3:25 I would have checked the facts before making this claim. The flag was created by Fredrik Meltzer in 1821. Norway was fighting for independence at the time, and had managed to create its own constitution in 1814. Meltzer however stated that he wanted a "tricolour" consisting of "the colors of freedom"; red, white and blue, inspired by the recent constitutions in the US and France. There is also a story which says that Meltzer saw his son drawing the Danish flag with a patch of blue in the middle, and that this is the insipiration behind the flag. My sources are the online library of the university of Bergen, as well as a letter Meltzer wrote on the 30th of April 1821.
The adding of a third (and blue) colour to the Norwegian flag was also inspired by the French and American constitutions of the late 1700s, reflected in the Norwegian constitution of 1814 and subsequently the Norwegian flag a few years later.
7:16 Oi maamme, suomi, synnyin maa, Soi sana kultainen, Ei laaksoa, Ei kukkulaa, Ei Vettä, Rantaa rakkaampaa, Kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen, Maa kallis isien!
Hi, the Norwegian flag was first created in 1821 just a few years after our independence from Denmark (1814). With our independence, we got our constitution and our own government, and we become one of the most liberal and democratic countries in the world (at the time). Unfortunately, our independence did not last long. Just a few months after this we were forced to join a union with Sweden. The constitution was built on the ideas of freedom from the USA and France, and the colours of freedom are red, white and blue" Yes, the red and white cross originates from the Danish flag, but the blue is most likely from the ideas of freedom. We were quite happy in the Daish union but unfortunately, Denmark was on the losing side in the Napoleon war and was forced to give is us as spoils of war to Sweden, but we did not want to become Swedish. Then Denmark had this great idea if they give Norway their independence they can not be given to Sweden. So they hurried a group of people together and wrote the constitution. The fastest one ever made, unfortunately, the Swedish did not accept this. And we become part of Sweden, but we got to keep our constitution with just some changes, and the idea of independence lived on. Even if the flag was created in 1821 we were not allowed to use it before 1899, and not officially before 1905 when we finally got our independence. By the way, this is how fast we become independent from Denmark: The union with Denmark had lasted for 400 years. In January 1814 Denmark lost and was forced to give Norway to Sweden. In February there was a small meeting in Norway deciding that Norway did not accept this and that the sovereignty our Norway belonged to the Norwegian people. In April a group of people from across Norway meet outside the capital to write the constitution. The constitution was finished in May and we declared our independence. The constitution was actually written so fast that the people from Northen Norway did not make it south in time for the meeting. In July Sweden declared war, by August we had lost and in November we were part of Sweden. All this in less than a year.
Blame the Russians. Only UK and Sweden stood against France. Russia was allied with Napoleon and on his approval they invaded Sweden and managed to conquer Finland that had been a part of Sweden for 700 years. Then Napoleon broke the alliance and attacked Russia, which made Russia switch side. And later on a grand coalition that included both Sweden and Russia finally defeated Napoleon. But in the peace treaty at the end of the war Russia refused to give back Finland, that they had taken as an allied partner to the now defeated enemy. Thus they came up with the idea to 'compensate' Sweden with Norway instead, as Denmark had been with Napoleon the whole way. This is what happens when you play with the big powers, you get slapped around, and then they decide what rewards or penalties you get after they have taken what they want.
@@bolle9810 It's quite common that there's many things what you learn in the school what aren't true and at least big part is old knowledge what has been shown already to be wrong. ... And in some countries. Schooling is just shit overall.
The flag of England is a red cross on white. Some Danish regions have similar unofficial cross-flags, but with other colors: Bornholm: green cross on red, Vendsyssel: Green cross with yellow edges on blue. The former Danish province, now swedish, of Skåne uses a yellow cross on red.
Many places also uses the Nordic cross due to historic roots to Nordic countries. I'm sure that is the case for some areas in the US as there was many Scandinavian settlements. It is the reason why some regions in the UK (like Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) and the Baltic countries use it. Those who wanted a Nordic cross in the Estonian flag also used historic ties to Scandinavia as an argument, and some wished to avoid the tricolor to avoid similarities to the Russian flag and the image as a former Soviet country. Also worth mentioning is the flag of Scania (Skåne in Scandinavian languages) which is a mix of Sweden's and Denmark's flag.
The Norwegian flag: the guy who made it said he wanted to use the red white and blue to symbolize democracy and based it of the Danish flag because he wanted to stay away from Sweden (and stay closer to our old friends Denmark)
This affinity is also quite evident in the spelling; even if the Nynorsk variety was created to try to undo the damages of having used Danish as the written language of Norway for many centuries, it still uses the same alphabet. Swedish spelling uses ä and ö instead of æ and ø just to make sure it can't possibly be mistaken for Danish, and yes, that is the real reason.
Føkka gaming Yes one of his argument was that with blue the combination with red and white would symbolise the freedom colours much like those of USA and France flag, but he also made it clear that at the same time it would honor the two former (Denmark) and present (Sweden back then) union countiers.
Lol, Danish is officially the worst Scandinavian language. Football, you're wrong. Food, I assume you talk about our husmanskost which is just cheap simple food for the small households.
Originally flown to separate danish ships from norwegian. Later on adopted by Norway as a design with impressions from the french revolution (red, white + blue tricolore) and the history of the common danish-norwegian navy in mind.
7:14 And give some extra info, the red/yellow crosses derive from the unofficial Finnish-Swedish flag that has a yellow background with a red nordic cross. This represents the majority of Finnish-Swedish that live on the island, as well the rule that you need to speak Swedish in order to live on the island. The blue background probably comes from the fact that the Baltic sea surrounds the island but also that Sweden had big influences on the island (Sweden has a long past with the island).
Manav Gajera not really because the cross on the UK’s flag is the St. George’s Cross representing the saint of England with the St. Andrew’s Cross behind it representing Scotland and a red saltire representing Northern Ireland. There is no representation of any Nordic regions in the UK like Shetland. However, there is a lot of history of the Dane law invading Britain, changing the language we use today but they also got kicked out by the Norman conquest of Britain which is why the British flag has no Nordic representation.
lukas lyngås it is sort of the same but they come from different origins, much like the welsh dragon of wales and the Chinese dragon of the Qing dynasty. They look similar, but they come from different backgrounds
Anton Schiko Tömming I dunno where your from, but where im from, and where the one im answering to is from, very surely know the joke with me saying Skåne is Danish. Its a joke. If jokes was not directed towards you and you do not understand it, better ignore it
You've forgot Jutland, the Orcades Isles, Caithness, the Saarland French Protectorate, Ingria, Stravopol, the Vespes, the Votes, the Carelians, the United Baltic Duchy, and others not so famous than these. I know, I'm boring.
