This Arctic specialist of the emoji world represents Svalbard & Jan Mayen—two remote, Norwegian-administered locales—but it visually shows the Norwegian flag. Think polar bears, midnight sun, auroras, and the Global Seed Vault tucked into Svalbard’s permafrost; plus Jan Mayen’s icy volcano, Beerenberg, looming like a final boss. People drop this flag when flexing Arctic travel, posting aurora pics, or channeling “end of the map” energy. It also pops up in climate-science threads, expedition updates, or ironically when someone delivers an ice-cold take.
On Apple/iOS, expect the classic Norway look: a rich red field with a navy-blue Nordic cross crisply outlined in white, waving slightly on a silver pole with a soft, glossy gradient. The off-center cross (closer to the hoist) and clean contrast make it instantly recognizable. Online, it pairs well with ❄️🐻❄️🧊 to say “freezing,” gets used for shipping-status limbo in the far north, and sometimes memes as “North of the Wall” vibes. Basically: Norway’s flag, but dialed to Arctic Explorer Mode.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1979 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture | ![]() |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
| ASCII Conversion | |
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| Keywords |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 18 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇸🇯 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇸🇯 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇸 🇯 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇸 🇯 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1f8, 1f1ef |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1F8, U+1F1EF |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127480, 127471 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB8, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAF |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 B8, F0 9F 87 AF |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 270, 360 237 207 257 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDF8, 0xD83C 0xDDEF |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddf8, d83cddef |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56824, 55356 56815 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1F8 0x0001F1EF |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1F8, 01F1EF |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127480, 127471 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1F8\U0001F1EF" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xb8\xf0\x9f\x87\xaf" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDEF" |