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Iceland
Approved 1915 · national flag 1918 · law 1944
ProportionsLegal ratio: 18:25
History
Matthías Þórðarson presented the tricolour cross flag in 1906. The design was approved by royal decree on 19 June 1915 and became Iceland’s national flag when the country became sovereign on 1 December 1918. The republic retained the design in the Flag Act signed on 17 June 1944.
Design
The blue field carries a white Nordic cross with a red cross inside it. Matthías Þórðarson intended blue to represent the mountains, white the ice, and red the fire.