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Isla Bouvet .bv

Flag of Isla Bouvet
Capital
Pob. 20260
Área49 km²
Densidad0/km²
RegiónAntarctic
Jefe de Estado
King Harald V (since 1991) (Norway)

Significado de la Bandera

The national flag of Norway (Bokmål: Norges flagg; Nynorsk: Noregs flagg; lit. 'Norway's flag') is red with a navy blue Scandinavian cross bordered in white that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog, the flag of Denmark. == History == It is difficult to establish what the earliest flag of Norway looked like. flag or the square shape of the UK's Union Flag), the Norwegian tradition is to roll the flag into a cylindrical shape and tie it up after lowering it. This tradition stems from World War II, when a small-sized flag was hoisted (usually above the CO quarters) in the numerous camps of Norwegian forces in the UK, USA, Sweden, and Canada, to symbolize that fight against the enemy would go on day and night until final victory. Instead, he recommended a tricolour of red, white and blue, "three colours that now denote freedom, such as we have seen in the French flag of freedom, and still see in that of the Dutch and Americans, and in the Union of the Englishmen".

Historia de la Bandera

  1. 1500
    Around 1500 it became the custom for ships to fly the flag of their home country to identify their nationality.
  2. 1814
    Flag of Isla Bouvet #6
    From about the 16th century until 1814, Norway used the same flag as Denmark, as it was in union with that country.
  3. Actual
    Bandera actual de Isla Bouvet
    Bandera nacional actual.

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