{"id":8077,"date":"2026-05-25T07:54:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/emoji-directory\/flag-iceland\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T07:54:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:54:58","slug":"flag-iceland","status":"publish","type":"emoji","link":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/annuaire-demoji\/flag-iceland\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 flag: Iceland Emoji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A blue field hosts a red Nordic cross outlined in white \u2014 a Scandinavian design where blue represents the ocean and mountains, white the snow, and red the volcanic fire. The cross places Iceland firmly in the Nordic family alongside Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Faroe Islands, and \u00c5land. Officially adopted in 1944 when Iceland gained full independence from Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>The emoji shows up during Independence Day (June 17), the famous Reykjav\u00edk nightlife posts, Aurora Borealis chases, and football matches (Iceland&#039;s qualifying for the 2016 Euros and 2018 World Cup were beloved underdog stories). Travelers tag it with the Blue Lagoon, Sk\u00f3gafoss waterfall, and glacier-hike shots. Coded in Unicode 6.0 from IS, it pairs with volcano, snowflake, geyser, and hot-spring emojis.<\/p>\n<p>The Icelandic diaspora across the US (especially Manitoba and the Midwest) uses it during heritage events. The flag&#039;s proportions are uniquely 9:7:9:18 across the cross arms, which is unusual among Nordic flags. Iceland&#039;s 2018 World Cup debut, with its &#039;Viking thunderclap&#039; celebration by fans, briefly made the flag one of the most-used in global football coverage.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf8 Iceland flag emoji, blue banner with red Nordic cross outlined in white, fire and ice nation.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}"},"emoji_category":[1211],"class_list":["post-8077","emoji","type-emoji","status-publish","hentry","emoji_category-flags"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/emoji\/8077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/emoji"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/emoji"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"emoji_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mojiedit.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/emoji_category?post=8077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}