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there is a beautiful
legend
attached to the
dannebrog
. valdemar the victo- rious (1170-1241) was on crusade to estonia with his army. during the batt- le of lyndanisse on 15th june 1219, a red banner with a white cross came down from the heavens. the danish army were victorious, and since that time this banner has been the danish flag, which we call the
dannebrog
. the
legend
was first recounted by historians at the start of the 16th century, and since the start of the 17th century it has been firmly established in all subsequent histories of denmark. in 1809 the artist c.a. lorenzen gave this
legend
visual form, which has hel- ped to preserve the
legend
and keep it popular up to the present day. the
legend
thus has its own
history
. the events of the battle of 15th june 1219 cannot be proven from contem- porary sources, and today we know that there might be other explanations behind the
legend
, for instance that someone brought the flag with them. but for centuries that date has been associated with the
history
of the
dannebrog
. it is therefore completely natural for this
legend
to be included when danes celebrate their old flag, as it was decided to do this year, 800 years after that date! the
dannebrog
- the
legend
of the
dannebrog
īs origin the
history
of the
dannebrog
is the
history
of denmark 3
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