u/BaronKaput

I was inspired by a recent proposal* and a comment on r/flags to create this flag, intended to represent a Scandinavian or Nordic union.

It naturally features a Nordic cross, with colours taken from the national flags of the Nordic countries. The interlacing symbolises unity and also evokes Viking braids.

*https://www.reddit.com/r/flags/s/VZnqMcGkoA

I know the Danish, Scania flag and the Kalmar Union flags, but don’t recognise the little one. It is basically the Scania flag, but with a green cross instead the yellow cross

I saw this in Twitter from this account with the description and thought it was pretty cool.

https://x.com/historyinmemes

The 1836 proposal for a Sweden–Norway union flag was an early attempt to create a shared national symbol while preserving the identities of both kingdoms. It was never officially adopted.

After the Napoleonic Wars, Norway entered a personal union with Sweden under a shared monarch while retaining its own constitution, parliament, and most domestic institutions.

One proposed union flag combined symbols linked to both kingdoms in a swallow-tailed military-style design rather than merging the familiar Nordic crosses. It was never adopted. In 1844, King Oscar I instead introduced separate national flags featuring a shared union badge in the canton, a system that remained until the union ended peacefully in 1905.