SWEDEN FLAG FACTS

SWEDEN FLAG FACTS

Ø The flag of Sweden was officially adopted on June 22, 1906. The Swedish flag is blue with a golden- yellow Scandinavian cross.

Ø The colors are derived from the Swedish national arms and the design is from the Danish flag.          

Ø The exact age of the Swedish flag is unclear, but the oldest recorded images of a blue cloth with a yellow cross on it date back to 16^th century.

Ø In 1569 a royal warrant, issued by King John III of Sweden, started that all Swedish battle flags should have a yellow cross on them.

Ø Sweden unified with Norway from 1814 to 1906 and placed an emblem representing the union in the upper left corner of their blue and yellow flag.

Ø The union dissolved in 1905 and the emblem was removed in 1906, resulting in the current flag.

Ø Flag Day in Sweden is celebrated each year on June 6.