The following is a list of flags of entities named or related to Norway.
The rank flags are also used by the Air Force and Home Guard.
The Air Force uses the same rank flags as the Army.
The now obsolete Coastal artillery of Norway used to have separate rank flags.
In Norwegian military vexillology, a distinction is made between colours (Norwegian: faner), standards (Norwegian: standarter), and ceremonial flags (Norwegian: seremoniflagg), although these are often collectively referred to as colours. Colours are the traditional banners of military units, historically borne in battle as symbols of unity and morale, and as markers of a unitâÂÂs affiliation and identity. In the mounted arms, the corresponding term for this type of flag is standard. Standards are typically smaller than colours and are usually distinguished by a swallowtailed design. The units of the Norwegian Army and the Norwegian Home Guard still bear the Norwegian lion in their colours, the old royal emblem. The Royal Norwegian Navy does not carry colours, but instead uses the naval ensign (Norwegian: orlogsflagget), also referred to as the naval colour (Norwegian: orlogsfane). The Royal Norwegian Air Force has chosen to use its own unit insignia as the motif on the cloth. Colours and standards are produced in only a single example and are treated with great respect. Other military government agencies and similar bodies that wish to mark their presence or express their identity at various kinds of events may instead use a ceremonial flag. A ceremonial flag is designed as a heraldic flag and has a character similar to that of a colour, but is not itself a colour. Unlike colours, ceremonial flags may be produced in multiple copies. The branches of the Norwegian Armed Forces, the Norwegian Defence Staff, and other agencies within the defence sector all have ceremonial flags designed in the form of colours.
These flags are no longer in use, except the merchant flag of 1821âÂÂ1844, which was also used from 1899 until the present. Note: The Royal Standard of Norway is seen as the official flag of the Old Kingdom of Norway.
Unghirden was a branch of the youth organisation specialized for boys between 14 and 18. The flags of Unghirden was also used by the Guttehirden (Boys hird).
NS Ungdomsfylking was Nasjonal Samling's youth organisation for children and youth from 10 and 18. The flags of Ungdomsfylking was also used by the Gjentehirden (Girls hird) and the SmÃÂ¥hirden (Small hird).
Kvinnehirden was a branch of the NS Kvinneorganisajonen. Despite being named a Hird, they were not officially part of the hird and did not serve any military function, therefore their flags lacked the swords in the sun cross.
NS Kvinneorganisasjonen was an organisation for women connected to the party.
Hirdmarinen was the Hirden's naval branch meant to form the basis for the future Norwegian navy under Quisling's rule.
The NS Labour Service (NS Arbeidstjeneste) was one of the Nasjonal Samling party's special organisations. The Labour Service was meant to combat unemployment in Norway, similar to the German Reich Labour Service.
In 1821, a flag committee was deducted in the Storting to find a new merchant flag of Norway. 18 Proposals were put forward to be judged by the committee. On May 4, The Storting discussed and held the vote on what would become the Norwegian flag.
The original documents of 14 of the 18 flag proposals are stored in the Storting Archive. Proposal 4, 5, 9, and 17 are missing.