Not boring at all. This is quite literally the first time I've heard Caithness mentioned in any comment that wasn't my own, being from Caithness. Love that you recognised us here as well.
Just so you know: the Norwegian flag is like it is because Norway was a part of Denmark, and then a man that later became the king of Norway saved it and formed an exstra kross on the flag with his blood. (they thought kings and qeens had blue blood back then) I think it is like that. And sorry if this was comfusing. I am 10 years old and I suck at english... 😑
Lmao I’m ethnically very much Scandinavian, but I live in the U.S.. planning on moving to Norway once I get enough money. You don’t have to be ethnically related(although it helps with jobs), if you *really * want to move there, you totally can. That being said, it is a long and lengthy process, but very worth it! Just open up a travel savings account and add a bit of each paycheck to it each time. In no time, you’ll have enough money to move up there! With no job, it’s about $2,000 USD to live there for a month.
Norway costs 10x times the average dollar and as a Norwegian, it is not peaceful, raindeers come to my house in winter eating the grass in the forest close to my house. I just want to rip their balls off, geez let those stupid raindeers go away from my house.
thank you soooo much for getting it absolutely right, you almost nailed it the only thing that I got confused about was the Viking thing but you probably did that as an illustration for people who didn't know any better everything else was perfect, and the fact that so many people get it wrong even in the Nordic countries is kinda sad but thank you for doing your part :D cus YOU NAILED IT (almost)
The Danish flag legend has it falling from Heaven in 1219, which is in the 13th century, not the 14th. That legend is from the 19th century, though. Actual sources allow us to trace it to the 14th or 15th century, can't quite remember.
Greetings from Helsinki, Finland to Finland, Minnesota :) Officially DEN NOR SWE are Scandinavian and when you add FIN ICE you get the five Nordic countries. But yes, 'Scandinavia' is often used as a synonym for all the Nordic countries.
@@daimonwings3838 For me the Nordic sounds good :) I'm a Finnish speaking Finn, but I easily get the Nordic vibe: I work with Swedish speaking Finns and in Helsinki you hear Swedish everyday. Norway is great! My travel goal is to get to Finnmark in the north next, a very special place.
You missed the flags of the Orkney islands: Like Norway's but yellow instead of white. There is an older Orkney flag with a red Nordic cross on yellow background. I have also seen a flag for Greenland that uses green instead of red: searches reveal that it was a rejected proposal. Nonetheless, the one I had seen was a real flag and not a picture.
Or, as I prefer to view it: a reverse Åland flag. Considering that Shetland has a reverse Finnish flag, that makes total sense (without meaning to, probably).
BTW, there is also a flag for Scania (southern county in Sweden that was once part of Denmark): Yellow cross on red background. Like a Danish flag with yellow instead of white - or reverse alternative Orkney flag.
You want to know what else he forgot?? Ingria!! It has a red field with a blue cross and yellow in between. Kind of like the flag of the Åland Islands just the colors inverted.
The norwegian flag comes from a school kid who drew a blue line in the white stripe to symbolize the millions upon millions of rivers of Norway. Or so says the Norwegian told story of how we got our flag, there is no link to Sweden in the blue, something any Norwegian would probably take offense at (also there are two different blues, the Swedish being a lighter blue, whilst the Norwegian is a dark blue)
8:20 wow I didn't know that the short-lived colony of Sweden along the Delaware River had that much of an influence over the flag considering it was very short-lived (1638-1655)
Wilmington specifically was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America, so it's not that odd (though a bit bold perhaps) they based their city flag on the Swedish. I guess the design cannot be trademarked, and any laws pertaining to the use of the Swedish flag do not apply outside Sweden...
The blue of the Icelandic flag is actually said to represent the blue tint of the mountains, when they are seen from afar. (This is to do with the atmospheres absorption of certain wavelengths of light.)
im from norway and the reason behind the three colours is this. Norway was in forced union with the danish for over 400 years. The danish and the swedish started a war and the swedish won. Norway was sent as a gift to sweden to prevent sweden to crush denmark. And it worked. finally in 1814 the norwegians got there own laws and short after they where released from the swedish. The Norwegians added the blue colour to the danish flag to symbolise hope. like so GEneral Knowledge can see! :)
what my school learned in a lag museum aboud the norwegian flag was that after our independence from denmark we needed a new flag. Every norwegian had the danish flag in their homes due to the union, and almost everyone had blue dyed string aswell. so whenthe flag votes came we chose the flag that was the easiest to make for everyone.
Little known fact which seems to always be forgotten (because no one seems to know, I guess) when talking about Greenland's flag is that its design was "borrowed" (read: blatantly stolen) from that of the Norwegian football club Fredrikstad Fotbalklubb, whose flag looks exactly identical (except being in the form of a triangular pennant)
About the Icelandic flag. There were 2 other forms that were used before "the official flag" one had a picture of a dried fish. The flag that "everybody" wanted was blue with a white cross. But the Danish king thought it was too similar to the Greek flag, and did not allow us to use that flag. The Danish government (or king) "told us" to have a red cross inside the white cross. The official explanation is that the red cross is "fire" but the "real" meaning is all the suffering of being part of the Danish "empire" for all those centuries. So, the red means/reminds us of all the blood shed under the Danish control and the white is all the tears Icelanders cried during this period.
Ekonomen We do have the letter Å, but it only exists in the Finnish language thanks to our historical connection to Sweden. We only really use it when we’re speaking or writing Swedish, and in place names. Remember that Finland is bilingual, so we have to translate every single place name into Swedish, although most names at least in the west come from Swedish, such as Åland and Åbo. The Finnish names in these places is usually either derived from Swedish, or a word affiliated with the place, in old Swedish, but ”Finnicized”, such as Turku, which comes from the Swedish word for ’market’, because Turku was the most important trading city in Finland during the Swedish era. Sorry, I may have got a bit distracted. It’s VERY early.
