A Danish man from Kolding who hoisted the USA flag got reported to the police. Now, he is facing the Supreme Court which must decide if what he did was wrong or not. If he is acquitted, then we will all be free to hoist any nation’s flag in Denmark.
- A decision from 1915 forbids people in Denmark from hoisting the flags of other countries. Exceptions from the law are the Danish, Greenlandic, Faroese, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Finnish, European Union, and United Nations flags.
- To hoist another country’s flag, you need a permit from the police. Temporarily, the flag of Ukraine is exempt, so you can hoist it without a permit.
- The man from Kolding might have a chance to win his case as there is no law on “how to fly” the flag, only decrees and regulations.
