Cruce scandinavă (model)

Toate drapelele naţionale ale ţărilor nordice folosesc crucea scandinavă. De la stânga la dreapta: drapelele statelor Finlanda, Islanda, Norvegia, Suedia și Danemarca.

Crucea scandinavă este, în vexilologie, un tip de cruce, folosită adesea în cadrul drapelelor cu cruce nordică, de unde vine și denumirea sa. Totuși, crucile scandinave nu apar doar în cadrul drapelelor statelor nordice, dar și pe ale altor state din lume, iar termenul este unul universal folosit de către vexilologi. ^[1]

Crucea propriu-zisă, care reprezintă creștinismul, ^[2]^[3]^[4] se extinde până la marginile drapelului, linia verticală aflându-se mai aproape de partea în care este arborat drapelul, iar linia orizontală se află la mijloc.

Referințe

^ EnchantedLearning.com; Drapelele istorice ale lumii: Crucea scandinavă; Eric Inglefield: "Fahnen und Flaggen" (tradusă în germană de Dagmar Hahn ), Delphin Verlag, Munich 1986, p.16
^ Jeroen Temperman. State Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 88. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. Many predominantly Christian states show a cross, symbolising Christianity, on their national flag. The so-called Scandinavian crosses or Nordic crosses on the flags of the Nordic countries–Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden–also represent Christianity.
^ Carol A. Foley. The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic or Contemporary Icon. William Gaunt & Sons. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. The Christian cross, for instance, is one of the oldest and most widely used symbols in the world, and many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greece and Switzerland, adopted and currently retain the Christian cross on their national flags.
^ Andrew Evans. Iceland. Bradt. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. Legend states that a red cloth with the white cross simply fell from the sky in the middle of the 13th-century Battle of Valdemar, after which the Danes were victorious. As a badge of divine right, Denmark flew its cross in the other Scandinavian countries it ruled and as each nation gained independence, they incorporated the Christian symbol.

Vezi și

Drapel cu cruce nordică

[1] EnchantedLearning.com; Drapelele istorice ale lumii: Crucea scandinavă; Eric Inglefield: "Fahnen und Flaggen" (tradusă în germană de Dagmar Hahn ), Delphin Verlag, Munich 1986, p.16

[Jeroen_Temperman-2] Jeroen Temperman. State Religion Relationships and Human Rights Law: Towards a Right to Religiously Neutral Governance. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 88. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. Many predominantly Christian states show a cross, symbolising Christianity, on their national flag. The so-called Scandinavian crosses or Nordic crosses on the flags of the Nordic countries–Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden–also represent Christianity.

[Carol_A._Foley-3] Carol A. Foley. The Australian Flag: Colonial Relic or Contemporary Icon. William Gaunt & Sons. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. The Christian cross, for instance, is one of the oldest and most widely used symbols in the world, and many European countries, such as the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greece and Switzerland, adopted and currently retain the Christian cross on their national flags.

[Andrew_Evans-4] Andrew Evans. Iceland. Bradt. Accesat în 22 septembrie 2013. Legend states that a red cloth with the white cross simply fell from the sky in the middle of the 13th-century Battle of Valdemar, after which the Danes were victorious. As a badge of divine right, Denmark flew its cross in the other Scandinavian countries it ruled and as each nation gained independence, they incorporated the Christian symbol.

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