What does the cross on the Iceland flag stand for?

The flag of Iceland consists of a dark blue background with a white and red cross. The red in the cross represents the volcanoes and the white stands for the snow and ice.

"That's why Kerry Katona goes to Iceland!"

Iceland, and the cross has a white border

it's obviously Iceland.

it stands for st.george

The cross on the flag represents Christianity much like the flags of other Nordic countries like Norway and Denmark. The colors stand for water (blue), lava (red) and ice (white).

Blue with a red cross outlined in white extending to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side in the style of the Dannebrog (Danish flag). It is mainly blue, with a red cross on a white cross in it too.

the cross on the switzerlands flag stands for christians values and the red stands for blood red flags of war.

The norwegian flag is the danish flag with a blue cross that symbolise christianity on (not that impressive, really)

st Andrew dying on the cross

The red cross on white background is the Cross of St George, the flag of England. The white diagonal cross on blue background is the Cross of St Andrew, the flag of Scotland And the red diagonal cross on white background is the Cross of St Patrick, which represents Northern Ireland.

The cross represents the country's deeply rooted tradition in orthodox christianity.

Iceland established it's own flag in 1918

This flag stands for justise the cross in the flag means Christianity and the colours are those of the fourteenth century shields of state.

The Icelandic flag has 3 colors: blue (for mountains), white (for ice), and red (for fire, secondary to the active volcanoes in the country).

It is the British Union flag - commonly referred to as the Union Jack.

The cross on the Dominican flag stands for Christianity because they are christian the blue stands for peace the red stands for the blood they fought in the war and the white cross stands for Christianity

Denmark and Switzerland; they are of two different designs The Danish cross is the same as used in the flags of Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden all in different colours. It is basically a Latin Cross laying on its side. The Swiss flag I believe is square with equal sided white (Greek) cross in the middle. The reverse of the Swiss flag is used by the Red Cross.

Christianity. It also ties Finland to the other Fenno-Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland) all of which also have a cross on their flags.

The current UK flag, called the Union Flag, is a combination of three national flags: # The cross of St George (for England), a red upright cross (+) on a white background; # The cross of St Andrew (for Scotland), a white diagonal cross (x) on a blue background; and # The cross of St Patrick (for Ireland), a red diagonal cross on a white background.

The Union Flag is a combination of the flags of England, Scotland and Ireland (as was). The red part is from the English flag and represents the cross of St. George.

Answer If by "British flag" you mean the Union Flag (called the Union Jack when flown on a ship), the flag of the United Kingdom they are a combined version of the cross of St George, the cross of St Andrew and the cross of St Patrick. However before 1801, when the United Kingdom was formed, there was a version with just the English St George Cross and the Scottish St Andrew Cross. This could be said to be the British Flag. The red cross on the top represents the Cross of Saint George. The white cross on the bottom is the Cross of Saint Andrew. The red cross in the middle is the Cross of Saint Patrick.

This is the flag of Scotland. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A flag with a white Nordic cross is Shetland. A flag with a white diagonal cross is the St. Andrew cross of Scotland.

The Blue part Stands for the sea, the red part stand for the fire an lava, and the white part stands for the snow!

I believe it has something to do with the fact that the Red Cross originated in Switzerland and the Swiss flag is a white cross on a red background. So they went with the same symbol but reversed the colors.