List of Danish flags
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The following is a list of flags of Denmark.
National flag and state flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1219–present | Civil flag and ensign | A white Nordic cross on a red field |
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?–present | State flag | |
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?–present | Civil flag and ensign (vertical display) |
Royal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2024–present | Royal standard of Denmark, used by King Frederik X | Royal flag with the greater (Monarch's) coat of arms |
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The flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark | Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms. | |
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Royal standard of Queen Mary | Royal flag with the coat of arms of Queen Mary | |
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1914–present | The flag of the temporary Regent of Denmark (in practice a member of the Royal House) | Royal flag with a royal crown (top), a sceptre and a sword (in saltire), and an orb (bottom) in the centre white square. |
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?–present | Royal House standard (other members of the Royal Family) | Royal flag with a royal crown in the centre white square. |
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1972–present | Royal pennant of the Monarch | A pentagonal (i.e. a square and a triangle combined) pennant. In the hoist a white square with the same coat of arms as the royal flag, in the fly, a triangle with swallow-tail, a red field with a white cross.[1] |
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?–present | Royal pennant | A pentagonal (i.e. a square and a triangle combined) pennant. In the hoist a white square with the lesser coat of arms (same as the crown prince's flag), in the fly, a triangle with swallow-tail, a red field with a white cross.[1] |
Historical royal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1972–2024 |  Royal standard of Denmark |
Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark |
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1731–1819 | Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway | |
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1948–2000 | Royal standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother |
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1972–2002 | The flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark | Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik. |
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2002–2018 | Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik, with a prince's crown replaced by the royal crown. | |
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1914–2024 | The flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark | Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms. |
Military flags
Rank flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Minister of Defence flag | Naval ensign with a crowned fouled anchor, placed in a centred white box.[2] |
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?–present | Rank flag for the Chief of Defence | State flag or naval ensign with two white staffs in saltire in the upper canton.[2] |
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1979–present | Rank flag for a general or an admiral | State flag or naval ensign with four stars equally split in the cantons of the hoist side.[2] |
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Rank flag for a lieutenant general or a vice admiral | State flag or naval ensign with three stars, two in the upper canton and one in the lower.[2] | |
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Rank flag for a major general or a counter admiral | State flag or naval ensign with two stars equally split in the cantons of the hoist side.[2] | |
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Rank flag for a brigade general or a flotilla admiral | State flag or naval ensign with one star in the upper canton.[2] |
Army
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1580[3]–present | The Royal Danish Army uses the state flag. | |
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2019–present | Danish Artillery Regiment colours | |
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1997–present | Engineer Regiment colours | |
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2001–present | Guard Hussar Regiment colours and standard | |
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2019–present | Intelligence Regiment colours | |
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1972–present | Jutland Dragoon Regiment standard | |
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Royal Life Guards colours | ||
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2019–present | Schleswig Regiment of Foot colours | |
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Signal Regiment colours | ||
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1990–present | Logistic Regiment colours |
Former regiments of the Royal Danish Army
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1790–1842 | Standard of the 10th Regiment | |
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1785–1790 | Standard of the 10th Regiment | |
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1790–1819 | Standard of the Danish Life Regiment | |
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1785–1842 | Standard of the Falster Regiment of Foot | |
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1790–1808 | Standard of the Funen Life Regiment | |
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1749–1766 | Standard of the Funen Life Regiment | |
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1790–1842 | Standard of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot | |
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1785–1790 | Standard of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot | |
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1819–1842 | Standard of the King's Regiment of Foot | |
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1785–1819 | Standard of the King's Regiment of Foot | |
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?–1785 | Standard of the King's Regiment of Foot | |
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1790–1860 | Standard of the Marine Regiment | |
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1785–1790 | Standard of the Marine Regiment | |
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?–1785 | Standard of the Marine Regiment | |
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1790–1808 | Standard of the Prince's Life Regiment | |
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1753–1790 | Standard of the Prince's Life Regiment | |
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1810–1842 | Standard of the Queen's Life Regiment | |
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?–1790 | Standard of the Queen's Life Regiment | |
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1790–1808 | Standard of the Zealand Life Regiment | |
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1790–1842 | Standard of the Schleswig Regiment of Foot | |
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1779–1785 | Standard of the Schleswig Regiment of Foot | |
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1940s | Standard of the Danish volunteers in the Winter War | |
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1940–1945 | Standard of the SS-Schalburgkorps (part of Germanic SS during World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army) | |
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1941–1943 | Standard of the Free Corps Denmark (part of Germanic SS during World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army) |
Navy
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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<1585[3]–present | Naval ensign | Like the state flag but the Royal Danish Navy uses flags with a darker hue than both the national and state flags. |
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?–present | Chief of Defence staff flag | State flag with two white staffs in saltire in the first quarter. |
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?–present | Rank flag for General admiral staff flag | |
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?–present | Chief of Squadron flag | |
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?–present | Senior Officer Afloat flag | |
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1880s–? | Vice Admiral flag | |
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1880s–? | Counter admiral flag |
Customs services
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1778–1814 | Customs services flag |
Flags of state-owned companies
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Post Danmark | State flag with the logo of Post Danmark |
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?–present | Danish State Railways | State flag with the logo of DSB |
Subnational flags
Autonomous entities
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1985–present | Flag of Greenland | Two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of centre. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white |
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1940–present | Flag of the Faroe Islands | A red Nordic cross, surrounded by an azure-blue border and is set on a white field |
Regions
The regions of Denmark do not have flags, instead using "logos" as symbols. These are sometimes misattributed as flags, and can be seen flown at times, but this is not the official use of them.
