Miscellaneous Swedish Flags (original) (raw)

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Flaggenbuch

Note: Most flags depicted on this page were shown in Flaggenbuch, 1905 and 1939 [neu39]. They are likely no longer in use.

State's Railroads Ship
Telegraphic Vessels
- Telegraph Inspection (1939)
- Telegraph Cable Layer (1905)
Postal Ensigns
- Post Office Vessel (1905)
- Postal Ships (Mail carrying ships)
  - Flaggenbuch 1905 image
  - Flaggenbuch 1939 image
Fishing Inspection
Marine Department

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Sweden

State's Railroads Ship

Flaggenbuch 1905 image

[ [States railroad ships] ](../images/s/se~rail.gif) ratio 1:2
image by Miles Li and Željko Heimer, 4 December 2006
Source: Flaggenbuch (1905) [ruh05]

Flaggenbuch 1939 image

[ [States railroad ships] ](../images/s/se~rr39.gif) ratio 1:2
image by Željko Heimer
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]

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, undoubtedly together with the regular rectangular ensign at stern. Questions are quite natural: Dates of adoption, usage and possible replacement are unknown.
Željko 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

Svenska Statens Järnvägar operated ferries from at least 1900. According to the International Flag Book (Pedersen) of 1971 [ped71b]the flag was adopted about 1956 (earlier Kannik in the "Handbook of Flags" 1958 [kan58a]had merely classed it as "adopted quite recently") but this is disproved by the flag being shown in the Gro�e Flaggenbuch of 1939 [neu39]. There may have been changes. The Collectors Corner site shows a cap badge with the flag being bordered on all three sides, the crown being all gold and the wheel pointing to the hoist, showing it under the name of S.F. Tågfärjor. The Josef Nüsse site shows another version under the title of S.J. Färjetrafik with a darker blue field , gold borders on the two sides top and bottom and the emblem all in gold but positioned vertically so the crown points to the hoist. Again the wheel points to the base which is the equivalent of to the hoist if the emblem were to be placed horizontally although in this case it may merely mean that the flag is shown upside down. In 1991 there was a restructuring of the Swedish State Railways which saw for the formation of SweFerry A/B which later became Scandlines.
Neale Rosanoski, 20 April 2006

Statens Järnvägar Current Flag

[ [States railroad ships] ](../images/s/se$sj.gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 April 2006

The flag of Svenska Järnvägar/Swedish Railways was in 1998 (when I saw it in Helsingborg and Trelleborg) an unequal horizontal diband of dark blue over red white with logo over all, approx. (8+2):15.

The logo consists of a stylized winged wheel under the initials "SJ", set in sans-serif capitals.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 23 April 2006

Please note, the abbreviation SJ is not for 'Svenska Järnvägar' - it's for 'Statens Järnvägar'
Christian Berghänel, 23 April 2006

Telegraphic Vessels

Telegraph Inspection (1939)

[ [Telegraph Inspection ships] ](../images/s/se~ti39.gif) ratio: 1:2
image by Željko Heimer
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]

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, undoubtedly together with the regular rectangular ensign at stern. Dates of adoption, usage and possible replacement are unknown.
Željko Heimer, 17 March 2003

Telegraph Cable Layer (1905)

[ [telegraph cable laying vessels] ](../images/s/se~tele.gif)
image by Miles Li and Željko Heimer, 4 December 2006
Source: Flaggenbuch (1905) [ruh05]

Postal Ensigns

Post Office Vessel (1905)

[ [postal mail carrying ships] ](../images/s/se~post1.gif)
image by Miles Li and Željko Heimer, 3 December 2006
Source: Flaggenbuch (1905) [ruh05]

Postal Ships (Mail carrying ships)

Flaggenbuch 1905 image

[ [postal mail carrying ships] ](../images/s/se~post2.gif)
image by Miles Li and Željko Heimer, 3 December 2006
Source: Flaggenbuch (1905) [ruh05]

Flaggenbuch 1939 image

[ [postal mail ships] ](../images/s/se~po39.gif) ratio: 1:2
image by Željko Heimer
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]

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

Fishing Inspection

[ [Fishing inspection Inspection ships] ](../images/s/se~fi39.gif) ratio: 1:2
image by Željko Heimer
Source: Flaggenbuch (1939) [neu39]

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?
Željko Heimer, 18 March 2003

Marine Department

[ [marine department] ](../images/s/se~mar.gif)
image by Miles Li and Željko Heimer, 4 December 2006
Source: Flaggenbuch (1905) [ruh05]