A Danish warship is on its way to plant a flag on an Arctic island near Greenland, in the latest move of a territorial spat between Copenhagen and Ottawa.

To celebrate Tasmania's own locally born royal, the Danish flag was yesterday flown at parliament house along with the Australian and state flags.The Aboriginal flag was taken down to fit it.

The Aboriginal flag is usually one of three flying high above Tasmanian Parliament, but a swap for Danish colours has prompted a call for the Indigenous flag to no longer be flown.