So here in Austria it has become somewhat common at sporting events for companies to hand out Austrian flags (for free) that have a company logo on the back side. So one side is the flag, and the company logo on the back, for example [like this](https://i.imgur.com/Dq3ThHS.jpg). Another very common one is an Austrian beer brand (Gösser) on the flags at skiing events in Austria.
What do you think about this? Do they do this in your country?
Personally, I don’t like it. I am *not* a big flag-waver or even a nationalist or flag-fetishist but the more I think about it the more I come to the conclusion that it’s not right to mix the national symbol with outright commercialism. If you want to be a nice company, hand out proper flags without a logo on them.
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Very often the company logo will be superimposed on the flag. Very common with beer brands. The irony is that you can get fined if you hang a flag like that out of your window because it’s unlawful advertising. So yeah, I think it’s kinda dumb.
I remember noticing that when watching ski jumping on TV from German venues, where everybody had flags that were the German flag on one side and the Audi logo on the other side. I think I’ve also seen Austrian flags with the Viessmann logo.
Seeing flags like that did struck me as very peculiar. Doing that with the Norwegian flag would be unthinkable to me, and would definitely cause a lot of controversy here imo.
I’m sorry, I’m not much of a flag-waver either and I hate it. It’s like selling the country to the highest bidder. I’ve never seen the UK flag with advertising on it (but I have seen advertising with the flag on it, so the opposite).
I don’t think I’ve seen it done before but even if it was I think no one here would care. Our flag isn’t sacred and while plenty of people are proud to be Dutch even most of them probably wouldn’t care. It’s just a piece of cloth.
Haven’t seen it with the Norwegian flag (so far) and would not like it at all.
I’m fine with football fans writing text on the flag, but that’s as far as I’m willing to go. Commercial logos would be a big no-no for me.
It’s more common to add the Spanish flag to your logo than adding your logo to the Spanish flag.
This usually means they’re proud of being “made in Spain”, some Spanish fashion brands do this, and they’re usually (not always, but many times) catered to a richer, posh kind of crowd.