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Faroe Islands Flags – Merkið Flag, Bunting & Table Flags
Merkið, the white flag with a red Nordic cross edged in blue, flown on Flag Day 25 April, at Ólavsøka on 29 July, for the football and handball and by Faroese students and travellers in Britain. Order the Faroe Islands flag in 20x12in to 8ft x 5ft, add Faroe Islands bunting in 3m or 9m and wave Faroe Islands hand flags at the game.
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Merkið: the flag of the Faroe Islands
The flag of the Faroe Islands, Merkið or the banner, is white with a red Nordic cross outlined in blue, the cross set towards the hoist like the other Nordic flags. The white stands for the foam of the sea and the bright Faroese sky, and the red and blue are colours found in traditional Faroese dress and old village flags. It was designed in 1919 by Faroese students in Copenhagen, Jens Oliver Lisberg among them, and first raised in the islands at Fámjin on Suðuroy that summer. Merkið won official status during the Second World War: on 25 April 1940, after Denmark was occupied and Britain took control of the islands, the British authorities ruled that Faroese ships should fly it instead of the Danish flag, and the date has been Flag Day ever since. The islands are self-governing within the Kingdom of Denmark, and our Faroe Islands flag has the white field and the red cross with its blue border.
Flag Day, Ólavsøka and Faroese sport
Flag Day on 25 April and Ólavsøka, the festival of St Olaf on 28 and 29 July in Tórshavn, with rowing races, chain dancing and the opening of the Løgting, are the big flag days. The Faroe Islands are famous for their 1–0 win over Austria in 1990 in their first competitive football match, KÍ Klaksvík became the first Faroese club to reach a European group stage in 2023, and the men’s handball team played at their first European Championship in 2024. Britain’s link with the islands goes back to the wartime British garrison, and today Faroese students in the UK, the salmon farming and fishing businesses with Scottish ties, and walkers and birdwatchers who fly in from Edinburgh all have reasons to fly Merkið.
Sizes, grades and fittings
The Faroe Islands flag is mainly a DuraFlag line: the knitted heavyweight polyester with double-stitched hems comes in 3ft x 2ft, 5ft x 3ft and 8ft x 5ft with clips and in 20x12in with rope and toggle, ready for North Atlantic weather. A lighter Flagtex version, printed woven polyester with eyelets, is stocked in 5ft x 3ft for indoor use and one-off events. Use the 5ft x 3ft on a pole or at a match, the 3ft x 2ft in a window or a student room, the 8ft x 5ft on a tall mast and the 20x12in on a boat or a car.
Faroe Islands bunting
Faroe Islands bunting is a line of rectangular white pennants each carrying the red, blue-edged cross, in 3m and 9m lengths. Use 3m over a door, a bar or a handball fan zone, and 9m round a hall, a boathouse or a garden on Ólavsøka. The Faroese pennants are printed on both sides and cope with wind and rain.
Hand flags and table flags
Faroe Islands hand flags on wooden sticks come in 18x12in, big enough to be seen in a stand at a football or handball match. For tables there are three choices: the Faroe Islands small table flag at 6x4in on a base, the large wooden Faroe Islands table flag at 18x12in and the Faroe Islands satin table flag in a soft satin fabric for a desk or a dinner. Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Greenland and Shetland flags are under world flags.
Faroe Islands flag FAQs
What does Merkið mean?
The banner or the mark, the Faroese name for the white flag with the blue-edged red cross.
Why is Faroese Flag Day on 25 April?
On 25 April 1940 the British authorities, who had taken control of the islands, recognised Merkið as the flag for Faroese ships.
Is the Faroe Islands flag different from the Danish flag?
Yes. Denmark’s Dannebrog is a white cross on red; the Faroese flag is a red cross edged in blue on white.
When is Ólavsøka?
28 and 29 July, the Faroese national festival in Tórshavn.
What do the colours of the Faroese flag mean?
White is the sea foam and the sky, while red and blue come from traditional Faroese costume and old local flags.
Which sizes of Faroe Islands flag are in stock?
DuraFlag in 20x12in, 3ft x 2ft, 5ft x 3ft and 8ft x 5ft, and Flagtex in 5ft x 3ft, plus Faroese bunting, 18x12in hand flags and table flags.
How quickly can Faroe Islands flags be delivered?
Faroe Islands flags, bunting and table flags are stocked in and dispatched from our Stoke-on-Trent warehouse; order before 2pm for same-day dispatch and 1–2 day UK delivery.