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Community FlagThe new official The Orcadian.
Orkney Community Flag was the winner of a public flag consultation Orkney Islands Council. in February and March
2007. In the flag consultation the people of Orkney were asked for their preferred design from a short list of 5 Orkney Islands Council., all of which had been approved by the
Court of the Lord Lyon. The chosen design was that of Duncan Tullock of Birsay, which polled 53% of the only 200 votes cast by the public. BBC News.
The colours red and yellow are from the Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland and Coat of Arms of Norway Royal coats of arms, which both use yellow and red, with a
Charge (heraldry) Lion (heraldry). The flag symbolises the islands' Scotland and Norway heritage. The blue is taken from the
flag of Scotland and also represents the sea and the maritime heritage of the islands.
Despite the new design resembling the unofficial flag of Swedish-speaking Finns in Finland, the Sweden
Scania Skåne Regional Council Flag of Skåneland Flags of the World article with illustration of the Scanian flag and that of the former Norwegian fascist organisation
Nasjonal Samling Flags of the World article with illustration of the NS flag, (The
Nasjonal Samling being allied to
Nazi Germany during World War II), the addition of the blue
Nordic cross easily distinguishes the new Orkney Community Flag from that of the Finland Swedes, Scanian Region and NS flags.
Former Flag of Orkney
The previous though unofficial flag of Orkney was that created in the mid-1990s and attributed to Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, BBC News. a yellow field with a red Nordic cross. St Magnus (Magnus Erlendsson) was Earl of Orkney from
1108 to 1117. However, there is nothing to connect him to the red cross on yellow, this being an attribution of our day. This flag has no official status, having been declined recognition by the
Lord Lyon, the
heraldic authority of Scotland, due to similarity with the Arms of Ulster (themselves adopted from the Arms of
John de Courcy). A similar flag is also sometimes said to be flown by Finland-Swedes, but this flag has the opposite colours: Yellow cross on red. Historically, the red cross on yellow is likely the flag of the Kalmar Union (a
Medieval Scandinavian state). The latter flag has been used by Nordic unity activists to symbolize the Nordic countries as a whole.
References
See also
Community FlagThe new official The Orcadian.
Orkney Community Flag was the winner of a public flag consultation Orkney Islands Council. in February and March 2007. In the flag consultation the people of
Orkney were asked for their preferred design from a short list of 5 Orkney Islands Council., all of which had been approved by the Court of the Lord Lyon. The chosen design was that of Duncan Tullock of
Birsay, which polled 53% of the only 200 votes cast by the public. BBC News.
The colours red and yellow are from the
Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland and Coat of Arms of Norway Royal coats of arms, which both use yellow and red, with a
Charge (heraldry) Lion (heraldry). The flag symbolises the islands' Scotland and
Norway heritage. The blue is taken from the flag of Scotland and also represents the sea and the maritime heritage of the islands.
Despite the new design resembling the unofficial flag of Swedish-speaking Finns in
Finland, the
Sweden Scania
Skåne Regional Council Flag of Skåneland Flags of the World article with illustration of the Scanian flag and that of the former Norwegian fascist organisation
Nasjonal Samling Flags of the World article with illustration of the NS flag, (The Nasjonal Samling being allied to
Nazi Germany during World War II), the addition of the blue Nordic cross easily distinguishes the new Orkney Community Flag from that of the Finland Swedes, Scanian Region and NS flags.
Former Flag of Orkney
The previous though unofficial flag of Orkney was that created in the mid-1990s and attributed to
Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, BBC News. a yellow field with a red
Nordic cross. St Magnus (Magnus Erlendsson) was Earl of Orkney from 1108 to
1117. However, there is nothing to connect him to the red cross on yellow, this being an attribution of our day. This flag has no official status, having been declined recognition by the Lord Lyon, the heraldic authority of Scotland, due to similarity with the Arms of
Ulster (themselves adopted from the Arms of
John de Courcy). A similar flag is also sometimes said to be flown by Finland-Swedes, but this flag has the opposite colours: Yellow cross on red. Historically, the red cross on yellow is likely the flag of the Kalmar Union (a
Medieval Scandinavian state). The latter flag has been used by Nordic unity activists to symbolize the Nordic countries as a whole.
References
See also
