Shetland Flagga

Banner o scotland also known as st andrew s cross or the saltire consists of a white saltire defacing a blue field.

Shetland flagga. As with all scottish flags its proportions and colour shades are not fixed. Shetlandsöarnas flagga skapades 1969 av roy grønneberg och bill adams. The saltire rather than the royal standard of scotland is the correct flag for all private individuals and corporate bodies to fly. The flag uses the colours of the flag of scotland but in the form of the nordic cross in order to symbolise shetland s historical and cultural ties with scandinavia.

The flag of scotland scottish gaelic. A shetland flag would symbolise the islands unique history. Muckle flugga ˈmʌkəl ˈflʌɡə is a small rocky island north of unst in the shetland islands scotland. The flag was designed by students roy grønneberg and bill adams in 1969 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the transfer of the islands from norway to the kingdom of scotland and the 500 years before the transfer as part of norway.

It used to be the northernmost inhabited island but forfeited that accolade to unst when muckle flugga lighthouse was automated in 1995 and the last residents moved out. The coat of arms of the shetland islands features a shetland pony and unicorn wearing the badge of scotland supporting a blue shield depicting a viking warship. The two local authorities on the islands lerwick town council and the zetland county council zcc were merged in 1975 into the shetland islands council sic. It is often described as the northernmost point of the british isles but the smaller islet of out stack is actually farther north.

Från början skapades den för att markera 500 årsdagen sedan shetlandsöarna överlämnades från norge till skottland.