Unfortunately English speakers will never see Å Ä and Ö as the letters they truly are. My history teacher referred to Hermann Göring as Goring and I just felt like raging. Edit: not that I think Hermann Göring deserves to have his name spelled or pronounced correctly, he really doesn’t deserve much other than a spot in hell. I’m just saying that it’s kind of disrespectful to the languages that have Å, Ä and Ö
ᖴᖇIᕮᑎᗪᒪYᗪIᗩᗰOᑎᗪ I’m Swedish and I know how to pronounce Å, but I have no idea how to write down the pronunciation! We don’t say aw-land and we don’t say o-land
The three colours in the Norwegian flag represent our independence from Denmark in 1814. Even though we were in a union with Sweden at the time when the flag was adopted (1821) the blue colour has nothing to do with Sweden. there was a separate flag used during the union called "sildesalaten". As a matter of fact the blue colour is not the same as that of Sweden and the Norwegian government has stated that the colour is the same as the one in the French flag.
Acording to Stjórnarráð Íslands: "Á fundi í Stúdentafélagi Reykjavíkur 27. september 1906 sýndi Matthías Þórðarson, síðar þjóðminjavörður, fánahugmynd sína: hvítan kross í bláum feldi með rauðum krossi innan í hvíta krossinum. Áttu litirnir að tákna fjallablámann, ísinn og eldinn." (Blue=Blue mountains, White=Ice, Red=Fire)
Hello from Norway c: Yes the colors of our flag are borrowed from Denmark and Sweden, but it was also chosen because it represented the freedom like the flags from France and USA :) And the colors have a meaning behind it… Blue for the ocean, white for the snow and red for the blood of Olav Tryggvason c: (yeee blood) I just thought I would put it in here xD Oke byee
The colors in the Norwegian flag stands for: The White snow, the Red midnight sun and the Blue glaciers. At least if the song we learn in kindergarten "Norge i rødt hvitt og blått" is correct.
Norway’s flag was actually created before Norway entered into a union with Sweden, and there is a story about it being designed by a kid, but that story is probably not correct
Re: the flag of Wilmington Delaware - the reason it closely resembles the Swedish flag is because the city was originally a Swedish colony named New Stockholm. The name was changed after the British conquered the territory.
The cross in the São Paulo flag is the cross of the order of Crist, not necessarily the Nordic cross, but only a laid alongaited adaptation of the Cross of Crist
@@mfrommi6593 because there is many times that it is used the elongated form of the cross... The medals of the order were always in the elongated format for example... Probably they had two variation for the possible flag, and have chosen the one that that liked more, the elongated one... Many flags haven't the coat of arms on the center, and this is one of that cases
Norways flag was chosen because red,whit and blue was the freedom colors. Narway was inspired from France after Norway liked the France revelotion. Narway also used it’s flag before it became a independed state fra Sweden so..... (sorry for my English) and great vid tho👌
@UCWiHv7G-rVmT7Vwbav20TlwFreedom colours? What's that supposed to mean? Something like freedom fries? What exactly makes some colours more or less free than other colours?
Actually the stripe flag is the official flag of republic of Karelia. The cross flag is the flag of all the Karelian peoples. Both in Russia and Finland
karjalan risti fluagu on karjalaisten fluagu da karjalan tazavullun fluagu on karjalan oikia fluagu the karelian cross flag is the flag of the people and the flag of the karelian rebublic is the official flag
@@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296 se on suomalaisten azuma fluagu da karjalan nationaliztinen fluagu ga oikie alkuperäinen fluagu on otava fluagu da minä pidäyn sitä oikieana karjalan fluaguna ga oikie lippu on venän karjalan tazavallun fluagy nygöi gu venä omiztaa 90 prosenttua karjalan muast se on suomalaisten tekemä lippu ja karjalan nationalistinen lippu mutta oikea alkuperäinen karjalan lippu oli otava lippu ja mä pidän sitä oikeana karjalan lippuna vaikka karjalan oikea lippu on se venäjän lippu kun se venäjä nyt omistaa 90% prostenttii karjalastä
@@valt8025 Ei. Ristilippu on Karjalan kansojen lippu. Tri poloski lippu on Venäjän sille laittama lippu jotta saisi liitettyä Karjalan identiteetin osaksi Venäjää perkele
I think I read somewhere the 3 colors on the Norwegian flag is taken from the 3 colors used under the french revolution because Norway became independent.
Dannebrog with blue stripe On the 17th of May 1821, the Parliament sent a decision to the king. The election fell on a flag proposed by the parliamentary delegation, Fredrik Meltzer. It resembles some of the previous proposals from the mountain commerce commission, which Meltzer himself included. This is the Norwegian flag as we know it today. There is a story that the flag came about by Meltzer's son accidentally drawing a blue strip through the white cross on the Danish flag. The colors of freedom Red, white and blue were known as the colors of freedom and used by famous liberal states such as France and the United States, and by selecting these colors, you identified which countries to associate with.
im just gonna say theese countries in danish: Danmark (Denmark) Sverige (Sweden) Findland (Findland xd) Norge (Norway) Grønland (Greenland) Island (Iceland) Færøerne (Fareo Islands) Lapland (Sami) Åland (Aland as he called it)
wheres Latvia XD and we don't use Nordic flags here is our flag upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png
Such boring names. Here they are in Finnish: Tanska (Denmark) Ruotsi (Sweden) Suomi (Finland) Norja (Norway) Grönlanti (Greenland) Islanti (Iceland) Färsaaret (Faroe Islands) Lappi (Lapland) Ahvenanmaa (Åland)
The reason why norway has three colours is beacuse a guy named meltzer had a son that liked to draw. So his son decided to draw denmark's flag with blue colors too! So that's why norway has 3 colours instead of 2
I hate how Denmark stole Greenland and Iceland from Norway. Also, the Norwegian corss flag wasn't the first Norwegian flag, the old flag is currently our royal flag.
The reason why the Norwegian flag has the blue cross is well documented. When Norway gained independence from Denmark, we kept the Danish flag for a few years, only adding the Norwegian national emblem in the small upper field. But in 1822 Fredrik Melzer, a member of the parliament, proposed the current flag, the Danish with the blue added. His explanation was that those three colours "now represents Freedom, as we have seen in the French Flag of Freedom, and still see in the Dutch's and American's Flagm and in the English' Union."
