Dannebrog
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Dannebrog may refer to;
  • The national Flag of Denmark
    Flag of Denmark
    The national flag of Denmark, Dannebrog is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side...


  • Order of the Dannebrog
    Order of the Dannebrog
    The Order of the Dannebrog is an Order of Denmark, instituted in 1671 by Christian V. It resulted from a move in 1660 to break the absolutism of the nobility. The Order was only to comprise 50 noble Knights in one class plus the Master of the Order, i.e. the Danish monarch, and his sons...

     (Danish, Dannebrogordenen): A Royal Danish decoration.
  • Kongeskibet Dannebrog: The first royal Danish yacht (HDMY Dannebrog (1879-1932)), named after the flag
  • Kongeskibet Dannebrog
    HDMY Dannebrog (A540)
    -Features & History:Her Danish Majesty's Yacht Dannebrog was launched by Queen Alexandrine at Copenhagen in 1931, and commissioned on 26 May 1932. The yacht now serves as the official and private residence for HM The Queen of Denmark, HRH the Prince Consort, and members of the Royal Family when...

    : The royal Danish yacht (HDMY Dannebrog (A540)), named after the flag
  • Dannebrog, Nebraska
    Dannebrog, Nebraska
    Dannebrog is a village in Howard County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Grand Island, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 352 at the 2000 census...

    : A village in Nebraska
    Nebraska
    Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....

    , United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

  • Dannebrog Rederi A/S: A Danish shipping
    Shipping
    Shipping has multiple meanings. It can be a physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo, by land, air, and sea. It also can describe the movement of objects by ship.Land or "ground" shipping can be by train or by truck...

     company, named after the flag
  • Dannebrog (ship): A Royal Danish Navy
    Royal Danish Navy
    The Royal Danish Navy is the sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish, Greenlandic and Faroese territorial waters...

     ironclad frigate.
  • Cirkus Dannebrog: A Danish circus
    Circus
    A circus is commonly a travelling company of performers that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, unicyclists and other stunt-oriented artists...

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