國旗簡介
冰島國旗,長方形,長寬之比為25:18。藍色旗面上繪有一個偏向左側的紅白十字。藍色代表大海,白色代表白雪。
象徵意義
藍、白兩色為冰島的國色,體現冰島的自然環境特點,即在藍色的天空和海洋中,浮出“ 凍的陸地”——冰島。
冰島自1262年起為挪威屬地,14世紀同受丹麥統治,所以國旗上的紅十字圖案源自丹麥,挪威國旗圖案,表示出冰島歷史上與挪威、丹麥的關係。
英文簡介
TheflagofIceland(Icelandic:Íslenskifáninn)wasofficiallydescribedinLawNo.34,setouton17June1944,thedayIcelandbecamearepublic.Thelawisentitled"TheLawoftheNationalFlagofIcelandersandtheStateArms"anddescribestheIcelandicflagasfollows:
ThecivilnationalflagofIcelandersisblueastheskywithasnow-whitecross,andafiery-redcrossinsidethewhitecross.Thearmsofthecrossextendtotheedgeoftheflag,andtheircombinedwidthis2/9,buttheredcross1/9ofthecombinedwidthoftheflag.Theblueareasarerightangledrectangles,therectilinearsurfacesareparallelandtheouterrectilinearsurfacesaswideasthem,buttwicethelength.Thedimensionsbetweenthewidthandlengthare18:25。
Iceland'sfirstnationalflagwasawhitecrossonadeepbluebackground.Itwasfirstparadedin1897.Themodernflagdatesfrom1915,whenaredcrosswasinsertedintothewhitecrossoftheoriginalflag.Itwasadoptedin1918andbecamethenationalflagwhenIcelandgainedindependencefromDenmarkin1944.FortheIcelandicpeopletheflag'scoloringrepresentsavisionoftheircountry'slandscape.Thecolorsstandfor3oftheelementsthatmakeuptheisland.Redisthefireproducedbytheisland'svolcanoes,whiterecallstheiceandsnowthatcoversIceland,andbluefortheAtlanticOcean。Thestateflag(Tjúgufáni)differsfromthecivilone,thattheouterrectanglesarethreetimeslongerthanthehoistsiderectanglesandsplitattheend,cutdirectlyfromtheoutercornerstoitscenterline.Cuttingtheinneredgesoftheouterrectanglesat4/7ofouterlengthand3/7ofinnerlengthoftheouterrectangles.Whenthiscutencounterstheedgeoftheredcrossitiscutvertically。