From now on, you can hoist your national flag on your flagpole if you wish to do so. It’s all thanks to one man – mechanic Martin Hedegård from Kolding. He hoisted the US flag in his garden for a reunion event in 2018. Neighbors reported him to the police. After winning the case in District Court and losing it in the High Court, he finally arrived in front of the Supreme Court, which decided that he was innocent.
- According to the Supreme Court, the political decree from 1915 is invalid, and a ban cannot be enforced on hoisting national flags in Denmark. The Ministry of Justice responded immediately with an executive order that allows any national flag to be hoisted in Denmark.
- The German minority in South Denmark rejoiced upon hearing the news. They have always gone through the trouble of asking for a police permit to be able to hoist the German flag. A police permit, which can take up to three weeks to be obtained.
