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1 Change of the blue
2 When???
3 State flag replacing
4 Warships?
5 Meaning of the colors

[edit] Change of the blue

I remember seeing pictures of the Icelandic flag when the blue was a little more dull. Dose anyone have confirmation about this? It looked prity mutch like the blue on the last flat at flagspot.net. --86.35.243.206 23:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

The original version was supposed to have "sky-blue" color as the 1918 laws state. Later in 1944 it was decided to have a darker color. This fact has actully escaped a few flag manufacturers (non-icelandic ones) who continue even now to make Icelandic flags in the 1918 style used by the Kingdom of Iceland, instead of the modern one used by the Republic of Iceland. This has even resulted in the old flag being displayed at meetings between the president of the U.S. and the prime minister of Iceland. --130.208.189.147 22:25, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] When???

Paragraph 1 says the flag was adopted in 1944, but the photo caption says 1915. Which is it. Please explain. --Tagishsimon

It was adopted in 1915 but was not official as a national flag until 1944. From 1915-1944 the flag had the same status as the farose flag has now, basically something that defines a state within a state and not and indepentent republic.

Anyway, thanks for your input, i will try to make this clear in the yet-to-be-made == History == section. --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 15:31, 2004 May 14 (UTC)

[edit] State flag replacing

If someone wants to make a better version of the state flag. Please refer to the 2.mgr 2.gr of laws nr.34 from 1944 and make sure you get the propery measured cut. The easy illegal version is not only less "beautiful," but illegal, which is of course fairly illegal to do and so on and forth... ---Kjallakr 00:41, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warships?

This article gives conflicting information: is the state flag used on warships or not?

Iceland has no military, hence no warships. The article is however clear that the state flag may be flown by any vessel functioning in an official capacity. I guess that a hypothetical Icelandc navy would use the state flag. --Bjarki 11:46, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

There is no conflicting information is there? The state flag, Tjúgufáninn is used on the ships of the Icelandic Coast Guard. The Icelandic Coast Guard being the Icelandic "Navy." Also, back in the day the customs used ships, they used their special flag with the "T", but then again, their boats were unarmed and not grayskinned. --Kjallakr 16:44, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Meaning of the colors

Beeing Icelandic I remember learning something about what the colors mean. This is what I think it means. Blue: for the ocean, White: for the snow and Red: for the fire in the volcanos. Can some one confirme this. I might be mistaken, maybe it was blue for the sky and so on. Thanks --81.215.81.222 19:06, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I got told: