Party of Nationally Oriented Swiss, Switzerland]](../images/c/ch}pnos2.gif) image by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016
 image by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016PNOS (Partei National Orientierter Schweizer)
PSN (Parti des Suisses 
Nationalistes)
(Party of Nationally Oriented Suiss)
The PNOS is a 
right-extremist party mainly in the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, 
founded in 2000. It has no parliamentary representation. Its links to the 
fascist National Front (Nationale Front) of the 1930s can be seen in its use of 
the so-called Old-Swiss Cross, a white cross 
throughout on a red field. [1]
The party flag proper adds a morning star to this flag. 
[2]
Sources:
[1] 
http://www.pnos.ch/media/2005-08-02_ruetli01.jpg 
http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/images/dynamic/news/artikel/243149.jpg 
[2] 
http://www.pnos.ch/media/logo_pnos.gif 
http://www.weltnetzladen.pnos.ch/artikelbilder/gross/000004.jpg 
http://www.pnos.ch/media/2005-04-16_stand-guensberg.jpg 
http://www.pnos.ch/media/2006-03-18_stand-herzogenbuchsee.jpg 
http://www.pnos.ch/media/2006-03-31_stand-burgdorf.jpg  
 M. Schmöger, 
6 December 2006
Flag of the Swiss Nationalist Party (Partei der National Orientierter
Schweizer, PNOS).
Website: http://www.pnos.ch/ 
The PNOS is a "far-right" 
nationalist party. They use the Swiss national flag but the white cross is 
fimbriated in black, with the letters P,N,O and S in the extremes of the 
cross and a medieval war mace in the center. The flag uses same colours 
and style than other extreme right and neo-nazi parties. The PNOS was 
formed in 2000 and only recently they obtain some representative in local 
elections at Langenthal (Berne) and now in Günsberg (Solothurn).
Santiago Tazón, 
7 May 2005
![[Party of Nationally Oriented Swiss, Switzerland]](../images/c/ch}pnos1a.gif) 
 
![[Party of Nationally Oriented Swiss, Switzerland]](../images/c/ch}pnos1b.gif) images by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016
 images by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016
All the flags are based on the so-called Old Swiss Cross, a white cross 
throughout (instead of couped) on red. The party uses this flag without any 
other additions, however these come in two slightly different versions: the one 
with a thinner cross (about 1/7) [1,2,3,4,5,6], the other one with a slightly 
thicker cross (about 1/5) [7,8,9].
The main party flag however shows the 
morning star on the "Old Swiss Cross" flag [1,5,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16].
 M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016
![[Party of Nationally Oriented Swiss, Switzerland]](../images/c/ch}pnos3.gif) image by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016 and Tomislav Todorovic, 2 September 2017
 image by M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016 and Tomislav Todorovic, 2 September 2017
Another version shows the letters of the party abbreviation in the corners of the "Old Swiss Cross" flag [17,18,19].
 M. Schmöger, 
10 January 2016
Sources:
[1]
http://f.blick.ch/img/aktuell/origs1204558/6100148838-w980-h653/PNOS-Freiburg.jpg
[2]
http://hans-stutz.ch/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AufmarschKranzniederlegungSempach2008.jpg
[3]
http://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/storage/org/0/1/0/83010_0_01897709.jpg 
[4]
http://pnos.ch/media/2008-06-28_sempach02.jpg 
[5]
http://pnos.ch/media/2008-05-01_1.maidemo01.jpg 
[6]
http://pnos.ch/media/2007-09-28-sempach2.jpg 
[7]
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qG-RBQ2qS9E/maxresdefault.jpg 
[8]
http://info.antifa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pns_romandie.jpg 
[9]
http://pnos.ch/media/2003-08-09_parteitag03-saal.jpg 
[10]
http://pnos.ch/media/2008-10-27_wahlerfolg_langenthal.jpg 
[11]
http://bt.static-redmouse.ch/sites/bielertagblatt.ch/files/styles/bt_article_showroom_landscape/hash/f9/1c/f91c937655891e63ad3439c0efedfa96.jpg?itok=Zs6mTEEo
[12]
http://www.20min.ch/dyim/a22c57/M600,1000/images/content/2/0/5/20507718/7/topelement.jpg
[13] 
http://pnos.ch/media/2005-03-06_gruendung-so.jpg 
[14]
http://www.buendnis-gegen-rechts.ch/Communiques/2007/stefanwuethrich_1.jpg
[15]
http://info.antifa.ch/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pnos_schwyz.jpg 
[16]
http://pnos.ch/media/2003-06-28_sempach03_besammlung.jpg 
[17]
http://pnos.ch/media//2014-12-29_pns.JPG 
[18]
http://test.20min.ch/diashow/104766/104766-yB9jIPrqxmMDHb7sfdCuqw.gif 
[19]
http://www.dortmundecho.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/r%C3%BCtli1.jpeg 
M. Schmöger, 10 January 2016
The flag bears the letters PNS only, since the abbreviation is actually that 
of the French-language name of the party - Parti
Nationaliste Suisse (Swiss Nationalist Party).
Sources:
[1] PNOS 
website - Presentation of West Switzerland section:
http://www.pnos.ch/?pid=107 
[2] 
PNS at Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Parti.Nationaliste.Suisse (photo)
[3] Antifa.ch website: 
https://www.antifa.ch/pns-romandie/ (Photo)
[4] Antifa.ch website: 
https://www.antifa.ch/pnos-schweiz/ (Photo)
Tomislav Todorovic, 2 September 2017