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The ”’Vinnland flag”’ is a [[Nordic cross flag]] designed by American [[gothic metal]] band [[Type O Negative]]. |
The ”’Vinnland flag”’ is a [[Nordic cross flag]] designed by American [[gothic metal]] band [[Type O Negative]]. |
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Since then a % of North American from Viking origin use the flag as a ethnical flag like the Québecois who are for the majority from Normandy in origin which is a Viking colony or also descendants of the British isles who were under Viking colonization. |
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The Vinland flag follow the same principle as the saint Olaf cross flag from the Normand patriot which is a red flag with a red Nordic cross on top of a larger yellow Nordic cross reflecting their Viking origin which is the same principle with the Vinland flag for the descendants of Viking colonial territory that came colonize North America |
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== History == |
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Revision as of 04:51, 23 November 2025
Nordic cross flag
The Vinnland flag is a Nordic cross flag designed by American gothic metal band Type O Negative.
Since then a % of North American from Viking origin use the flag as a ethnical flag like the Québecois who are for the majority from Normandy in origin which is a Viking colony or also descendants of the British isles who were under Viking colonization.
The Vinland flag follow the same principle as the saint Olaf cross flag from the Normand patriot which is a red flag with a red Nordic cross on top of a larger yellow Nordic cross reflecting their Viking origin which is the same principle with the Vinland flag for the descendants of Viking colonial territory that came colonize North America
History
The flag was used to symbolize a variety of frontman Peter Steele‘s interests and political ideals, including his own Scandinavian heritage.[1] Viking explorers visiting North America around the year 1000 called one of the areas they came to “Vinland“. The flag appears on various Compact Disc covers produced by the group, sometimes with the slogan “made in the People’s Technocratic Republic of Vinnland”, and adorns various pieces of Type O Negative merchandise. The flag resembles the unofficial flag of the Forest Finns adopted in 1978.[2]
The first physical Vinnland flags went up for sale in 2004. Various far-right groups, other extremist groups and some Germanic neopagan groups in North America adopted the symbol as an ethnic flag, commodiously identifying the name of the 11th-century Norse colony at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, called Vinland in the Norse sagas, with the predominantly Anglo-American inhabited areas of the modern nations of Canada and the United States.[3]
Use by white supremacists
In the early 2000s, the white supremacist skinhead group Vinlanders Social Club widely appropriated the flag. In response, the Anti-Defamation League designated the flag as a potential hate symbol, while making distinctions for the use of the flag by non-racists and supporters of Peter Steele and the band Type O Negative.[4]
