Show FLAGS OF NORWAY AND SWEDEN I 1 4 commercial UNION SWE NORWAY D Is FLAG or U r L 0 r W D E N J 14 4 OIL the flags shown this week are those of norway and sweden seden until me the y yc 1414 norway and sweden and denmark formed one kingdom under the rule of the latter country but in that year the swedes seceded and after a hard struggle won their independence which was acknowledged in 1523 they kept the cross in their flag but made it yellow on a blue bound cound norway still remained under den mark until 1814 when the norwegians declared their independence their first flag was a red hag flag with ith a white cross and the arms of norway in the upper left hanu ban corner this however was found to be too similar to a danish flag so the present flag was adopted this still plows the red ground and the white cross but a blue cross Is placed over the white norway and sweden hare have two die dis tant administrations and each has ita its own laws but they are united under one sovereign the union device shows the colors of both nags flags and combines the crossed of both coun tries the upper and lower portions show khow the colors of norway the red get field and the blue cross placed over the white the right and left portions show the colors of sweden tha yellow flap flar on a blue ground paint the alc turee |