Flag of Orkney
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The Flag of Orkney was the winner of a public flag consultation in February and March 2007. In the flag consultation the people of Orkney were asked for their preferred design from a short list of 5,
Photograph of the flag flying in Stromness
Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney, sometimes known as Magnus the Martyr, was Earl of Orkney from 1106 to about 1117.
Flag of Orkney
…heritage of the islands. A flag bearing a red Nordic cross on a yellow field was adopted in 1995. In 2001, the flag of Orkney, the traditional flag of St Magnus, was declined official recognition by the Lord Lyon, the heraldic authority of Scotland, due to similarity with other national flags; most notably, the…
The ruins of St Magnus Church on the island of Egilsay in Orkney