- The Norwegian Flag consists of a blue cross that stretches to all four borders of the flag with a white outline on a red background.
- The design of Norway's flag, very similar to that of Denmark's, is rooted in the fact that Denmark ruled Norway from the 1300s through 1814. Denmark flies a red flag with a white cross that stretches to all four borders.
- The colors represented on the Norwegian flag are symbolic and said to have been influenced by the colors on the French flag. According to the Flags and Nations of the World Index, white represents honesty and peace, red represents strength and bravery and blue represents truth, loyalty and justice.
- The cross depicted on Norway's flag is a Scandinavian Cross--a cross in which the vertical leg does not cross the horizontal leg at the center. According to Absolute Astronomy, the Scandinavian cross symbolizes Christianity.
- The vertical length of the Scandinavian Cross on the Norwegian flag is always on the left half of the flag. The left half of the flag is referred to as the hoist.
