Who designed Greenland's flag?

Thue Christiansen designed Greenland’s flag. A Greenlandic politician, teacher and visual artist, Christiansen created the red-and-white design known locally as Erfalasorput, meaning “our flag.”

The flag has two equal horizontal bands and a counterchanged disk shifted toward the hoist. Christiansen described the white as Greenland’s glaciers and ice cap, the red as the ocean, and the disk as the sun and ice reflected across the sea. Its colors also echo Denmark’s flag, reflecting Greenland’s position within the Kingdom of Denmark.

The design won a close competition in 1985, defeating a green-and-white Nordic-cross proposal by a committee vote of 14 to 11. Greenland officially adopted it on 21 June 1985. A common misconception is that every Nordic flag must contain a cross: Greenland is the only national flag of a Nordic country or territory without one.