Draw the flag of Norway from memory

What you are drawing

The flag of Norway is an off-centre cross with the upright shifted toward the hoist in red, white and blue. It flies at a ratio of 8:11. On the PlayVexle difficulty scale it rates ★★☆☆☆ — a flag most people can reproduce closely on the first attempt.

How to score well on this one

• Block in the largest area first — on this flag that is red — then work down to the smaller shapes. Layout is 20% of the score and it is judged on where the blocks sit, not how neat the edges are.
• The off-centre cross counts for the final 10%. Roughly the right size in roughly the right place scores nearly as well as a perfect one — do not start there.
• Draw it at 8:11. The canvas is already the right shape, so fill it edge to edge rather than leaving a border.

Stuck? Open a memory hint

Denmark plus a blue cross inside the white one, shifted toward the hoist.

Show me the flag of Norway

Opening this before you draw is allowed. It just will not help your score.

Flags people confuse with Norway

If something felt off while you were drawing, you may have been remembering Iceland or Denmark. Each pair is taken apart side by side on the similar flags pages.

Want the construction order, the exact colour codes and what the design means? That is on the Norway flag guide.