Flag of Shetland Flag of Shetland The flag of Shetland is a white or silver Nordic cross on a blue background. The flag uses the colours of the flag of Scotland, but in the form of the Nordic cross in order to symbolise Shetland's historical and cultural ties with Scandinavia. As with all Scottish flags, its proportions and colour shades are not fixed. It was created by Roy Grønneberg and Bill Adams in 1969, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the transfer of the islands from Denmark in the Kalmar Union to Scotland and the 500 years before as part of Denmark. The
Flag of the Second Spanish Republic Castilian or Spanish republican colours which was added after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931. The colour of the band was changed from "morado" to navy blue in 2001 without sufficient explanation. Flag of the Second Spanish Republic The flag of the Second Spanish Republic, known in Spanish as "", was the official flag of Spain between 1931 and 1939 and the flag of the Spanish Republican government in exile until 1977. The Spanish republican flag began to be used on April 27, 1931, thirteen days after municipal elections results led to the abolition of the monarchy