European Free Trade Association

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by Herman De Wael, 20 June 1998

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Right across from several EU 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

by Herman De Wael, 22 June 1998
1986 EFTA Flag

Let's see if we can find the list of EFTA members through the ages :

1959 : AT, DK, NO, PT, SE, CH, GB
1961 : AT, DK, NO, PT, SE, CH, GB / FI (associate member)
???? : AT, DK, NO, PT, SE, CH, GB / FI, LI (associate members)
1970 : AT, DK, IS, NO, PT, SE, CH, GB / FI, LI (associate members)
1973 : AT, IS, NO, PT, SE, CH / FI, LI (associate members)
1986 : AT, IS, FI, NO, SE, CH / LI (associate member) (maybe two separate changes : FI in, PT out)
1991 : AT, IS, FI, LI, NO, SE, CH
1995 : IS, LI, NO, CH

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