File:Flag of Iceland.svg

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DescriptionFlag of Iceland.svg	Беларуская: Сцяг Ісландыі Íslenska: Íslenski fáninn Brezhoneg: Banniel Island Cymraeg: Baner Gwlad yr Iâ Dansk: Islands flag Deutsch: Flagge Islands Eesti: Islandi lipp English: The Flag of Iceland. Horizontal aspect ratio: 7:1:2:1:14; Vertical aspect ratio: 7:1:2:1:7. Español: Bandera de Islandia Esperanto: La flago de Islando Français : Le drapeau de l'Islande Føroyskt: Flagg Íslands Hrvatski: Zastava Islanda Magyar: Izland zászlaja Latina: Vexillum Islandiae Nederlands: Vlag van IJsland Norrǿna: Þjóðfáni Íslands Norsk bokmål: Islands flagg Norsk nynorsk: Det islandske flagget Polski: Flaga Islandii Русский: Флаг Исландии Slovenščina: Državna zastava Islandije Svenska: Islands flagga Українська: Прапор Ісландії
Date	1944
Source	Construction sheet:
Author	Árni Dagur, and Magasjukur2
SVG development InfoField	The SVG code is valid.   This flag was created with a text editor.
Colours InfoField	Sky blue rendered as RGB 002082 156      Snow white rendered as RGB 255 255 255      Fire red rendered as RGB 220 030053

Officially, the colours of the Icelandic flag follow a law set in 1991 which states that the colours must be the following Standard Colour of Textile (Dictionnaire Internationale de la Couleur) hues:

The government of Iceland has issued^[1] colour specifications in the better known Pantone, CMYK, RGB, Hexadecimals and Avery systems.

Derivative works of this file:  Nordic cross proposal for Lithuanian flag.svg: 

This image is in the public domain in Iceland because section §49 of the Icelandic Copyright law specifies that images not considered to be "works of art" become public domain 50 years after creation (details).

This image of simple geometryisineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship.

This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyright status.

1. ↑ AUGLÝSING um liti íslenska fánans.. PMO.

File history

	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:32, 11 January 2020		1,250 × 900 (281 bytes)	Inkub0	Code simplified and reduced
	03:34, 22 November 2017		800 × 576 (287 bytes)	RainbowSilver2ndBackup	Please discuss before reverting
	20:39, 6 November 2017		500 × 360 (281 bytes)	Liambaker98	Reverted to version as of 02:38, 22 June 2016 (UTC)
	20:38, 6 November 2017		1,000 × 720 (289 bytes)	Liambaker98	Reverted to version as of 06:14, 17 June 2017 (UTC)
	20:46, 17 June 2017		800 × 576 (287 bytes)	ArniDagur	changed to official colours, made flag 20% smaller https://www.forsaetisraduneyti.is/media/frettir2/Auglysing-um-liti-islenska-fanans.pdf
	06:14, 17 June 2017		1,000 × 720 (289 bytes)	ArniDagur	made flag bigger to match the other nordic flags
	02:38, 22 June 2016		500 × 360 (281 bytes)	Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson	SVG can automatically resize images so there is no reason for it to be so large.
	20:09, 30 March 2012		2,500 × 1,800 (289 bytes)	Magasjukur2	Simplified
	21:43, 19 May 2009		2,500 × 1,800 (383 bytes)	Zscout370	Reducing code, also matched http://eng.forsaetisraduneyti.is/state-symbols/icelandic-national-flag/proportion/
	14:10, 11 February 2006		1,000 × 720 (589 bytes)	Jeltz~commonswiki	version without all the metadata

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