Flag of Faroe Islands
The flag of Faroe Islands, adopted in 1940 and flown in a 8:11 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Faroe Islands |
|---|---|
| Capital | Tórshavn |
| Proportions | 8:11 |
| Adopted | 1940 |
| Emoji | 🇫🇴 |
| Code | FO · FRO |
Colours of the flag of Faroe Islands
The flag of Faroe Islands uses 3 colours: white, red, blue. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
Flags often confused with Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands is genuinely easy to mix up with 3 other flags. Compare them side by side here — the difference is usually a ratio, a shade, or the order of two bands.
About the flag of Faroe Islands
The flag of Faroe Islands — officially Faroe Islands — is flown in a 8:11 ratio. Faroe Islands sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1940. Faroe Islands has its capital at Tórshavn and a population of about 54 thousand, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇫🇴, produced from the regional indicator letters for FO. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Faroe Islands
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