Sweden Flag
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STANDARD
SIZE: 60" x 35" (150 x 90 cm)
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This flag is professionally screen printed UAT at 300 ° F. It resists sun and
rain with UV filter - 100% Du Pont Nylon - especially knitted. It has two cords
to attach, and can be used as a wall tapestry, pole flag or for proudly
exhibition. Printed with high quality thermic inks to
guarantee lifetime durability.
HISTORY
Introduced in the 16th
Century
Regulated on November 6, 1663
Most recent color regulations and proportions laid down in the Flag Act of 1982
In the royal warrant of 1569,
King John III decreed that the golden cross should always be born on Swedish
battle banners. The oldest recorded pictures of the blue flag with a yellow
cross date from the end of the 16th century, while reliable evidence that it was
also the ensign of Swedish vessels dates from the 1620s. According to the
oldest existing flag warrant from 1663, a triple-tailed flag was to be used by
all except merchant ships, whose ensign was rectangular. Nowadays, use of the
triple-tailed flag is reserved for the royal family and armed forces. The
design of the flag was influenced by the Danish Dannebrog; its colors
were from the coat of arms.
The main shield of the Great Arms
of Sweden is divided quarterly and charged with the three crowns of Sweden (in
the first and fourth quarters) and the lion of the Folkung dynasty (in the
second and third quarters). This arrangement, with a golden cross separating
four blue fields, was introduced by King Karl VIII Knuttson in 1448, and set the
pattern for the flag.
There are very close ties between
Sweden and Denmark, so it cannot be a coincidence that the Swedes added the
cross to the arms, as the Danes did in the 14th century, and adopted a flag of
the same pattern as the Danish Dannebrog.
Formal Name
Kingdom of Sweden
Local Name
Sverige
Local Formal Name
Konungariket Sverige
Location:
Europe
Status:
UN Country
Capital City:
Stockholm
Main Cities:
Gothenburg, Malmö, Uppsala
Population:
8,733,000
Area [sq.km]:
449,960
Currency:
1 Swedish krona = 100 öre
Main Languages:
Swedish
Main Religions:
Lutheran Protestant
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