Flag of Norway
Its colour palette includes red, white, and blue.
Current flag
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Norway
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 8:11 height: width
Flag design
Nordic cross.
- Layout
- Cross
- Cross type
- Nordic cross
- Details
- Offset cross and Fimbriated element
- Colours
- Red, white, and blue
Sources
- Proportion: Lovdata – Lov om Norges Flag
Flag comparisons
What does Norway's flag mean?
Norway's flag has a red field and a blue Nordic cross outlined in white. Its structure follows the Nordic cross tradition. The red and white recall the influence of Denmark's Dannebrog and Norway's long union history with Denmark, while the blue cross is historically associated with the period of union between Norway and Sweden.
The design was created in 1821. Its red field, white border and blue cross make it both recognizably Nordic and distinct from the flags of neighbouring countries.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Norway
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Oslo
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NO
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NOR
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 578
- Top-level domain
- .no
- Area
- 324,220 km²
- Population
- 5,610,870 (2025)
- Currency
- NOK
- Calling code
- +47
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Norway (1536–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.
