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by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
A Scandinavian cross flag with a green field with a white
cross proposed by Danish heraldist Sven Tito Achen in 1984.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
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by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
The flag proposal described by Andersson is: White field,
green cross in proportions 28 : 37 (12-4-12 : 12-4-21). The
proposal was made in 1991 by unidentified people.
White is for the ice and cold climate, green is for the life
existing despite the unfavourable conditions. Green is also for
the name of the country in European languages. The Greenlanders
themselves call their country 'Kalaallit Nunaat'.
Source:Anderrson, Nordiska korsflaggor [and92] , and Andersson, Under
nordisk flagg [and94].
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
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by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
Another proposal was a red field with a narrow green cross
bordering the central white cross.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
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by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
The first serious proposal for a Greenland flag came in 1973
when five people suggested that green-white-blue flag might be
appropriate.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996
image provided by Fred, 22 December 2006
I ran into this unidentified flag. It seems to be of Scandinavian origin. Anyone knows where it could be from?
Fred, 22 December 2006
I was told a few months back that this flag was a proposed flag for Greenland.
Fred, 11 April 2010
Apparently, the Home Rule government organized a design contest in 1980 and 555 proposals were sent in, 293 of them from Greenland, this was one of those. In the final decision, the
red and white flag with the circle used today won over the more traditional green and white Scandinavian cross designs by a close vote of 14 to 11. At first some Greenlanders were dissatisfied with the decision not to adopt a Scandinavian cross flag, but the red and white flag now seems to have been accepted and appreciated (paraphrased from comments by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996).
Pete Loeser, 11 April 2010
If that fimbriation is red, then the design is the same as
Greenland proposal 5, or Green's Bornholm
flag. We'd need more context to know whether it actually is though, especially
since it seems much longer than the Danish flag.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 29 January 2015
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996