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I have browsed the pages of the Greenlandic newspaper Atuagagdliut/Gronlandsposten and as a by-catch I have found a few pages showing different proposals for a flag for Greenland. Probably there are a few more; and certainly it would help if anyone could provide some translation (from Danish at least!).

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=267952&pageId=3792905&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=267961&pageId=3793105&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268228&pageId=3799873&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268236&pageId=3800108&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268240&pageId=3800215&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268567&pageId=3811857&lang=en

pp. 1, 10, 11

And two articles about the flag actually adopted in 1985:

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268615&pageId=3813936&lang=en

http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=268616&pageId=3813988&lang=en

Marcus Schmöger, 22 September 2011

Although there were a lot of other proposals for a Greenland flag, Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten has not published those.

There are a few designs vaguely described in 1978, but without images:

- the Danebrog with a white map of Greenland

- the Danebrog with a green ulu (woman's knife)

- white with a blue stripe on top, charged with a seal (the animal)

mentioned by Mogens Edm. Andersen as published in 1973 in Bergsøe Reklame.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

M. SchmÖger, 01 February 2015

A couple of years ago I mentioned several newspaper articles (that are available online) showing some of the early proposals for a flag for Greenland.



image by Marcus Schmöger, 01 January 2015

A white Scandinavian cross, fimbriated blue, on a green field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1973 by Aĸigssiaĸ Møller, Leif Aidt, Erik Hammeken, Peter Fr. Rosing, Finn Lynge. The white is for the ice, blue for the sea, green for the vegetation and for the name "Greenland".

Source: http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=267952&pageId=3792905 (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1973, iss. 29 (20 Dec 1973), p. 2)

Marcus Schmöger, 01 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015

This was again published in 1974, in a slightly different drawing, though.

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 02 January 2015

A red Scandinavian cross, fimbriated white, on a green field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by Peter Olsvig (from Ilulissat).

Sources: http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 02 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 02 January 2015

A blue Scandinavian cross, fimbriated red, on a white field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by a school class from Maniitsoq. White is for snow, blue for water, and red for the relationship between Denmark and Greenland. The Scandinavian cross is for the connection with the other Nordic countries.

Sources: http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 02 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 03 January 2015

A white Scandinavian cross, fimbriated green, on a red field, the lower hoist canton blue with a white star. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by a certain "E. J." from Narsaq. The star presumably should symbolize the Polar Star.

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 03 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 03 January 2015

A green Scandinavian cross, fimbriated red, on a white field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by Peter Olsvig (from Ilulissat).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 03 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015

A blue-white-green vertical tricolour. Ratio and colour shades unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by Clifford Crantz (from Nuuk).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015

The Dannebrog was very popular in Greenland, and still is. So there were proposals (e.g. in a letter to the editor by Edvard Hansen) to keep it as Greenland's national flag.

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 04 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 05 January 2015

A white Scandinavian cross, fimbriated red, on a green field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing.

This was proposed in 1974 by Gaba Rasmussen (from Nuuk).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 05 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 05 January 2015

A green Scandinavian cross on a red field, the upper hoist canton blue with a white map of Greenland. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing.

This was proposed in 1974 by Jonas Lynge (from Maniitsoq).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 05 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 06 January 2015

A green Scandinavian cross, fimbriated white, on a red field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by Nikolaj Fly Petersen (from Aasiaat).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 06 January 2015

This was later critized for already being the flag of Bornholm.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 28 January 2015

At the time of proposal 10, 1974, the Bornholm flag must still have been Green's design, the flag with the white field. So, at the 1974 flag competition, such a comment ought to have been directed towards Greenland proposal 5, which matches Green's Bornholm flag. Then again, the winner of the 1974 competition, proposal 7, looked very much like the flag of Denmark, and nobody had a problem with that either.

Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 January 2015

See also:



image by Marcus Schmöger, 06 January 2015

A white Scandinavian cross, fimbriated green, on a red field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1974 by Stephen Petersen (from Nuuk).

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15337004.pdf

http://timarit.is/files/15337011.pdf

(Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1974, iss. 9 (28 Feb 1974), p. 1, 3)

Marcus Schmöger, 06 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 08 January 2015

A blue-white-blue horizontal triband (1:3:1), in the center of the white stripe a version of the Dannebrog. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Gert K. Davidsen (from Århus, Denmark).

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361012.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 44 (9 Nov 1978), p. 22)

Marcus Schmöger, 08 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 08 January 2015

A green Scandinavian cross on a red field, in the center a white seven-pointed star. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by David Aronsen (from Alluitsup Paa). Red

from the Dannebrog, green for "Green"land, the white star for the snow.

Sources:

http://timarit.is/files/15360193.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 36 (14 Sep 1978), p. 36)

http://timarit.is/files/15361012.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 44 (9 Nov 1978), p. 22)

Marcus Schmöger, 08 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 09 January 2015

A green Scandinavian cross, fimbriated white, on a red field. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Svend Holm (from Ikast, Denmark). Green is for "Green"land, the red field with the white cross (as fimbriation) is for the connection to Denmark.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361012.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 44 (9 Nov 1978), p. 22)

Marcus Schmöger, 09 January 2015

This was later critized for already being the flag of Bornholm.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 28 January 2015

Greenland proposal 14 is basically the same design, as the article mentions as well. In 1978 Bornholm had two flags different from Green's flag, and it had been the writer of that comment, Mogens Andersen, who had created the green cross fimbriated white. Had Greenland adopted that flag, Bornholm would have had the green cross flag left, so no damage done. But apparently he felt the need to protect his creation.

Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 28 January 2015

See also:



image by Marcus Schmöger, 09 January 2015

A red field with a white eight-pointed star, connected with white lines to three white snow crystals. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Edvard Kleist. The star is symbolizing the Polar Star, the three snow crystals the three main regional populations in Greenland (Thule people, West Greenlanders, East Greenlanders).

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

http://timarit.is/files/15401553.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1984, iss. 16 (17 April 1984), p. 1)

Marcus Schmöger, 09 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015

A red field with a blue five-pointed star. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous. The star presumably symbolizes the Polar Star.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015

A white field with a blue five-pointed star. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous. The star presumably symbolizes the Polar Star.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015

A blue field with a white five-pointed star. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous. The star presumably symbolizes the Polar Star.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 10 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015

A blue field with a round white symbol outlined purple, that is not explained, shifted to the hoist. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Jens Geisler.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015

A red field with a round white symbol that is not explained, shifted to the hoist. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Jens Geisler.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015

A red field with a round yellow symbol that is not explained, shifted to the hoist. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by Jens Geisler.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 11 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

A white field with a white Scandinavian cross, fimbriated red, and two thin red stripes at the top and the bottom. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. Obviously a variation on the Danebrog, but including more white. This was proposed in 1978 by Geerth Karlsen.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

A white field with a blue circle. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

The white field is for the ice, the blue circle is symbolizing the blue planet earth, as seen from space.

Marcus Schmöger, 01 February 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

A blue field with a white circle. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

The white circle is to symbolize the moon.

Marcus Schmöger, 01 February 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

A blue-white-blue horizontal triband. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015



image by Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015

A blue-white-blue vertical triband. Ratio, colour shades and construction sheet unspecified, but I tried to be as close as possible to the published drawing. This was proposed in 1978 by an anonymous.

Source: http://timarit.is/files/15361385.pdf (Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten 1978, iss. 47 (30 November 1978), p. 24)

Marcus Schmöger, 18 January 2015