What does ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland Flag mean?
A red Nordic cross edged in white on a blue field, colours often said to stand for volcanic fire, ice and the mountains. Icelanders celebrate National Day on 17 June, and the flag became famous worldwide alongside the thunderous โViking clapโ of football fans. Travellers use it for the northern lights, waterfalls, hot springs and Ring Road trips.
Technically, ๐ฎ๐ธ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ฎ ๐ธ, which spell the region code IS. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters IS instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
Example messages
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Iceland Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Iceland Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ฎ๐ธ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-is:.
When was the Iceland Flag emoji added?
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Iceland Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (IS). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ฎ๐ธ flag.