Norwegian Royal Standard

Last modified: 2003-11-22 by phil nelson
Keywords: norway | lion: with axe (yellow) | axe | haakon vii (of norway) | oscar ii (of sweden and norway) |
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Royal Standard
by Zeljko Heimer, based on Album 2000 [pay00]

Royal Masthead Pennant
by Zeljko Heimer

• Description of the Royal Standard
• History of the Royal Standard
• Titles for the Members of the Royal Family

See also:

• Norway – state arms
• Norwegian-Swedish Royal Flag (1844-1905)
• Norway

A yellow crowned lion rampant holding a white and yellow axe on a red field. The standard was introduced in 1905 when King Haakon VII became king of Norway. The lion in the Royal standard is different from the one in the national coat of arms – where the lion is kept in a more flat style. The standard of the Crown Prince is the Royal standard with 'an obtuse swallow-tail'. The proportion of the Royal standard is 5:7.
Jan Oskar Engene, 23 November 1995

The specification for the lion on the Royal standard has never been changed. The 1905 version is still in use. However, the lion on the Norwegian coat of arms changed from the 1905 version in 1937, and the result is two very diverging drawings. In the 1937 coat of arms the lion's paws and claws are almo