The Danish flag is the oldest one in the world still in use, and pretty much nothing is known about how it came to be. According to the myth the Danes were fighting the Estonians in Estonia and were about to lose, so the Danes called upon God and asked him for help. Then a flag fell from the sky and a heavenly voice said that the Danes would win under this flag.
Thanks to that story is has become a popular joke in Denmark that God was trying to give the flag to the Estonians (it fell into their country after all) and the Danes just snatched it.
But it would seem that something did indeed happen in that war, because the Latvians have a very similar flag from the same period, so flag-interested people suspect that there might be some kind of link.
God: OK, this time I'm REALLY low on white, so I'm only going to give you a little tiny bit.
Estonia: That's all right with me!
God: And no stripes-
Estonia: Just give me the flag!
God: Under this flag, you will-
YOINK!
God: TURKEY!!! GIVE THAT BACK!!! Estonia you will have to deal with a mediocre flag!
@Ziebenhaub_the_Texan God: here, I found some white cloth, how about a white flag with a red cross
Estonia: whatever works at this point
God: Alright then, under this you will ne-
YOINK
God: DAMMIT ENGLAND!
God: ok so I found a little more white, how about like the first one, but with a blue cross inside the white one
E: ANYTHING!
G: Alright, here: unde-
YOINK!
G:NORWAY!
*the saga continues with canada, scotland, and on and on...*
@SchrodySweden The story of the Norwegian flag is actually kinda underwhelming. Our national anthem tries to build it up with "White birch down by the hill, frames the line of bluebells, and a red painted hut by the road". The actual story is that we needed a flag, so we took the danish one, and put a blue cross in it
Today (18th of November) is Latvia's centenary. 100 years have passed since the proclamation of Latvia's independcence in 18th of November 1918. It is a momentous occasion.
I just wanted to share this information with You guys.
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"Bloody hell, Latvia!"