Today, the flags of Greenland and Denmark fly.

The flag of Greenland was adopted on June 21, 1985, after a process that began 12 years earlier, in 1973. The white half of the flag symbolizes the icecap, icebergs and ice floes, while the red half symbolizes the rising and setting sun, which gives the sea its beautiful red sheen. Greenland’s flag is the only nordic national flag which does not feature a nordic cross.

Greenland is a self-governing territory of Denmark.