Flag of the Soviet Union statute on the flag was adopted which resulted in a change of the hammer's handle length and the shape of the sickle. A final modification to the flag was adopted in 1980 in which the colour was brightened to a lighter shade of red. The flag continued to be the official national flag until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Its imagery is now the basis for the flags of many communist parties: a yellow hammer and sickle on a red background. The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with
Flag of Scania Flag of Scania The flag of Skåne, or the Scanian Cross Flag is a provincial flag representing Scania, the southernmost province of Sweden. Some southern Swedish historians and other authorities assert that the flag represents the entire former Eastern Denmark. If so, also the Danish Baltic Sea island, Bornholm as well as the Swedish provinces Halland and Blekinge. The flag is sometimes seen also in Blekinge, but rarely in Halland. The cross flag is used by the Region when the Council is in session, alongside the Swedish national flag, the European Union flag and the Council's own banner, its status