To all these flags I would add Shetland and Orkney which share the Nordic cross as well for the same reason - history. These island were controlled by Norway or Denmark-Norway for a very long time.
There’s also the Saarland flag when it still was Independent. It’s a white Nordic cross with the right side of the flag not covered by the cross are red and the left is blue
3:25 I would have checked the facts before making this claim. The flag was created by Fredrik Meltzer in 1821. Norway was fighting for independence at the time, and had managed to create its own constitution in 1814. Meltzer however stated that he wanted a "tricolour" consisting of "the colors of freedom"; red, white and blue, inspired by the recent constitutions in the US and France. There is also a story which says that Meltzer saw his son drawing the Danish flag with a patch of blue in the middle, and that this is the insipiration behind the flag. My sources are the online library of the university of Bergen, as well as a letter Meltzer wrote on the 30th of April 1821.
The nordic cross is an amazing flag design honestly
Yeah bro its so cool and underrated
Its a christian cross. When the flag hangs down, you can easily see it. 😊
As a Finnish-American who was born in Finland, but no longer lives there, l am fascinated by Nordic culture and history. lnteresting!
The adding of a third (and blue) colour to the Norwegian flag was also inspired by the French and American constitutions of the late 1700s, reflected in the Norwegian constitution of 1814 and subsequently the Norwegian flag a few years later.
When i heard the national song of my country, *it spoke to me i swear*
same
Oof Oof mine too
Same xd
Shh, det er ikke et yndeligt land... hilsner fra Skåne. XD
Hilsner fra Holmestrand (der den brua kollapset noen år siden)
7:16 Oi maamme, suomi, synnyin maa, Soi sana kultainen, Ei laaksoa, Ei kukkulaa, Ei Vettä, Rantaa rakkaampaa, Kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen, Maa kallis isien!
Hi, the Norwegian flag was first created in 1821 just a few years after our independence from Denmark (1814). With our independence, we got our constitution and our own government, and we become one of the most liberal and democratic countries in the world (at the time). Unfortunately, our independence did not last long. Just a few months after this we were forced to join a union with Sweden. The constitution was built on the ideas of freedom from the USA and France, and the colours of freedom are red, white and blue" Yes, the red and white cross originates from the Danish flag, but the blue is most likely from the ideas of freedom. We were quite happy in the Daish union but unfortunately, Denmark was on the losing side in the Napoleon war and was forced to give is us as spoils of war to Sweden, but we did not want to become Swedish. Then Denmark had this great idea if they give Norway their independence they can not be given to Sweden. So they hurried a group of people together and wrote the constitution. The fastest one ever made, unfortunately, the Swedish did not accept this. And we become part of Sweden, but we got to keep our constitution with just some changes, and the idea of independence lived on. Even if the flag was created in 1821 we were not allowed to use it before 1899, and not officially before 1905 when we finally got our independence.
By the way, this is how fast we become independent from Denmark: The union with Denmark had lasted for 400 years. In January 1814 Denmark lost and was forced to give Norway to Sweden. In February there was a small meeting in Norway deciding that Norway did not accept this and that the sovereignty our Norway belonged to the Norwegian people. In April a group of people from across Norway meet outside the capital to write the constitution. The constitution was finished in May and we declared our independence. The constitution was actually written so fast that the people from Northen Norway did not make it south in time for the meeting. In July Sweden declared war, by August we had lost and in November we were part of Sweden. All this in less than a year.
veendey dude this is not a School
And We in Denmark loved you, and still do🤗 Those swedes, are allways in the way.... But We love them anyways😉🇩🇰
Blame the Russians.
Only UK and Sweden stood against France. Russia was allied with Napoleon and on his approval they invaded Sweden and managed to conquer Finland that had been a part of Sweden for 700 years. Then Napoleon broke the alliance and attacked Russia, which made Russia switch side. And later on a grand coalition that included both Sweden and Russia finally defeated Napoleon. But in the peace treaty at the end of the war Russia refused to give back Finland, that they had taken as an allied partner to the now defeated enemy. Thus they came up with the idea to 'compensate' Sweden with Norway instead, as Denmark had been with Napoleon the whole way.
This is what happens when you play with the big powers, you get slapped around, and then they decide what rewards or penalties you get after they have taken what they want.
Danmark🇩🇰 Norge🇳🇴 Sverige🇸🇪 Finland🇫🇮 Island🇮🇸 Grønland🇬🇱 Færøerne 🇫🇴 Åland 🇦🇽 (In danish :)
Shouldn't that be Suomi, not Finland?
Allan Savolainen nope its in danish, in danish its still finland :P
Missing Færøerne
Bogi Wennerstrøm ik but idk they’re flag :p
PERKELE
He forgot to mention that the circle represents the sami people and the four colours inside of it represents the four nations they inhabit.
@Topher TheTenth Where does wikipedia prove me wrong mate?
But actual official Sami Council website doesn't say anything about that.. So I really have to disagree. It has nothing to do with the countries.
@@Nagarath16 Weird, we learn what I said as a fact in school.
@Topher TheTenth Then why did you start talking about nation flags and what you believe the colors mean?
@@bolle9810 It's quite common that there's many things what you learn in the school what aren't true and at least big part is old knowledge what has been shown already to be wrong.
... And in some countries. Schooling is just shit overall.
Do not forget Orkney and Shetland, which have Nordic flags, symbolising their Nordic heritage.
Parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania used to be "Nya Sverige" (New Sweden) that's why Wilmington, Delaware has blue and yellow Nordic Cross like Sweden
Emir Nezirović correct
Emir Nezirović is Yugoslavia
Pozdrav brate!
@@riotheparrot7478 Yoguslavia is no more, i beleve Bosnian
That's what I was thinking when I saw it haha. A little part of me want to live in USA. And if I ever were to go, that sure be my new home :)
The flag of England is a red cross on white. Some Danish regions have similar unofficial cross-flags, but with other colors: Bornholm: green cross on red, Vendsyssel: Green cross with yellow edges on blue. The former Danish province, now swedish, of Skåne uses a yellow cross on red.
