List of Danish flags

Last updated April 23, 2024

The following is a list of flags of Denmark .

National flag and State flag

Date	Use	Description
1219—Present	National flag and civil ensign	Flag of Denmark
? —Present	State flag
? —Present	Flag of Denmark (vertical banner)

Royal flags

Date	Use	Description
1972—present	Royal Standard of Denmark, used by King Frederik X	Royal flag with the greater (Monarch's) coat of arms
1914—present	The Flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark	Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms.
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, a sword (in saltire), and an orb (bottom) in the centre white square.
? —Present	Royal House Standard (Other Members of the Royal Family)	Royal flag with a Royal crown in the centre white square.
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.
? —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.

Historical Royal flags

Date	Use	Description
1948–1972	Royal Standard of Denmark	Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark
1903–1948	Royal Standard of Denmark	Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark
1819–1903	Royal Standard of Denmark	Royal flag with the greater coat of arms of Denmark
1731–1819	Royal Standard of Denmark	Royal flag with the middle coat of arms of Denmark-Norway
1948–2000	Royal Standard of Queen Ingrid, The Queen Mother
1972-2002	The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark	Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik.
2002-2018	The Flag of Prince Henrik of Denmark	Royal flag with the arms of Prince Henrik, with a prince's crown replaced by the royal crown.

Military flags

Army

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	<1580^[1]—Present	The Royal Danish Army uses the state flag.
	1970s—Present	Rank flag for King as General.
	1970s—Present	Rank flag for Chief of the Army
	1970s—Present	Rank flag for the Chief a Division
	2019—Present	Danish Artillery Regiment colours
	1997—Present	Engineer Regiment colours
	2001—Present	Guard Hussar Regiment colours and standard
	2019—Present	Intelligence Regiment colours
	1972—Present	Jutland Dragoon Regiment standard
	1972—Present	Royal Life Guards colours
	2019—Present	Schleswig Regiment of Foot colours
	2019—Present	Signal Regiment colours
	1990—Present	Logistic Regiment colours

Former regiments of the Royal Danish Army

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1790–1842	Standards of the 10th Regiment
	1785–1790	Standards of the 10th Regiment
	1790–1819	Standards of the Danish Life Regiment
	1785–1842	Standards of the Falster Regiment of Foot
	1790–1808	Standards of the Funen Life Regiment
	1749–1766	Standards of the Funen Life Regiment
	1790–1842	Standards of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot
	1785–1790	Standards of the Jutlandic Regiment of Foot
	1819–1842	Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot
	1785–1819	Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot
	?–1785	Standards of the King's Regiment of Foot
	1790–1860	Standards of the Marine Regiment
	1785–1790	Standards of the Marine Regiment
	?–1785	Standards of the Marine Regiment
	1790–1808	Standards of the Prince's Life Regiment
	1753–1790	Standards of the Prince's Life Regiment
	1810–1842	Standards of the Queen's Life Regiment
	?–1790	Standards of the Queen's Life Regiment
	1790–1808	Standards of the Zealand Life Regiment
	1790–1842	Standards of the Schleswig Regiment of Foot
	1779–1785	Standards of the Schleswig Regiment of Foot
	1940s	Standards of the Danish volunteers in the Winter War
	1940-1945	Standards of the SS-Schalburgkorps (part of Germanic SS durning World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army)
	1941-1943	Standards of the Free Corps Denmark (part of Germanic SS durning World War II, not part of Royal Danish Army)

Navy

Date	Use	Description
<1585^[1]—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.
? —Present	Minister of Defence flag.	State flag with a crowned anchor with a bar and rope/chain.
? —Present	Chief of Defence staff flag.	State flag with two white staffs in saltire in the first quarter.
? —Present	Rank flag for General admiral staff flag.
? —Present	Rank flag for an Admiral
? —Present	Rank flag for a Vice Admiral
? —Present	Rank flag for a Rear Admiral
? —Present	Rank flag for a Flotilla Admiral
? —Present	Chief of Squadron flag
? —Present	Senior Officer Afloat flag
1880s-?	Vice Admiral flag
1880s-?	Counter admiral flag

Customs services

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1778-1814	Customs services flag

Flags of state-owned companies

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Post Danmark	State flag with the logo of Post Danmark
	?–Present	Danish State Railways	State flag with the logo of DSB

Subnational flags

Autonomous entities

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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
	1948–Present	Flag of the Faroe Islands	A red Nordic cross, which is offset to the left. The red cross is 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.

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".^[2] Denmark reserves official recognition to official flags and regional flags (områdeflag) from other jurisdictions.

Date	Use	Description
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.
1633—Present	Unofficial flag of Ærø	Tricolour in yellow, green and red Very 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).
1976—Present	Unofficial flag of Vendsyssel	Nordic Cross Flag in blue, orange and green.^[3] Designed by Mogens Bohøj.^[4]
1975—Present	Unofficial flag of Jutland	A Nordic Cross Flag in blue, green and red. Designed by Per Kramer in 1975.^[5]
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.^[6]

Political flags

Date	Party	Description
1932–1945	National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark	The only party in the history of denmark that used flag was DNSAP.
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
		Flag of Frisians in Denmark	Flags of Frisia
		Flag of North Schleswig Germans

Historical

Date	Use	Description
1016–1035	North Sea Empire	The Raven Banner was used by Cnut the Great and many other Scandinavian rulers.
Circa 1300s	State Banner of the King of Denmark as depicted in the Gelre Armorial, the earliest representation of the Dannebrog.
Circa 1300s	Royal Banner	Yellow Banner depicting the Arms of the King of Denmark; three crowned lions with a semée of hearts.
1430s	Kalmar Union	Emblems of the Kalmar Union
1427	A medieval ship flag captured from a Danish ship by forces from Lübeck

House flags of Danish freight companies

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1889–Present	Dampskibsselskabet Torm
	1866–Present	DFDS
	1904–Present	Maersk
	1897–Present	EAC Invest A/S
	1902–1979	Danish-French Steamship Company^da
	1879–1898	Thingvalla Line

Yacht clubs of Denmark

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–Present	Ensign of Royal Danish Yacht Club
	?–Present	Ensign of Randers Sejlklub
	?–Present	Denmark Yacht Ensign

Flag	Club
	Aarhus Sejlklub
	Espergærde Sejlklub
	Faaborg Sejlklub
	Fredericia Sejlklub
	Gråsten Sejlklub
	Hellerup Sejlklub
	Horsens Sejlklub
	Kerteminde Sejlklub
	Kjøbenhavns Amatør-Sejlklub
	Kolding Sejlklub
	Royal Danish Yacht Club
	Middelfart Sejlklub
	Skovshoved Sejlklub
	Skælskør Amatør Sejlklub
	Taarbæk Sejlklub
	Thisted Sejlklub
	Yachtklubben Furesøen

Other flags/Microstate flags

Date	Use	Description
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.
1924	Flag of 2nd World Scout Jamboree
1971–Present	Flag of Christiania
1944–Present	Flag of Kingdom of Elleore

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