Although it may sound rare, There is a country in Europe in which by law, it is not allowed since January 1, 2025 wave or raise the flag of Spain and many others.
We talk about Denmark, and a law that only allows the Danish flag to be raised in the interior of the country. To understand this strange story well, you have to go back to 2023, When the government of the Nordic country repealed a law of the year 1915 in which any flag that was not the Danish was prohibited.
Given this atypical situation, the government decided that it was time to leave this anachronistic law behind and decided to end this law. Everything is explained after a family waves the US flagwhich caused a long legal battle to be unleashed in which the Supreme Court had to intervene, an organ that decided that nor there was any reason for the country’s authorities to prevent To its citizens to raise the flag of another country.
But the current government believes that this law is necessary, more than ever, so that together with the opposition parties of the right, the new law that specifically limits what flags of countries can be raised and which not. So it can be said that there are exceptions.
What exceptions exist
In this sense, the Danish justice, Peter Hummelgraard, said that the only flag that must wave in the country is the red and white, since it is the “most important national symbol” in the country and deserves a “very special” status.
Despite this, and as we have stated, there are some exceptions. One of them is that the flags of other Nordic countries are allowed, so the flag Finland or Sweden could be raised in Denmark. Plast or others such as those of Germany, Greenland or Faroe Islandswhich can also be waved in Denmark legally.
Together with these cases there are others that would also serve as an exception How can be manifestations or sporting events. For all this, it can be said that, although this law is in force, it has certain legal gaps that allow to wave and raise foreign flags.
