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Youth Hird (Unghirden)

by Mark Sensen

Unghirden (Youth Hird)

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Unghirden (Youth Hird)

The flag Mark sent is one of the flags of 'Unghirden' (Youth Hird), the Nasjonal Samling (NS) 'hird' section for boys aged 14 to 18. More precisely the flag is that of a 'sveit' within the Unghirden The sun cross emblem is a little too big. Specifications in the NS Arbok 1944 (Oslo, 1943) says the flag should be 6:9 (or 100:150 cm), with the diameter of the sun cross emblem making up 4 parts. The distance from the centre of the sun cross to the hoist was also 4 parts. The name and number of the 'sveit' was to be inscribed in silver in the top hoist. As a miniature (length 30 cm and called 'pennant' in the NS terminology), the flag was flown by the 'sveitforer', the commander or leader of the 'sveit'.
Jan Oskar Engene, 16 July 1997

I'm wondering what's the link between the Youth Hird from Norway in the 1940's and the neo-Nazi NRP in Sweden, using the same emblem. Or is it a more general emblem. And are the swords part of the sun cross?
Mark Sensen, 2 July 2002

As far as I know there was no other link between the two than the ideological and the fact that the Norwegian party Nasjonal Samling figured as an example for the Swedish groups. I have actually also seen an example of a Finnish group which adopted the Nasjonal Samling sun cross with eagle as their emblem. After the second world war, Nazi