Svenska flaggan färger hex
Den svenska flaggans färger, som enligt 3 § lagen () om Sveriges flagga är ljust mellanblå på fälten och guldgul på korset, definieras på följande sätt enligt de beteckningar (Natural Colour System, NCS) som används i Svensk Standard SS den blå färgen R95B. The national flag of Sweden Sveriges flagga consists of a yellow or gold Nordic cross i.
The Nordic cross design traditionally represents Christianity. Blue and yellow have been used as Swedish colours at least since Magnus III's royal coat of arms of The Swedish flag is one of only five that use the ratio , the others being Argentina , Guatemala , Palau , and Poland. It is one of only four flags that currently use the colour scheme of blue and yellow , the others being Kazakhstan , Palau , and Ukraine.
The dimensions of the Swedish flag are horizontally and vertically. The dimensions of the Swedish flag with a triple-tail are horizontally and vertically. The Swedish law does not regulate the design of the Swedish pennant , but it is recommended that its colour scheme should correspond with that of the flag. The triple-tailed flag tretungad flagga is used as a naval ensign örlogsflaggan. Its overall ratio, including the tails, is The flag is also used as the Swedish naval jack örlogsgösen.
The jacks are smaller than the ensigns, but they have the same proportions.
Colours of the flag (Sweden)
The Swedish swallowtail flag was originally the King's personal emblem, or the emblem representing a command conferred by the King. It was at first two-pointed, but by the midth century, the distinctive swallowtail with tongue appeared. The flag is also flown by the defence ministry, while civil ministries fly square flags. The Royal flag Kungliga flaggan is identical to the triple-tailed naval ensign, but has in its centre a white field with the greater or the lesser coat of arms surrounded by the Order of the Seraphim , which has the monarch as its grand master.
The monarch personally decides about the specific use of the royal flag. According to early modern legend, the 12th-century King Eric IX saw a golden cross in the sky as he landed in Finland during the First Swedish Crusade in Seeing this as a sign from God he adopted the golden cross against a blue background as his banner. It has been suggested that the Swedish origin legend is chosen to counter a parallel origin story for the Danish flag , also recorded in the 16th century.
According to this theory, [ citation needed ] the Swedish flag was created during the reign of King Charles VIII , who also introduced the coat of arms of Sweden in The national coat of arms is a combination of King Albert's coat of arms of and King Magnus III's coat of arms of , and is blue divided quarterly by a golden cross pattée. Other historians [ who? The exact age of the Swedish flag is not known, but the oldest recorded pictures of a blue cloth with a yellow cross date from the early 16th century, during the reign of King Gustav I.
The same coat of arms is still used by the province. A royal warrant of 6 November , regulated the use of the triple-tailed flag, to be used only as a state flag and naval ensign. In practice, however, the merchant fleet began using a square-cut civil ensign of the state flag. In a government instruction of ship building of , this civil ensign should have the same proportions and colors as the state flag, with the notable difference of being square-cut.
A royal warrant of 18 August , stipulated that an all blue triple-tailed flag to be used by the archipelago fleet , a branch of the army tasked with defending the archipelago along the Swedish coastlines.
Lagen om Svenska flaggan
The commander of the fleet also had the right to order the use of the ordinary war ensign instead of the blue ensign when that was "appropriate". On 6 June , a common military ensign was introduced for the two united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway. This flag was identical to the former triple-tailed military ensign of Sweden, with a white saltire on red to be included in the canton. Proposed by the Norwegian Prime Minister and unionist Peder Anker , the white saltire on a red background was supposed to symbolise Norway, as the country had previously been united with Denmark and initially continued to use the same flag as an independent country, but with the national arms in the canton.
Norwegian ships continued to use the Danish civil ensign distinguished with the national arms in the canton north of Cape Finisterre , but had to fly the Swedish civil ensign in the Mediterranean to be protected from pirate attacks. A common civil ensign for both countries was introduced in , on the pattern of the naval ensign, but square-cut. This flag was optional for Swedish vessels, but compulsory for Norwegian ones in distant waters.
In , Norway adopted a new national civil ensign, identical to the present flag of Norway. Following the adoption of a separate Norwegian flag, a royal regulation of 17 July , stipulated that ships of both kingdoms use the common square-cut civil ensign with the saltire included in "distant waters" i. This system was in force until A royal resolution of 20 June , introduced new flags and heraldry to denote the equal status of the two kingdoms within the union.
Both countries were granted civil and military ensigns on the same pattern, their respective national flags with the addition of a union mark in the canton, combining the flag colours of both countries. The naval ensign was based on the traditional triple-tailed Swedish model. In addition, the new union mark was to be used as the naval jack and as the flag for the common diplomatic representations abroad.