Editing Flag of Denmark (section)

==Description==
[[File:CyclingTeamPursuitBeijing2008.jpg|thumb|left|The Danish flag at the medal ceremony for the [[Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|men's team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing]]

A 1748 regulation, which is still in force, defines the flag as constructed of two squares of {{frac|4|4}}, with a white cross {{frac|1|7}} the height of the flag and the two rectangular fields as {{frac|6|4}}.<ref name="R.1748">{{cite web |url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=59171 |title=Forordning om Coffardi-Skibes og Commis-Farernes samt de octrojerede Compagniers Skibes Flag og Giøs, samt Vimpeler og Fløie af 11. juli 1748 |date=7 November 1748 |access-date= 21 August 2016 |language=da}}</ref> Multiplying the proportions by three to get whole numbers gives the proportions in the construction sheet below (28 divided by 4 being 7 for the white cross).<!-- Specifically, it gives the proportions 28 (12:4:12) by 34 (12:4:18). A longer (37; 12:4:21) version seems to be in common use, but there is no source for it being the official ratio.) --><!-- unsourced section: "In May 1893 a new regulation to all chiefs of police stated that the police should not intervene, if the two last fields in the flag were longer than  6⁄4 as long as these did not exceed  7⁄4, and provided that this was the only rule violated. [citation needed] This regulation is still in effect today and thus the legal proportions of the National flag today are 3:1:3 in width and anywhere between 3:1:4.5 and 3:1:5.25 in length."
The way that it is presented here, a police regulation to show leeway for minor deviations in no way makes the "legal proportions" of the flag to be "anywhere between 3:1:4.5 and 3:1:5.25 in length", while the 1748 regulation is still in force. This needs real sources or should not be included in the article. -->

=== Colour ===
No official definition of "Dannebrog rød" exists. The private company ''Dansk Standard'', regulation number 359 (2005), defines the red colour of the flag as [[Pantone]] 186c.

=== Construction sheet ===
{{gallery
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|width=380
|File:Flag of Denmark-proportions-en.svg|Flag construction sheet
}}