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The flag of Iceland ((アイスランド語:íslenski fáninn))〔The word ''íslenski'' is written in lowercase: (Orthographic rules (''ritreglur'') ) at the Icelandic Language Institute (''Íslensk málstöð''), section II. Upper- and Lower-Case Letters, subsection 9: Words derived from proper nouns are generally capitalized, () This never applies to adjectives containing ''-sk-''.〕 was officially described in Law No. 34, set out on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law is entitled "The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms" and describes the Icelandic flag as follows: The civil national flag of Icelanders is blue as the sky with a snow-white cross, and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross. The arms of the cross extend to the edge of the flag, and their combined width is , but the red cross of the combined width of the flag. The blue areas are right angled rectangles, the rectilinear surfaces are parallel and the outer rectilinear surfaces as wide as them, but twice the length. The dimensions between the width and length are 18:25. Iceland's first national flag was a white cross on a deep blue background. It was first shown in parade in 1897. The modern flag dates from 1915, when a red cross was inserted into the white cross of the original flag. This cross represents Christianity. It was adopted and became the national flag when Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1918. For the Icelandic people the flag's colouring represents a vision of their country's landscape. The colours stand for 3 of the elements that make up the island. Red is the fire produced by the island's volcanoes, white recalls the ice and snow that covers Iceland, and blue is for the ocean. The state flag (''Tjúgufáni'') differs from the civil one, that the outer rectangles are three times longer than the hoist side rectangles and split at the end, cut directly from the outer corners to its centre line. Cutting the inner edges of the outer rectangles at of outer length and of inner length of the outer rectangles. When this cut encounters the edge of the red cross it is cut vertically. == History == According to a legend described in Andrew Evans' ''Iceland'', a red cloth with a white cross fell from the heavens, ensuring Danish victory at the Battle of Valdemar in the 13th century. Denmark then used the cross on its flag throughout its territories in Scandinavia as a sign of divine right. Upon Iceland's independence, they continued to use the Christian symbol. The civil flag of Iceland had been used as an unofficial symbol since 1913. It was officially adopted on 19 June 1915, to represent Iceland, and has been in use at sea since 1 December 1918, when Iceland became a separate Kingdom in the family of Scandinavian countries. Other symbolic meanings refer to the natural features of Iceland itself. Blue is the colour of the North Atlantic Ocean, white represents the snow and ice covering the island for most of the year, and red the volcanoes on the island. File:Light Blue Flag of Iceland.svg|File:IFIS Historical.svgThe civil flag as it appeared between 1918 and 1944, when the blue colour was classified as "ultramarine blue". It has an aspect ratio of 18:25. File:Hvítbláinn.svg|File:IFIS Proposed.svg A former flag which never became official, known as ''Hvítbláinn'' ("the white-blue"), in use by Icelandic republicans around 1900. A very similar design has subsequently been adopted as the flag of Shetland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Iceland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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