Flag of Sweden
E44647
The Flag of Sweden is a blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross, symbolizing the nation’s heritage and used as its primary national emblem.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Sweden canonical | 13 |
| flag of Sweden | 2 |
| State flag of Sweden | 1 |
| Swedish Flag Law of 1906 | 1 |
| Swedish civil ensign | 1 |
| Swedish flag | 1 |
| Swedish flag day | 1 |
| Swedish war flag | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T353347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Sweden Context triple: [Sweden, flag, Flag of Sweden]
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A.
Danish flag
The Danish flag, known as the Dannebrog, is a red banner with a white Scandinavian cross and is one of the oldest continuously used national flags in the world.
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B.
Norwegian flag
The Norwegian flag is the national flag of Norway, featuring a blue cross outlined in white on a red field, and serves as a prominent symbol of Norwegian identity and heritage worldwide.
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C.
Faroese flag
The Faroese flag is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross with a blue border on a white field, symbolizing the Faroe Islands’ cultural and historical ties to other Scandinavian nations.
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D.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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E.
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Sweden Target entity description: The Flag of Sweden is a blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross, symbolizing the nation’s heritage and used as its primary national emblem.
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A.
Danish flag
The Danish flag, known as the Dannebrog, is a red banner with a white Scandinavian cross and is one of the oldest continuously used national flags in the world.
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B.
Norwegian flag
The Norwegian flag is the national flag of Norway, featuring a blue cross outlined in white on a red field, and serves as a prominent symbol of Norwegian identity and heritage worldwide.
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C.
Faroese flag
The Faroese flag is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross with a blue border on a white field, symbolizing the Faroe Islands’ cultural and historical ties to other Scandinavian nations.
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D.
Flag of Greece
The Flag of Greece is a national symbol featuring nine horizontal blue and white stripes with a white cross on a blue canton, representing Greek Orthodoxy and the country's struggle for independence.
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E.
Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces
The Flag of the Finnish Defence Forces is the official military flag of Finland, featuring national symbols that represent the country’s armed services and their authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adopted | 1906-06-22 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
House of Vasa
ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Europe
ⓘ
National symbols of Sweden ⓘ Nordic Cross flags ⓘ |
| country | Sweden ⓘ |
| crossColorHex | #FECC00 ⓘ |
| crossOffset | towards hoist ⓘ |
| crossType | Nordic cross ⓘ |
| design | blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross ⓘ |
| fieldColorHex | #006AA7 ⓘ |
| fileName | Flag of Sweden.svg ⓘ |
| hasAspectRatio | 5:8 ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeEmoji | 🇸🇪 ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Naval ensign of Sweden
ⓘ
State flag of Sweden ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Sweden
Swedish civil ensign ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Sweden
Swedish war ensign ⓘ
linked to:
Naval ensign of Sweden
|
| inspiredBy |
Danish flag (Dannebrog)
ⓘ
linked to:
Danish flag
Scandinavian cross tradition ⓘ |
| isCivilFlagOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| isDepictedIn |
Midsummer celebrations in Sweden
ⓘ
Swedish National Day events ⓘ Swedish national celebrations ⓘ |
| isNationalFlagOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| isPrimaryNationalEmblemOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| isStateFlagOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| isStateSymbolOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| isWarFlagOf | Sweden ⓘ |
| officialLanguageCountry | Swedish ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
Swedish Flag Law of 1906
ⓘ
linked to:
Flag of Sweden
Swedish Flag Law of 1982 ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Christian heritage
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ Swedish heritage ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Swedish Armed Forces
ⓘ
Swedish citizens ⓘ Swedish government ⓘ |
| usedOn |
Swedish embassies
ⓘ
Swedish government buildings ⓘ Swedish military installations ⓘ Swedish ships ⓘ public buildings in Sweden ⓘ |
| usedSince | 16th century ⓘ |
| usesColor |
blue
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Flag of Sweden Description of subject: The Flag of Sweden is a blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross, symbolizing the nation’s heritage and used as its primary national emblem.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
subject linked to:
Swedish National Day (June 6)
subject linked to:
Swedish National Day (June 6)
linked to: Flag of Sweden
linked to: Flag of Sweden
subject linked to:
Nordic cross represents Christianity