SCANDLINES.

The earlier triangular emblem has yellow, blue and red in clockwise order. It appears on the Bryggan postcard and is confirmed by a photograph of Aurora af Helsingborg on 30 May 1994.

The white flag carries a point-down triangle formed from three trapezoid blocks: red above, dark yellow to the left and blue to the right. The company explains red as Denmark, blue as Sweden and yellow as Germany. The order differs from the earlier emblem. Menja carries the logo on its white superstructure because its funnels are too small, and photographs confirm the flag and the funnel design on other vessels.

António Martins-Tuvalkin observed the same emblem on a dark-blue flag at Helsingor harbour, whereas flags aboard and on the Swedish side were usually white. Aurora af Helsingborg also appears to fly a dark version in a later photograph. Rosanoski notes that a dark-blue element would not stand out on a dark-blue field and that the funnel emblem appears lighter blue; the precise shades remain uncertain.

Rosanoski suggests that the changed colour order might reflect geography, or perhaps the country of a vessel’s registration. Neither explanation is established.