European Free Trade Association

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by Herman De Wael

• Members of the European Free Trade Association
• Description of the flag
• Changes in the coimposition of European Free Trade Association
• 1986-1991 flag

See also:

• European organizations and movements
• International organizations

Members of the European Free Trade Association

• Iceland
• Liechtenstein
• Norway
• Switzerland

Description of the flag

Right across from several European Union buildings in Brussels is one of the secretariats of EFTA, the European Free Trade Association, which still exists, and is nowadays composed of just four member states : Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The flags of these four nations, and the EFTA flag adorn this building.

Herman De Wael, 20 June 1998

Changes in the composition of the European Free Trade Association

• 1959: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
• 1961: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom / Finland (associate member)
• ???? : Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom / Finland, Liechtenstein (associate members)
• 1970: Austria, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom / Finland, Liechtenstein (associate members)
• 1973: Austria, Iceland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland / Finland, Liechtenstein (associate members)
• 1986: Austria, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland / Liechtenstein (associate member)
• 1991: Austria, Iceland, Finland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland
• 1995: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland

Herman De Wael, 22 June 1998

1986-1991 flag

by Herman De Wael

I have an atlas published in 1988 and has the logo of EFTA. The logo has the initials EFTA inside a ring of six 2:3 flags. These are (clockwise and starting from top): Norway; Sweden; Switzerland; Austria; Finland and Iceland.

Jorge Candeias, 22 June 1998