DaveWhich World Flags Have Been In Use The Longest?
Buffaloxwww.google.com/search?q=oldest+flag
the Danish flag
The oldest flag in the world First acknowledged in 1219, the Danish flag “Dannebrog” remains the oldest state flag in the world still in use by an independent nation.
Flying SquidCome on, Denmark. Get a new flag already!
Bloody Vikings…
The flag is christian, I don’t think that’s the vikings doing
Viking was a job description, not a nationality. Also, it was a Monty Python quote.
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What? Although it’s not the Viking age anymore, we are still Vikings.
The Vikings converted to Christianity shortly after 966, so about 250 years before the tale of the flag.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark
The flag holds the world record of being the oldest continuously used national flag, that is since 1625.
I’ll admit, I am no flag expert but is the union Jack is made up of a few different flags that surely have to be older? Scottish saltire, st Georges cross.
QubaXRTurkish flag is an interesting case, as it’s nearly a 100 years older than Turkey.
The design has been used by the late Ottoman Empire, and then adopted when the Republic of Turkey (now regretting to itself as Turkiye) was established.