KINGDOM OF DENMARK

CURRENT NAVAL ENSIGNS & FLAGS

Images Added July 2008

Naval Commissioning Pennant
Minister of Defense & Chief of Defense Staff Flags
Command Pennants

Notes

Since the early seventeenth century, the forked version of the Danish national flag has been reserved for use by the armed forces and other government departments, many of which add a distinguishing badge in the canton. The plain version of the Splittflag, as it is called in Danish, is used as the naval ensign and jack; naval auxiliary vessels fly the ensign with the badge of the Ministry of Defense, a crowned anchor, in the canton.

The Minister of Defense and the Chief of the Defense Staff each have a distinctive flag for use at sea. Naval rank flags are based on the ensign with white, six-pointed stars denoting rank. The number of stars displayed for each rank was altered after World War II to conform with US-NATO practice.

Danish ensigns and other flags for use at sea feature a darker shade of red than that used for flags on land. 

Left: NAVAL ENSIGN & JACK          Right: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ENSIGN
 

COMMISSIONING PENNANT
 

APPOINTMENT FLAGS
 

Left: MINISTER OF DEFENSE          Right: CHIEF OF THE DEFENSE STAFF
 

NAVAL RANK FLAGS & COMMAND PENNANTS
 

ADMIRAL
 

Left: VICE-ADMIRAL               Right: REAR-ADMIRAL
 

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FLOTILLA ADMIRAL
 

Left: SQUADRON COMMANDER          Right: SENIOR OFFICER PRESENT AFLOAT

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