Rowing- and Kayaking Associations (Denmark)

Ro- og Kajak-Foreninger

Last modified: 2025-08-09 by klaus-michael schneider
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• Dansk Forening for Rosport (Danish Rowing Sport Association)
• Centralforeningen for Jydske Roklubber (Central Association of Rowing Clubs of Jutland)
• Dansk Kajak-Forbund (Danish Kayak Union

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• Denmark
• Danish Rowing- and Kayaking Clubs

Dansk Forening for Rosport

The state ensign with yellow emblem in the canton consisting of the letters "D.F.f.R." (Dansk Forening for Rosport) over two oars in saltire, all golden. The oars are set with the broader side upwards, but the Flaggenbuch (1939) drawing does not show these, instead the have what look like small cross-bars at the lower ends to signify the way they are held in the rowlocks. The flag was adopted in 1888 and would presumably still be in use. The flag was approved by royal resolution on 14 March 1888.
Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 25 Jan 2000 and Željko Heimer, 3 June 2004

Just to point out that Dansk Forening for Rosport, have a website.
In the shop they offer a "Vimpel med den tidligere logo" (burgee/pennant with previous logo). I don´t know what that looks like, though, nor whether they also have one with the current logo. They also offer  "Langtursflag", which I would say is the flag we show.
That flag, however, I would not call a "yacht flag", which is the topic of the page where we describe it. The DFfR is, after all, not a yacht club but rather the Danish Rowing Sport Association.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 9 Jan 2012

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The Danish Rowing Association (Dansk Forening for Rosport) received its own split flag on 12 March 1888. It was basically the current flag, but the oars were shaped as so called square blades (model 1847) (see left image above). The current (see right image above) of the Danish Rowing Association (Dansk Forening for Rosport) displays oars in Mason design (1960) with one short and broad blade and one narrow and long blade, the inscription is (sometimes) not dotted.
Sources: Jes Fabricius Miller: "Why are leisure boats using split flags?" (in Christian Dagblad, a newspaper, 10 July 2015) and photographic evidence and
Source: Pedersen 1979, p.167
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 9 Mar 2021

Centralforeningen for Jydske Roklubber

The state ensign with golden emblem in the canton consisting of the letters "C.F.J.R." (Centralforeningen for Jydske Roklubber) over two oars in saltire, all golden, approved by royal resolution on 3 April 1897.
Source: Pedersen 1979, p.167
Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 25 Jan 2000 and Željko Heimer, 6 June 2004

Dansk Kajak-Forbund

The state ensign with golden inscription in the canton consisting of the letters "D.K.F." (Dansk Kajak-Forbund), approved by royal resolution on royal resolution of 18 July 1934.
Jose C. Alegria Diaz, 25 Jan 2000 and Željko Heimer 6 June 2004
Source: Pedersen 1979, p.167

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