Dannebrog - The legend of the Danish National Flag

For this special Tuesday video I travel to Estonia and Lithuania to discover the story of where the Dannebrog came from and where it fell from the sky.

[hellowell]

I don't know why this popped up in my recommendations but I feel I have learnt a lot from it. Solid presentation of the history. Safe travels!

[droobgaming]

As a danish history teacher - well done mate! Keep up the good videos :)

[GertvH]

What an amazing presentation and dedication throughout this video. Great job Joshua!

[SphinxDG]

VERY well done, Josh. I totally enjoy your storytelling.
I took the liberty, to pimp your channel to all my North American friends.
Have a nice Tuesday. Greetings to the 3 of you, and a pat on the back for Brisket. 👍😎🌞☕🍰

[jan-elojrgensen]

#BRILLANT
Someone please give you and you family the Order of the Dannebrog You deserve it more than so many that got it for just serving their own carreer.

[Zandain]

I just loved this video, Josh!
You made a fairly complex history lesson, easy to understand, for outsiders 😉 Great work! 👍
hello from Hundested 🌸🌱

[poulmadsen]

I am going to Estonia soon and I've seen your video from Talling once before and I wanted to recapitulate what you had said about Dannebrog. Thanks for sharing this video

[joenthesaorgian]

Obviously, a lot of research and work was involved in this video, certainly, and some interesting material. Very well done, thank you.

[avejst]

Great video as always
Thanks for sharing your ride with all of us :-)

[helensahagian]

Thank you. That is awesome that you would travel that fare. You are a Great Dane. They should be very proud and happy to have you.I do love that flag.. 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰 I like to meet you when I come to Denmark.🇺🇸🇩🇰🇺🇸🇩🇰

[AshtonishingJelly]

I haven't noticed you did this! I only know because you mentioned it in another video! I am exited to watch this one!

[Joonaskaa]

Great editing. Music choices are great as well.

[CarlCOts]

Soo cool you where in my hometown and where my good friends Danes got there flag!🇩🇰🇪🇪

[denmark]

You are committed! 🙌 Enjoy your stay at “home”

[cartooncrazy]

It's wonderful that we have such good relations with all these countries

[eskilelgaard]

I love your videos. Thank you for all you guys for all your work!

[liskofod]

Thank you so much 🤗 I Hope you enjoy Your parrents 💞 I wish I could go 20 years back and I LOVED to visit Them 💞

[kasperkjrsgaard]

You know more about Denmark - and have seen more of Denmark - than most danes.
As a dane I can only say thank you. 🤗

[thomasfaaborg]

Some of the danish kings where members of the Knights Hospitaller/order of st. John and would fight side by side with the other knights of the order. The estonians where trying to split up the danish forces during the battle. The danish forces would converge around the king who was fighting under the flag of the Knights Hospitallers. The flag of the Knights Hospitallers is a white cross on a red background.

[benjaminchristensen]

It's interesting to see the director of the Danish Cultural Institute keeping the myth alive... When I worked at the Danish Cultural Institute in Tallinn (now merged with the institutes of Lithuania and Latvia). Well... When I was doing guided tours I was asked not to tell the origins of the myth in Tallinn, Estonia. In the early 1500s the Danish fransiscan munk Peder Olsen (Petrus Olai) was collecting tales of the Danish flag, and mentions the two original sources (since lost) which both ties the myth of the flag falling not to the battle of Lyndanisse (Tallinn) in 1219, but rather to the southern Estonian town of Viljandii in 1208... but first of all that was a minor battle of less importance and that part of Estonia later became part of the German part of Estonia... so Olsen decided to move the event to a more important battle and a place that became the center of the Danish presence in Estonia... and thus we have the myth now set in 1219 in Tallinn... wrong year... wrong city... Also note that big "wave-like" monument above the monument to the flag... it was originally planned to stand in front of the old monument, and have the flags of all the Nordic countries in color... when the plans were made public, I was asked to write a strongly worded complaint about this, as it would (according to the Danish cultural institute at the time), be equivalent to placing a Canadian flag permanently on the Statue of Liberty. In the end the flags of the other nations were left without color and the monument was moved to the platform above the old monument to Danish flag.

Oh... and it will be interesting to see you in Narva... Not far from there is a very odd historical monument in Danish history... in the small town of Sinimae stands the only (I believe) monument celebrating the Danes who joined the Waffen SS and fought on the German side in WW2.