svalbard

Today's view: www.panoramio.com/photo/43481516

This must be photographed after 1905, since the "sildesalat" (herring salad) is not present in the Norwegian flag. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_badge_of_Norway_and_Sweden

epikuros1: Sildesalaten was discontinued in 1898. It says so in your source. May I suggest you read it better the next time?

Of course, always do! The norwegian state flag got rid of the herring salad in practice on the 15th december 1899 (not in 1898). But this is not a state flag, it is a split flag (orlogsflagg). Split flags continued to have the herring salad until a couple of days after the dissolution of the union. But when I look at this flag more closely I have to say it looks more like a "postal flag" - I therefore hope a norwegian postal historian could enlighten us more on this issue.

Surely this must be what is mentioned here: "In 1896 Vesteraalens Steamship Co built a simple tourist hotel in Advent Bay and started a regular service between the mainland and Svalbard." Source: home.online.no/~polar-ps/engtxt1.html

The flag above is most likely to be a Norwegian postal flag. As in geirrosset source - Fred G writes; the Norwegian postal authorities puts up a "letter house" in this tourist house. Mind you; Spitsbergen is at this time still a No Mans Land! This official action by the postal authorities creates attention in the media, and opens again up the debate about Spitsbergen's international status and the wish to get the archipelagos under Norwegian sovereignty.

Title says: Fra Danskøerne - From the danish islands.

Bellissimo paesaggio!!!