Happy Independence Day today to Denmark, Finland & Ireland!

 

Denmark is Europe's oldest kingdom and its flag (known as the Dannebrog) is the oldest European flag, officially adopted in 1625. 

 

 

 

The current flag of Finland was officially adopted on May 29, 1918. The off-centered blue cross is based on the Scandinavian Cross, a cross widely used on Sandinavian country flags. The blue color is symbolic of blue skies, and the thousands of lakes in Finland. The white represents the winter snows. 

 

 

The flag of Ireland was adopted on January 21, 1919. Modeled after the French Tricolore, Ireland's flag uses color to symbolize religions; green is representative of Catholics; orange is representative of Protestants, and the white is symbolic of the union of both. 

 

Source: World atlas.com
Photo credit: amazing-planet.net (Denmark flag), mapsofworld.com (Ireland flag), 3dwallpaperstudio.com (Finland flag)