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List of Norwegian flags
The following is a list of flags of entities named or related to Norway.
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.
Other flags
Military Standards
Army Standards
Historical Army Standards
Air Force Standards
Home Guard Standards
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 (1815-1844)
Other flags of Sweden-Norway (1844-1905)
German occupation of Norway
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'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 in Norway, similar to the German Reich Labour Service.
Flags of other Norwegian collaborationists
Political flags
Subnational flags
Ethnic group flags
Proposed flags of Norway
1814 proposals
1815 proposals
1820 proposals
1821 proposals
In 1821, a flag committee was deducted in the Storting to find a new merchant flag of Norway. 18 Proposals were put forward to be judged by the committee. On May 4, The Storting discussed and held the vote on what would become the Norwegian flag. The original documents of 14 of the 18 flag proposals are stored in the Storting Archive. Proposal 4, 5, 9, and 17 are missing.
1836 union flag proposals
Contemporary proposals
Dependent territory proposals
House flags of Norwegian freight companies
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