Many places also uses the Nordic cross due to historic roots to Nordic countries. I'm sure that is the case for some areas in the US as there was many Scandinavian settlements. It is the reason why some regions in the UK (like Shetland, Orkney, Caithness) and the Baltic countries use it. Those who wanted a Nordic cross in the Estonian flag also used historic ties to Scandinavia as an argument, and some wished to avoid the tricolor to avoid similarities to the Russian flag and the image as a former Soviet country.
Also worth mentioning is the flag of Scania (Skåne in Scandinavian languages) which is a mix of Sweden's and Denmark's flag.
The Norwegian flag: the guy who made it said he wanted to use the red white and blue to symbolize democracy and based it of the Danish flag because he wanted to stay away from Sweden (and stay closer to our old friends Denmark)
This affinity is also quite evident in the spelling; even if the Nynorsk variety was created to try to undo the damages of having used Danish as the written language of Norway for many centuries, it still uses the same alphabet. Swedish spelling uses ä and ö instead of æ and ø just to make sure it can't possibly be mistaken for Danish, and yes, that is the real reason.
Føkka danmark var kun jevla drit da
@@julierosenkilde8712 +Julie Rosenkilde Did you even watch the world cup? We finnished first in the group with mexico and germany in it.
Føkka gaming Yes one of his argument was that with blue the combination with red and white would symbolise the freedom colours much like those of USA and France flag, but he also made it clear that at the same time it would honor the two former (Denmark) and present (Sweden back then) union countiers.
Lol, Danish is officially the worst Scandinavian language. Football, you're wrong. Food, I assume you talk about our husmanskost which is just cheap simple food for the small households.
Arguably much of Scotland and some of northern England could be considered Nordic as much of their heritage is Nordic Vikings.
Many regional flags in the UK also use the Nordic cross, especially in Northern Scotland which had considerable Scandinavian influence.
England's flag is similar to Denmark's but the colors are inverted.
Norway's flag doesn't have anything to do with Sweden. It was designed before Norway became a part of Sweden
Christoffer Vogt
you are wrong
Exactly
@اسامة بن لادن And you are
Christoffer Vogt maybe he is
Originally flown to separate danish ships from norwegian. Later on adopted by Norway as a design with impressions from the french revolution (red, white + blue tricolore) and the history of the common danish-norwegian navy in mind.
The flag of Ingria. In Finnish Inkerinmaa and in Swedish Ingermanland. Has also a Nordic cross in its flag.
Ingerimaa vabaks!
Rip Ingermanland, Kexholm och Nöteborg. Damn Russians
7:14
And give some extra info, the red/yellow crosses derive from the unofficial Finnish-Swedish flag that has a yellow background with a red nordic cross. This represents the majority of Finnish-Swedish that live on the island, as well the rule that you need to speak Swedish in order to live on the island. The blue background probably comes from the fact that the Baltic sea surrounds the island but also that Sweden had big influences on the island (Sweden has a long past with the island).
And Britain mixes everything and makes union Jack!
Manav Gajera not really because the cross on the UK’s flag is the St. George’s Cross representing the saint of England with the St. Andrew’s Cross behind it representing Scotland and a red saltire representing Northern Ireland. There is no representation of any Nordic regions in the UK like Shetland. However, there is a lot of history of the Dane law invading Britain, changing the language we use today but they also got kicked out by the Norman conquest of Britain which is why the British flag has no Nordic representation.
Wait a min... why didn’t you mention the flag of England? 🏴 Isn’t it kind of the same?
lukas lyngås it is sort of the same but they come from different origins, much like the welsh dragon of wales and the Chinese dragon of the Qing dynasty. They look similar, but they come from different backgrounds
HirohitoBurrito okay, nice to know👍 thx
lukas lyngås you’re welcome 😁🏴
And then we have the Scanian flag (Skåne), southern Sweden,originally a part of Denmark. The flag is red with a yellow cross
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Scania
That same flag is also used by Finland-Swedish
IDE eyes except the Finland Sweden flags cross is in the middle instead of a bit to the right
Skåne is danish dumbass
Anton Schiko Tömming
I dunno where your from, but where im from, and where the one im answering to is from, very surely know the joke with me saying Skåne is Danish.
Its a joke. If jokes was not directed towards you and you do not understand it, better ignore it
One visual idea for Norways flag that I like is;
Snow covered fjords.
The red represents the land,- and the blood of those who fought for it.
Estonia: can i be Nordic
Nice explanation about the flag of Greenland. Yeah, it breaks the trend but, visually, it looks quite good!
Greenland does break the trend but I think we should give them a pass for the cool and uniqueness of their flag
Did you note that the centre of the circle is located where the centre of a Nordic Cross would have been?
@D Oxley it's more inuit than nordic
Sami and Greenland are similar
Romulus Numa *«Made in Denmark»*
It was the flag for a fishing (or something else) club in Denmark before it was the flag of Greenland.
You've forgot Jutland, the Orcades Isles, Caithness, the Saarland French Protectorate, Ingria, Stravopol, the Vespes, the Votes, the Carelians, the United Baltic Duchy, and others not so famous than these.
I know, I'm boring.
It’s Karelians not Carelians
Grand duchy of Oldenburg
Yay! Thank you!
Not boring, thank you for mentioning these!
Not boring at all. This is quite literally the first time I've heard Caithness mentioned in any comment that wasn't my own, being from Caithness. Love that you recognised us here as well.
I love all the nordic countries!❤️
~from Germany.😊
Thank you, I love Germany too! ♥
~aus Finnland
Danke, ich liebe germany zu lieben von norway
Big Ni66a Dankeschön!😊
Juho Salonen Danke!❤️👍🏻
Just so you know: the Norwegian flag is like it is because Norway was a part of Denmark, and then a man that later became the king of Norway saved it and formed an exstra kross on the flag with his blood. (they thought kings and qeens had blue blood back then) I think it is like that. And sorry if this was comfusing. I am 10 years old and I suck at english... 😑
Don’t worry, I’m 15 and I suck at Norwegian(I live in the U.S.), you’re doing great!
@@Jurgensen1 Good sport
I wish I was Norwegian or Swedish. Nordic nations seem so lovely and peaceful
As a Danish person - ouch!
Lmao
I’m ethnically very much Scandinavian, but I live in the U.S.. planning on moving to Norway once I get enough money.
