Greenland - Other Proposals for the Flag

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• Proposal by Sven Tito Achen
• Proposal by Andersson
• Third Proposal
• Fourth proposal

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• Greenland

Proposal by Sven Tito Achen

by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

A Scandinavian cross flag with a green field with a white cross proposed by Danish heraldist Sven Tito Achen in 1984.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

Proposal by Andersson

by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

The flag proposal described by Andersson is: White field, green cross in proportions 28 : 37 (12-4-12 : 12-4-21). The proposal was made in 1991 by unidentified people.
White is for the ice and cold climate, green is for the life existing despite the unfavourable conditions. Green is also for the name of the country in European languages. The Greenlanders themselves call their country 'Kalaallit Nunaat'.
Source:Anderrson,Nordiska korsflaggor [and92] , and Andersson, Under nordisk flagg [and94].
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

Third Proposal

by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

Another proposal was a red field with a narrow green cross bordering the central white cross.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

Fourth Proposal

by Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

The first serious proposal for a Greenland flag came in 1973 when five people suggested that green-white-blue flag might be appropriate.
Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996

Sources

• Nils G Bartholdy: 'Gronlands flag', Heraldisk tidsskrift, No. 53, 1986, pp,. 111-116
• Inge Kleivan: 'The creation of Greenland's new national symbol: the flag', Folk: Journal of the Danish Ethnographic Society, Vol. 30, 1988, pp. 32-56

Jan Oskar Engene, 10 March 1996