Iceland’s 18:25 flag has a red Nordic cross edged in white on a blue field. Its grid divides 7:1:2:1:7 vertically and 7:1:2:1:14 horizontally.
Specification
The flag law describes a sky-blue field carrying a snow-white cross with a fiery-red cross inside it. The complete white cross is four eighteenth-parts of the hoist and the red cross is two eighteenth-parts, leaving a one-unit white border on each side in an 18-unit grid.
Display colors
HEX #02529C / asset screen valueHEX #DC1E35 / asset screen valueHEX #FFFFFF / RGB 255, 255, 255Construction notes
Draw a four-unit white Nordic cross on an 18-by-25 blue rectangle, then center a two-unit red cross over it. The hoist fields are seven-unit squares and the fly fields are twice as long. The swallowtailed state flag is a separate legally defined form.
Historical record
The blue, white, and red design received official recognition in 1915 and became the national flag when Iceland became a sovereign kingdom in 1918. On the establishment of the republic, the first law confirmed by the new president on 17 June 1944 restated the flag and its construction.
Source trail
Althingi: Act 34/1944 on the national flag and state coat of arms ↗