You don’t have to be ethnically related(although it helps with jobs), if you *really * want to move there, you totally can.
That being said, it is a long and lengthy process, but very worth it! Just open up a travel savings account and add a bit of each paycheck to it each time. In no time, you’ll have enough money to move up there! With no job, it’s about $2,000 USD to live there for a month.
Norway costs 10x times the average dollar and as a Norwegian, it is not peaceful, raindeers come to my house in winter eating the grass in the forest close to my house. I just want to rip their balls off, geez let those stupid raindeers go away from my house.
Now yes. Wasn't always that way. Sweden and Denmark had lots of battles against each other. We were on different sides in the Napoleonic war.
2:50 I love how you used the Norwegian national anthem!
6:49 he forgot too black outline iceland
I have a test of Nordic lands! This did help me alot thank u ! 🇫🇮
thank you soooo much for getting it absolutely right, you almost nailed it the only thing that I got confused about
was the Viking thing but you probably did that as an illustration for people who didn't know any better everything else was perfect, and the fact that so many people get it wrong even in the Nordic countries is kinda sad but thank you for doing your part :D cus YOU NAILED IT (almost)
The Danish flag legend has it falling from Heaven in 1219, which is in the 13th century, not the 14th. That legend is from the 19th century, though. Actual sources allow us to trace it to the 14th or 15th century, can't quite remember.
Finland is my favorite country in Scandinavia greetings to Finland from minnesota
Greetings from Helsinki, Finland to Finland, Minnesota :) Officially DEN NOR SWE are Scandinavian and when you add FIN ICE you get the five Nordic countries. But yes, 'Scandinavia' is often used as a synonym for all the Nordic countries.
Finland isn’t in Scandinavia, even if i think they should :/
I live in Norway, but i love Finland
@@daimonwings3838 For me the Nordic sounds good :) I'm a Finnish speaking Finn, but I easily get the Nordic vibe: I work with Swedish speaking Finns and in Helsinki you hear Swedish everyday. Norway is great! My travel goal is to get to Finnmark in the north next, a very special place.
Er jeg den eneste der kan høre Der er et yndigt land i baggrunden😂
sådan brormand
Ja det er du
@@MauriceVEVO tag det toligt det var ikke tio dej
nä jag hör det ochså
oh hell no XD
Delaware had many settlers from Sweden, which probably explains Wilmington's similarity with the Swedish flag.
That's exactly why.
Wasn't THE Swedish colony Therese before too
It was even called "New Sweden" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden
New Sweden was mainly populated by finns tho.
Ilbenaattori yes because in the Swedish empire Finns and Swedes lived together
This video is so well done!! I’m shocked that it doesn’t have more views. You just earned yourself a new subscriber. Keep up the great work!!
i can't believe it took me 15 years to realize that the Norwegian flag is just the Danish flag but with an extra blue cross on top of the white cross
In heraldry: You cannot have two “Colours” next to each other. So they are separated by a metal. Silver (white) or Gold (yellow).
You missed the flags of the Orkney islands: Like Norway's but yellow instead of white.
There is an older Orkney flag with a red Nordic cross on yellow background.
I have also seen a flag for Greenland that uses green instead of red: searches reveal that it was a rejected proposal. Nonetheless, the one I had seen was a real flag and not a picture.
Or, as I prefer to view it: a reverse Åland flag. Considering that Shetland has a reverse Finnish flag, that makes total sense (without meaning to, probably).
BTW, there is also a flag for Scania (southern county in Sweden that was once part of Denmark): Yellow cross on red background. Like a Danish flag with yellow instead of white - or reverse alternative Orkney flag.
Vad är orkney islands på svenska
You want to know what else he forgot?? Ingria!! It has a red field with a blue cross and yellow in between. Kind of like the flag of the Åland Islands just the colors inverted.
You forgot my flag, which is my profile pic, we use this in our towns in the Scottish Highlands
Really?
The norwegian flag comes from a school kid who drew a blue line in the white stripe to symbolize the millions upon millions of rivers of Norway. Or so says the Norwegian told story of how we got our flag, there is no link to Sweden in the blue, something any Norwegian would probably take offense at (also there are two different blues, the Swedish being a lighter blue, whilst the Norwegian is a dark blue)
The story behind Norway’s flag: A man was assigned to design a new flag. His kid drew a thin blue cross over the danish flag.
8:20 wow I didn't know that the short-lived colony of Sweden along the Delaware River had that much of an influence over the flag considering it was very short-lived (1638-1655)
Wilmington specifically was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America, so it's not that odd (though a bit bold perhaps) they based their city flag on the Swedish. I guess the design cannot be trademarked, and any laws pertaining to the use of the Swedish flag do not apply outside Sweden...
The blue of the Icelandic flag is actually said to represent the blue tint of the mountains, when they are seen from afar. (This is to do with the atmospheres absorption of certain wavelengths of light.)
im from norway and the reason behind the three colours is this. Norway was in forced union with the danish for over 400 years. The danish and the swedish started a war and the swedish won. Norway was sent as a gift to sweden to prevent sweden to crush denmark. And it worked. finally in 1814 the norwegians got there own laws and short after they where released from the swedish. The Norwegians added the blue colour to the danish flag to symbolise hope. like so GEneral Knowledge can see! :)
what my school learned in a lag museum aboud the norwegian flag was that after our independence from denmark we needed a new flag. Every norwegian had the danish flag in their homes due to the union, and almost everyone had blue dyed string aswell. so whenthe flag votes came we chose the flag that was the easiest to make for everyone.
Thanks for putting "ja, vi elsker" in the background of the video. It's the national anthem of my country!🇳🇴
That's one beautiful song in the background
Thank you for complimenting Sweden, Your country is now respected.
7:15 oh yeah, Maamme is a beautiful song🇫🇮❤️
@@torillatavataan143 And Swedens
It's Finlands national hymn/anthem, "Maamme laulu" (what means like: our countrys hymn)
@@whoneedsdefenseanyways4418 Weeeell Finland kinda took it with when they left
Little known fact which seems to always be forgotten (because no one seems to know, I guess) when talking about Greenland's flag is that its design was "borrowed" (read: blatantly stolen) from that of the Norwegian football club Fredrikstad Fotbalklubb, whose flag looks exactly identical (except being in the form of a triangular pennant)
About the Icelandic flag. There were 2 other forms that were used before "the official flag" one had a picture of a dried fish.
