The 17th of May is Norway's national day, here's the first official proposal of the Norwegian flag by Fredrik Meltzer in 1821. More in comments!
from /r/vexillology Top comment: Modern Norway only got it's own constitution in 1814, and is thus a relatively young state. This was the winning proposal, but there were lots more! Here are the officially displayed ones from 1821, do you have a favorite? [Proposal by the Storting's flag committee displayed in the Storting as number 1](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-01_303.04_flaggnr01.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 2](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-02_303.04_flaggnr02.jpg) [The winning proposal by Fredrik Meltzer displayed in the Storting as number 3](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-03_303.04_flaggnr03.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 6](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-06_303.04_flaggnr06.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 7](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-07_303.04_flaggnr07.jpg) [Proposal possibly by Christian Magnus Falsen displayed in the Storting as number 8](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-08_303.04_flaggnr08.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 10](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-10_303.04_flaggnr10.jpg) [Proposals displayed in the Storting as number 11, by a commission in Bergen](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-11_303.04_flaggnr11.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 13](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-13_303.04_flaggnr13.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 14](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-14_303.04_flaggnr14.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 15](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-15_303.04_flaggnr15.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 16](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-16_303.04_flaggnr16.jpg) [Proposal displayed in the Storting as number 18](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-18_303.04_flaggnr18.jpg) Other proposals before 1821: [Anonymously submitted proposals from 1814 (1)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/003-181410--t1-5cm-200.pdf) [Anonymously submitted proposals from 1814 (2)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/004-181410--t2-5cm-200.pdf) [Proposal by Gregers Lundh from 1814 (1)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/006-18141020lundht1-50pst-72.pdf) [Proposal by Gregers Lundh from 1814 (2)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/007-18141020lundht2-50pst-72.pdf) [Proposal by Peder Bøgvald from 1815](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/010-18150817boegvaldt2-72.pdf) [Proposal by Niels Aall from 1815 (1)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/013-18151016aall_t1-72.pdf) [Proposal by Niels Aall from 1815 (2)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/014-18151016aall_t2-72.pdf) [Proposal by the citizens of Grimstad from 1821](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/nedskalert_084-12-1_303.04_forslag-nr.-12.jpg) [Proposal by Christian Magnus Falsen from 1821](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/025-18210226oep84tgs-72.pdf) Proposals after 1821, some on how to create a flag that represents the union with Sweden: [Proposals by Anton Hielm from 1836 (1)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/042-1836sep315t1-25pst-72.pdf) [Proposals by Anton Hielm from 1836 (2)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/043-1836sep315t2a-50pst--72.pdf) [Proposals by Anton Hielm from 1836 (3)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/044-1836sep315t2b-50pst-72.pdf) [Proposals by Peter Peterson from 1836 (1)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/045-1836sep354t1a-50pst-72.pdf) This one is wild! [Proposals by Peter Peterson from 1836 (2)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/046-1836sep354t1b-50pst-72.pdf) [Proposals by Peter Peterson from 1836 (3)](https://www.stortinget.no/contentassets/702400a4e5994742843754d1e72baacc/047-1836sep354t2-50pst-72.pdf)