 Capital Region of Denmark |
 Central Denmark Region |
 North Jutland Region |
 Region Zealand |
 Region of Southern Denmark |
Unofficial regional flags
Some areas in Denmark have unofficial flags, listed below. The regional flags of Bornholm and Ærø are known to be in active use. The flags of Vendsyssel (Vendelbrog), the Jutlandic flag ("Den jyske fane"), and the flag of Funen ("Fynbo fanen") are obscure. None of these flags have legal recognition in Denmark, and are officially considered to be "fantasy flags".[4] Denmark reserves official recognition to official flags and regional flags (områdeflag) from other jurisdictions.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1633–present | Unofficial flag of Ærø | Nine horizontal stripes of yellow, green, and red, repeated three times. Similar to the flag of Lithuania. A frequent interpretation is that the colours represent the kings of Denmark (red), the dukes of Schleswig (yellow) and the islands itself (green). |
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1970s–present | Unofficial flag of Bornholm | Nordic cross flag in red and green. Also known in a version with a white fimbriation of the green cross in a style similar to design of the Norwegian flag. |
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1975–present | Unofficial flag of Jutland | A Nordic cross flag in blue, green, and red. Designed by Per Kramer in 1975.[5] |
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1976–present | Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel | Nordic cross flag in blue, orange, and green.[6] Designed by Mogens Bohøj.[7] |
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2015–present | Unofficial flag of Funen | There are two proposed flags:
The green colour symbolises the island's importance as the 'pantry of Denmark'. The blue represents the island itself, and the red its strong ties to Denmark.[8] |
Political flags
| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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1932–1945 | National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark | Top: a white square flag with a centred red disc containing a white swastika. Bottom: a red square flag with a centred white swastika. |
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around 1999 | National Socialist Movement of Denmark, marginal traffic reactivating the former DNSAP. | |
| 2011–2017 | Party of the Danes, considered to be the 3rd incarnation of DNSAP. |
Ethnic groups flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of North Schleswig Germans |
Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1016–1035 | North Sea Empire | The raven banner was used by Cnut the Great and many other Scandinavian rulers. |
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Circa 1300s | State banner of the King of Denmark as depicted in the Gelre Armorial, the earliest representation of the Dannebrog. |
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Circa 1300s | Royal Banner |
Yellow banner depicting the arms of the King of Denmark; three crowned lions with a semée of hearts. |
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1430s | Kalmar Union | Emblems of the Kalmar Union |
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1427 | A medieval ship flag captured from a Danish ship by forces from Lübeck |
House flags of Danish freight companies
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1889–present | Dampskibsselskabet Torm | |
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1866–2024 | DFDS | |
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1904–present | Maersk | |
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1897–present | EAC Invest A/S | |
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1902–1979 | Danish-French Steamship Companyda | |
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1879–1898 | Thingvalla Line |
Yacht clubs of Denmark
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–present | Ensign of Royal Danish Yacht Club | |
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?–present | Ensign of Randers Sejlklub | |
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?–present | Denmark Yacht ensign |
| Flag | Club |
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Aarhus Sejlklub |
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Espergærde Sejlklub |
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Faaborg Sejlklub |
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Fredericia Sejlklub |
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Gråsten Sejlklub |
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Hellerup Sejlklub |
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Horsens Sejlklub |
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Kerteminde Sejlklub |
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Kjøbenhavns Amatør-Sejlklub |
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Kolding Sejlklub |
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Royal Danish Yacht Club |
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Middelfart Sejlklub |
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Skovshoved Sejlklub |
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Skælskør Amatør Sejlklub |
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Taarbæk Sejlklub |
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Thisted Sejlklub |
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Yachtklubben Furesøen |
Other flags/microstate flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1796–1848 | In the flag books this is labelled 'Danish in West Indies'. No official sources can tell us what the flag was, and that the flag is *not* the colonial ensign of the Danish West India. However, he argues that the flag was hoisted as a courtesy ensign on the foretop mast by ships bound for the colony. | Dannebrog in the canton of a blue flag. |
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1924 | Flag of 2nd World Scout Jamboree | |
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1971–present | Flag of Christiania | |
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1944–present | Flag of Kingdom of Elleore |
