New Act on Flagging
Official title (in Danish): Lov om flagning
In short
Reading time: 1 min- What changes: It will generally be prohibited to fly the flags of other countries.
- When: The Act entered into force on 1 January 2025.
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It is generally prohibited to fly the national flags of other countries. The prohibition also applies to regional flags and flags that can be equated with them.
The Act establishes that the Dannebrog is the national flag of Denmark. It also codifies part of the previous practice regarding the Dannebrog as a split flag into law.
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The case at the Danish Parliament (ft.dk)
Source: Retsinformation.dk
Translated from Danish · The Danish version and the original source apply.
Summary by the Danish Parliament (in Danish)
Lovforslaget indebærer et forbud, hvorefter det som udgangspunkt vil være forbudt at flage med andre landes nationalflag og områdeflag og flag, der må sidestilles hermed. Med lovforslaget lægges der derudover op til at lovfæste, at Dannebrog er Danmarks Riges nationalflag, ligesom det foreslås at lovfæste en del af gældende praksis vedrørende Dannebrog som splitflag. Det foreslås, at loven træder i kraft den 1. januar 2025.
Source: Folketinget (ft.dk). Reproduced unchanged.
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- Introduced · 2 October 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Fremsat
- Passed · 3 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: 3.beh./Vedtaget
- Stadfæstet · 10 December 2024Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet
- In force · 1 January 2025Status in the Danish Parliament: Stadfæstet