Flag of Minnesota |Use||Civil and state flag| |Adopted||August
2, 1983| |Design||State seal on a medium blue field| |Designed
by||Pauline Fjelde| Flag design  The first flag of the state of
Minnesota was adopted in 1893; at that time a prototype flag was
commissioned from the local embroiderer Pauline Fjelde, which
won a gold medal at the Chicago World's Fair. The 1893 flag,
designed by the Amelia Hyde Center of Minneapolis, was white on
one side and light blue on the other. In the center was the
state seal wreathed with white moccasin flowers, on a blue
field. A red ribbon in the seal bore a motto, L'étoile du nord
(French for "The North Star"). The years 1819 (establishment of
Fort Snelling), 1858 (statehood) and 1893 (adoption of the first
state flag) appeared in gold around the state seal. "Minnesota"
was written under the state seal in gold and 19 gold stars
arranged in clusters to form the points of a star, representing
the fact that Minnesota was the 19th state added after the
original 13 states. 87 ci