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The coat of arms of Denmark ( Danish: Danmarks rigsvåben) has a lesser and a greater version. The state coat of arms ( rigsvåben) consists of three pale blue lions passant wearing crowns, accompanied by nine red lilypads (normally represented as heraldic hearts ), all in a golden shield with the royal crown on top.
- tasseled strings Or
- Latin: Magnanimi Pretium
Use. Description. 1972—present. Royal Standard of Denmark, used by King Frederik X. Royal flag with the greater (Monarch's) coat of arms. 1914—present. The Flag of the Crown Prince of Denmark. Royal flag with the smaller (also: national) coat of arms. 1914—present.
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The Royal Flags are the swallow-tailed Dannebrog with special insignias in the middle. The Royal House of Denmark makes use of a number of special flags, which all have in common Dannebrog in the form of a swallow-tail flag with special symbols in the midsection. The Royal Flags indicate whether members of the Royal Family are residing at a ...
Christopher II was King of Denmark from 1320 to 1326 and again from 1329 until his death. He was a younger son of Eric V. His name is connected with national disaster, as his rule ended in a near-total dissolution of the Danish state.
The current version of the royal standard was introduced on 16 November 1972 when the Queen Margrethe II adopted a new version of her personal coat of arms. The royal standard is the flag of Denmark with a swallow-tail and charged with the monarch's coat of arms set in a white square. The centre square is 32 parts in a flag with the ratio 56:107.
- 15 June 1219; 804 years ago (Dannebrog legend), 1625; 398 years ago (recognised as national flag)
- 7:17 national, 56:107 royal
- A white Nordic cross with a red background
Coat of arms Description Notes; Crowned royal arms of Denmark from the time of King Frederik II (1559-1588): the three lions and nine hearts of Denmark, the lion of Norway, the three crowns of Sweden, also symbolizing the Kalmar Union, and the lion and nine hearts of the Goths, quartered by the cross of the Dannebrog. In the base the wyvern of ...
Jan 31, 2013 · 37 The first Danish king who is known to have used the red and white cross flag in his coat of arms is Valdemar IV Atterdag (1340–1375). However, both the off-centre cross and the combination of colours were common features of the medieval crusader flags. See Elgenius, ‘The Origin of European National Flags’, 19–22.
