Vinland flag
"Vinland" was the name given by Viking explorers to the area of North America that they discovered in the Middle Ages. The Vinland flag is a flag first used by the musical group Type O Negative to encompass a variety of front man Peter Steele's interests and political beliefs,[1] including his own Icelandic heritage.[2] The flag appears on various Compact Disc covers by the group, sometimes with the slogan "made in the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinland", and adorns various pieces of Type O Negative merchandise.
Subsequently, the symbol has gained use as an ethnic flag by various groups in North America, including numerous vendors, some Germanic neopagan groups and political groups who identify the name of the 11th century Norse colony at L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, called Vinland in the sagas, with the predominantly Anglo-American inhabited areas of the modern nations of Canada and the United States. It has been displayed at the Finnskogen festival, celebrating the Forest Finns. [3] White supremacists have also adopted the flag as a white supremacist symbol.[4]
The flag is designed in the style of a Nordic Cross flag, with a green field and a black cross with white fimbriation.
Sources
- ^ "The official website of Technocratic People's Republic of Vinland - The People". Vinland.info. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Flags used by Musicians". Crwflags.com. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ "Republikkens flagg VAIER IGJEN".
- ^ "Vinland Flag".
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