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Meaning of the Flag

The flag of Greenland features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red (bottom) with a counter-changed red-and-white disc slightly to the hoist side of centre. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts; each stripe measures six parts; the disc is eight parts in diameter, horizontally offset by seven parts from the hoist to the centre of the circle, and vertically centred. To honour the 10th anniversary of the flag, the Greenland Post Office issued commemorative postage stamps and a leaflet by the flag's creator.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Red, White

Flag History

1. 1973
   

   Greenland first entertained the idea of a flag of its own in 1973 when five Greenlanders proposed a green, white and blue flag.
2. 1984
   

   Christiansen's red-and-white flag was officially adopted on 21 June 1985.
3. 1974
   

   Flag in use 1974.
4. Present
   

   Current national flag.

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