🚩 Flag of Iceland
The flag of Iceland is defined in Law No. 34/1944, adopted on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law, …
The story of this flag
The flag of Iceland is defined in Law No. 34/1944, adopted on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law, entitled The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms, describes the flag as follows:The civil national flag of Icelanders is sky-blue with a snow-white cross and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross. The arms of the crosses extend to the edges of the flag and their width is 2⁄9, and the red cross 1⁄9 of the width of the flag. The blue sections are rectangles: the hoist sections are equilateral, and the outer sections are the same width as them but twice as long. The ratio between the width and length of the flag is 18:25.
Iceland at a glance
| Official name | Iceland |
|---|---|
| Capital | Reykjavik |
| Continent | Europe · Northern Europe |
| Population | 385,663 |
| Area | 103,000 km² |
| Languages | Icelandic |
| Currency | Icelandic króna (ISK) |
| Internet TLD | .is |
| Calling code | +354 |
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