Talk:Flag of Sweden

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I am not particullary please with this artcile i think it needs rewriting. - fonzy

I have one thing to say: be bold in updating pages. --Ato

[edit] Wrong Colours in Union Flag

The Sweden-Norway Union flag colours are slightly wrong. This has been discussed at Commons:Image_talk:Norge-Sverige-Sildesalaten.svg, but only implemented in the Norwegian version of the flag. Here comes a brief description of whats wrong:

• The blue colour of the Swedish flag was darker previously, and lacked a clear definition.
• The hoist cantons (see Flag terminology) were usually squares, although this also lacked clear definition (I think).
• The Union Emblem (the "herring sallad") in the top hoist canton had only one shade of blue. In the Swedish flag, the same blue as in the rest of the flag was used even in the Norwegian portion of the emblem, and vice versa.

N.B. The image "Commons:Image:Sweden union flag 1844-1905.jpg" is a modern reconstruction and is not correct, as mentioned in sv:Sveriges flagga.

I could change this myself if I only had a programme for editing SVGs. Help is appreciated.

Hymyly^T@C 18:56, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

I took a shot at modifying the image in a direction that was brought up there. It has now a single darker blue shade and the hoist side cantons are square. The question is now if the shade of blue is correct, and whether the ratio of the flag is correct. But at least it is a step in the right direction. -- TimSE 18:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, indeed. I think we could leave the proportions like this, as I think they haven't ever been properly defined. About the colours I think the blue should be slightly brighter. Sweden's flag has always been brighter than the Norway's, whereas this image contains the same shade. Hymyly^T@C 14:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

The shade of blue is now about in the middle between the shade of blue in the current-day Swedish flag and the current-day Norwegian flag. May take again a few hours until it starts showing up properly though, seems to be some odd delays when updating images. -- TimSE 16:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)