๐ธ๐ฏ Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji
The Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji ๐ธ๐ฏ is the two-letter flag sequence for SJ. Tap the copy button to paste it anywhere.
How the Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji looks on different platforms

Windows does not draw country flag emoji: it shows the two letters SJ instead. Emoji images: Twemoji (CC BY 4.0), Noto Emoji (Apache 2.0), OpenMoji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
What the Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji means
Svalbard and Jan Mayen is a Norwegian territory in the Arctic. Svalbard is known for polar bears, the midnight sun and the Global Seed Vault, and its largest town Longyearbyen is among the northernmost towns in the world. Jan Mayen is a volcanic island with a weather station and no permanent residents. Both are governed under Norwegian law, and many platforms draw the emoji with the Norwegian flag.
About 2,500 people live on Svalbard, so the emoji is rarely used outside Arctic travel and science posts.
How to type the Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji
On iPhone and Android, open the emoji keyboard and search for "Svalbard & Jan Mayen" or "flag". On a Mac, press Ctrl+Cmd+Space and search the same way. On Windows, press Win + . to open the emoji panel. Note that Windows shows the two letters SJ instead of a flag, because it does not include flag artwork. The emoji is made of two regional indicator symbols, S and J, which platforms combine into one flag.
Popular combinations
- ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ปโโ๏ธ for polar bears
- ๐ธ๐ฏโ๏ธ for Arctic winter
- ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ for northern lights
- ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ด for Norway
Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji codes
| Unicode | U+1F1F8 U+1F1EF |
|---|---|
| HTML entity | 🇸🇯 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1EF |
| JavaScript / JSON | \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddef |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1EF |
| Shortcode | :flag_sj: |
| Made of | regional indicator symbol letter S + regional indicator symbol letter J |
| Emoji version | Emoji 1.0 / Unicode 6.0 (2010) |
Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji FAQ
Why does the Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji show as letters?
Windows does not draw country flag emojis, so ๐ธ๐ฏ appears as the letters SJ. iPhone, Android, macOS and most browsers on those systems show the flag.
How do I get the Svalbard & Jan Mayen flag emoji on Windows?
Copy it from this page and paste it into a chat or document. It will display as SJ in apps that use Windows fonts, but other people on iPhone or Android will see the flag. Some apps, such as Discord, draw their own flag images.
Why does it look like the Norwegian flag?
Svalbard and Jan Mayen has no flag of its own, so many platforms show ๐ธ๐ฏ with the Norwegian design.
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