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According to Danish legend, in the early 13th century, the Danish king Valdemar Sejr (Valdemar the Victorious) led his army on a crusade in present-day Estonia. During a battle on June 15, 1219, the Danes were on the defensive when suddenly a red banner with a white cross fell from the sky. As a result, the luck changed, the Danish army won, and Denmark got its flag. It is considered to be the world's oldest national flag still in use, by now over 800 years. The name of the Danish flag is Dannebrog. The word itself translates to "Danish cloth" or "well-made cloth". More