Sent: 20.09.2016
Received: 03.10.2016
Travel time : 13 days
Sender Arnold (USA)
The flag of Greenland was designed by Greenland native Thue
Christiansen. It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red
with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center. The top half of the
disk is red, the bottom half is white. The entire flag measures 18 by 12 parts;
each stripe measures 6 parts; the disk is 8 parts in diameter, horizontally
offset by 7 parts from the hoist to the center of the circle, and vertically
centered.
Its local name in the Greenlandic language is Erfalasorput,
which means "our flag". The term Aappalaartoq (meaning "the
red") is also used for both the Greenlandic flag and the flag of Denmark
(Dannebrog). Today, Greenlanders display both the Erfalasorput and the Dannebrog
often side-by-side. The flag of Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic
country or territory without a Nordic Cross.
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