Miscellaneous Swedish Flags

Flaggenbuch

Last modified: 2003-12-05 by phil nelson
Keywords: crown | winged wheel | post horn | electrical bolts | state railroad ships | fishing inspection | telegraph inspection | postal ships |
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Note: The flags depicted on this page were shown in Flaggenbuch, 1939. They are likely no longer in use.

• State Railroads Ship
• Telegraph Inspection
• Postal Ships (Mail carrying ships)
• Fishing Inspection

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• Sweden

ratio: 1:2 by Zeljko Heimer

Blue triangular pennant with yellow border along outer edges and with crowned yellow winged wheel.

The width of the yellow borders is 1/12 of the hoist measured along the hoist. The wing span seems to be approximately 3/4 of the hoist size. This pennant would have been used as signal on ships belonging to the State Railroads Company, undoubtly together with the regular rectangular ensign at stern. Questions are quite natural: Dates of adoption, useage and possible replacement are unknown.
Zeljko Heimer, 17 March 2003

Statens Järnvägar. I think the pennant was still in use in the 1970's at least.
Elias Granqvist, 18 March 2003

ratio: 1:2 by Zeljko Heimer

Blue triangular pennant with crowned yellow five-pointed star from which are issuing thunderbolts.

This pennant would have been used as signal on ships in service of Telegraph Inspection (this would be called in Swedish what?), undoubtly together with the regular rectangular ensign at stern. Dates of adoption, useage and possible replacement are unknown.
Zeljko Heimer, 17 March 2003

ratio: 1:2 by Zeljko Heimer

Blue triangular pennant with a crowned yellow posthorn. As indicated, this was used as signal by ships carrying mail, in addition to the usual ensign. Dates of adoption, useage and possible replacement are unknown.
Zeljko Heimer, 18 March 2003

ratio: 1:2 by Zeljko Heimer

Triangular pennant quartered blue and yellow.

Hoist quarters' length is half the fly quarters' (i.e. 3+3:4+8) This pennant is so strikingly similar to the modern fishery inspection pennants (of the Hague Convention etc.) that the question is obvious: is this origin of the modern Fishing Inspection flags?
Zeljko Heimer, 18 March 2003