The flag that "everybody" wanted was blue with a white cross. But the Danish king thought it was too similar to the Greek flag, and did not allow us to use that flag. The Danish government (or king) "told us" to have a red cross inside the white cross.
The official explanation is that the red cross is "fire" but the "real" meaning is all the suffering of being part of the Danish "empire" for all those centuries.
So, the red means/reminds us of all the blood shed under the Danish control and the white is all the tears Icelanders cried during this period.
It's Åland, not Aland..
Freddy Fatbear 03
The Nordic languages are the only ones with Å.
Ekonomen
We do have the letter Å, but it only exists in the Finnish language thanks to our historical connection to Sweden. We only really use it when we’re speaking or writing Swedish, and in place names. Remember that Finland is bilingual, so we have to translate every single place name into Swedish, although most names at least in the west come from Swedish, such as Åland and Åbo. The Finnish names in these places is usually either derived from Swedish, or a word affiliated with the place, in old Swedish, but ”Finnicized”, such as Turku, which comes from the Swedish word for ’market’, because Turku was the most important trading city in Finland during the Swedish era.
Sorry, I may have got a bit distracted. It’s VERY early.
Unfortunately English speakers will never see Å Ä and Ö as the letters they truly are. My history teacher referred to Hermann Göring as Goring and I just felt like raging.
Edit: not that I think Hermann Göring deserves to have his name spelled or pronounced correctly, he really doesn’t deserve much other than a spot in hell. I’m just saying that it’s kind of disrespectful to the languages that have Å, Ä and Ö
Åland
Å is also represented in danish and i blelive norwegians use it as well (not 100% sure)
"Sami" is not a country.
Åland is pronounced o-land
Samuel Liebermann it’s Sápmi
@@woww8148 Saami
D to B ratio the country is called Sápmi :)
Actually not.. it is pronounced aw-land
ᖴᖇIᕮᑎᗪᒪYᗪIᗩᗰOᑎᗪ I’m Swedish and I know how to pronounce Å, but I have no idea how to write down the pronunciation! We don’t say aw-land and we don’t say o-land
Here in the Highlands of Scotland we have a flag with the Nordic Cross in blue, white and green colours to represent the Highlands.
The three colours in the Norwegian flag represent our independence from Denmark in 1814. Even though we were in a union with Sweden at the time when the flag was adopted (1821) the blue colour has nothing to do with Sweden. there was a separate flag used during the union called "sildesalaten". As a matter of fact the blue colour is not the same as that of Sweden and the Norwegian government has stated that the colour is the same as the one in the French flag.
i am from iceland and it means the blue is sea the white is ice and the red is lava
Sossi that’s cool!❤️ I love Iceland! From Germany😊
Sossi hey iceland cool love from sweden
Acording to Stjórnarráð Íslands: "Á fundi í Stúdentafélagi Reykjavíkur 27. september 1906 sýndi Matthías
Þórðarson, síðar þjóðminjavörður, fánahugmynd sína: hvítan kross í bláum
feldi með rauðum krossi innan í hvíta krossinum. Áttu litirnir að tákna
fjallablámann, ísinn og eldinn."
(Blue=Blue mountains, White=Ice, Red=Fire)
6:42 I am an Icelandic citizen and my parrent\s have always said Blue for the sky white for snow and red for the lava in the volcanoes.
Hello from Norway c:
Yes the colors of our flag are borrowed from Denmark and Sweden, but it was also chosen because it represented the freedom like the flags from France and USA :)
And the colors have a meaning behind it… Blue for the ocean, white for the snow and red for the blood of Olav Tryggvason c: (yeee blood)
I just thought I would put it in here xD
Oke byee
The colors in the Norwegian flag stands for: The White snow, the Red midnight sun and the Blue glaciers. At least if the song we learn in kindergarten "Norge i rødt hvitt og blått" is correct.
Norway’s flag was actually created before Norway entered into a union with Sweden, and there is a story about it being designed by a kid, but that story is probably not correct
The danish island of Bornholm also has it's own flag (unofficial) which has been in use since the 70' but you see it all around the island
I like that you use the danish national song in the background.
Re: the flag of Wilmington Delaware - the reason it closely resembles the Swedish flag is because the city was originally a Swedish colony named New Stockholm. The name was changed after the British conquered the territory.
The cross in the São Paulo flag is the cross of the order of Crist, not necessarily the Nordic cross, but only a laid alongaited adaptation of the Cross of Crist
So why isnt the cross in the center of the banner?
@@mfrommi6593 because there is many times that it is used the elongated form of the cross... The medals of the order were always in the elongated format for example... Probably they had two variation for the possible flag, and have chosen the one that that liked more, the elongated one... Many flags haven't the coat of arms on the center, and this is one of that cases
Norways flag was chosen because red,whit and blue was the freedom colors. Narway was inspired from France after Norway liked the France revelotion. Narway also used it’s flag before it became a independed state fra Sweden so..... (sorry for my English) and great vid tho👌
T.G. 1886 Norsk-Engelsk på sitt beste 👍
Correct. The blue has nothing to do with the Swedish flag.
Cato Næverdal 👌👍💪
Nothing to be proud of. all countries full of pussies has flags with red white and blue
@UCWiHv7G-rVmT7Vwbav20TlwFreedom colours? What's that supposed to mean? Something like freedom fries? What exactly makes some colours more or less free than other colours?
The Faroese flag represents red as blood blue as the ocean and white as the sky, which is what i learned in a Faroese school
I love the fact that you play the national anthem of the Nordic countries in the background, nice touch
The circle in the Sami flag reprents the unite of the rest of the flag and elements in it.
Look to the flag of the Republic of Karelia (with nordic cross, not stripes), there flag is my favorite one and it's the Boba Fett's colors !
Actually the stripe flag is the official flag of republic of Karelia. The cross flag is the flag of all the Karelian peoples. Both in Russia and Finland
karjalan risti fluagu on karjalaisten fluagu da karjalan tazavullun fluagu on karjalan oikia fluagu
the karelian cross flag is the flag of the people and the flag of the karelian rebublic is the official flag
@@valt8025 KARJALAN RISTI OIKIA FLUAGU!!!
