Flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
The flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen, adopted in 1821 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 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
|---|---|
| Capital | Longyearbyen |
| Proportions | 8:11 |
| Adopted | 1821 |
| Emoji | 🇸🇯 |
| Code | SJ · SJM |
Colours of the flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
The flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen uses 3 colours: red, blue, white. 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Svalbard and Jan Mayen is genuinely easy to mix up with 1 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 Svalbard and Jan Mayen
The flag of Svalbard and Jan Mayen — officially Svalbard og Jan Mayen — is flown in a 8:11 ratio. Svalbard and Jan Mayen sits in Europe, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1821. Svalbard and Jan Mayen has its capital at Longyearbyen and a population of about 2,504, 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 SJ. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Svalbard and Jan Mayen
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