@@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296 se on suomalaisten azuma fluagu da karjalan nationaliztinen fluagu ga oikie alkuperäinen fluagu on otava fluagu da minä pidäyn sitä oikieana karjalan fluaguna ga oikie lippu on venän karjalan tazavallun fluagy nygöi gu venä omiztaa 90 prosenttua karjalan muast
se on suomalaisten tekemä lippu ja karjalan nationalistinen lippu mutta oikea alkuperäinen karjalan lippu oli otava lippu ja mä pidän sitä oikeana karjalan lippuna vaikka karjalan oikea lippu on se venäjän lippu kun se venäjä nyt omistaa 90% prostenttii karjalastä
@@valt8025 Ei. Ristilippu on Karjalan kansojen lippu. Tri poloski lippu on Venäjän sille laittama lippu jotta saisi liitettyä Karjalan identiteetin osaksi Venäjää perkele
Thanks for adding Latvia in the video
I think I read somewhere the 3 colors on the Norwegian flag is taken from the 3 colors used under the french revolution because Norway became independent.
7:16
When fin hears the finnish anthem:
May the perkele be among us *salutes* *and goes to sauna*
Torille!
Thank you so much for mentioning the sami flag!
- Norwegian person
I am from Norway, and the blue stands for the blue rivers, the white stands for the snow, but I don’t know what the red stands for
Dannebrog with blue stripe
On the 17th of May 1821, the Parliament sent a decision to the king. The election fell on a flag proposed by the parliamentary delegation, Fredrik Meltzer. It resembles some of the previous proposals from the mountain commerce commission, which Meltzer himself included. This is the Norwegian flag as we know it today.
There is a story that the flag came about by Meltzer's son accidentally drawing a blue strip through the white cross on the Danish flag.
The colors of freedom
Red, white and blue were known as the colors of freedom and used by famous liberal states such as France and the United States, and by selecting these colors, you identified which countries to associate with.
The yellow and blue in Sweden is also from the "warm" and cold.
Yellow is for warm pee.
(Just joking)
im just gonna say theese countries in danish:
Danmark (Denmark)
Sverige (Sweden)
Findland (Findland xd)
Norge (Norway)
Grønland (Greenland)
Island (Iceland)
Færøerne (Fareo Islands)
Lapland (Sami)
Åland (Aland as he called it)
is Finland called Findland on Danish wtf.
Is it because they didnt find that land before Sweden?
@@mlgsty8880 Nope, it's wrong. It's Finland in Danish too.
wheres Latvia XD and we don't use Nordic flags here is our flag upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/2000px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png
Det staves “Finland”, men tæt på...
Such boring names. Here they are in Finnish:
Tanska (Denmark)
Ruotsi (Sweden)
Suomi (Finland)
Norja (Norway)
Grönlanti (Greenland)
Islanti (Iceland)
Färsaaret (Faroe Islands)
Lappi (Lapland)
Ahvenanmaa (Åland)
In the UK the far northern regions of Orkney, Shetland and Caithness all use their own unique Nordic flags
I really appreciate the effort you put in to proper pronounciation of countries and places 👍🏼
He pronounced nothing correctly
Why not place the swastika in the wwii german flag for the sake of accuracy. No one is becoming nazi by looking at their flag, beleve me.
The video would get demonetized if he showed it.
@@Muistimetalli pff, that's frastrating... but true :/
just place youtube logo instead of nazi logo.
@Loduk tus are you stupid? its just a flag, shown for educational purposes, there's nothing racists with it
@@da_knug True it's not racist but TH-cam views it as such and demonitizes the video.
0:30 WHY
You could also add the flag of the island of Bornholm (similar to the Danbrog + some green)
If I would look at these videos for the first time, I would think, that the channel has atleast 5 million subscribers ;D
Finland🇫🇮
Island🇮🇸
Denmark 🇩🇰
Norway🇳🇴
Sweden🇸🇪
F. Islands🇫🇴
Aland Islands🇦🇽
Sami
Greenland 🇬🇱
Yголис 2 international🤣
Norwegian flag colour meanings: Blue: Ocean (Due to our long coastline), White: Cleanliness and purity, Red: Bravery and blood.
The reason why norway has three colours is beacuse a guy named meltzer had a son that liked to draw. So his son decided to draw denmark's flag with blue colors too! So that's why norway has 3 colours instead of 2
The norwegian flag was made when the grandson or son(dont remember) drew a bue cross in the danish flag.
Thank you.. so much since I really thought my home country was forgotten ;^;
You sead Morway, ahhahha! 🤣(Norway)
I hate how Denmark stole Greenland and Iceland from Norway.
Also, the Norwegian corss flag wasn't the first Norwegian flag, the old flag is currently our royal flag.
The reason why the Norwegian flag has the blue cross is well documented. When Norway gained independence from Denmark, we kept the Danish flag for a few years, only adding the Norwegian national emblem in the small upper field. But in 1822 Fredrik Melzer, a member of the parliament, proposed the current flag, the Danish with the blue added. His explanation was that those three colours "now represents Freedom, as we have seen in the French Flag of Freedom, and still see in the Dutch's and American's Flagm and in the English' Union."
I live in Finland and all what I am gonna say is IT DOES NOT HAVE POLAR BEARS PEOPLE AGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!😡🤬
do you have normal bears scared away by the word "perkele"
1:22 Du Gamla Du fria (Swedens national anthem)
In The Norwegian flagg The colors stands for:
White as The snow, red as The evening sun and Blue as the glaciers. (Im from Norway)
The original 3 coloured flag followed the rule of not using colour over colour or metal over metal.
Is there anyone else from the Faroe Islands
Er tað nakar annar frá Føroyum
Ja
🇫🇴🇫🇴🇫🇴
7:00 facepalm
I have a bottle of akvavit from the Faroe Islands in my liquor cabinet.
Her! :)
You did forget Skåne South Sweden😂😂😂😂
To all these flags I would add Shetland and Orkney which share the Nordic cross as well for the same reason - history. These island were controlled by Norway or Denmark-Norway for a very long time.
Same with Caithness (my home county) on the mainland. We had a lot of Scandinavian influence in the past as well.
There’s also the Saarland flag when it still was Independent. It’s a white Nordic cross with the right side of the flag not covered by the cross are red and the left is blue