Flag of the Swedish-speaking Finns

The unofficial flag of Finland Sweden (Swedish: Finlandssvenska flaggan; Finnish: Suomenruotsalaisten Lippu ) is a symbol of Finland Sweden, the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. However, it is not well known and is rarely used.

Description

The flag of Finland Sweden is a Scandinavian cross flag with a yellow cross on a red background, the colors of the Finnish national emblem and former Swedish coat of arms colors for Finland, when the country was still under Swedish rule. The colors are, among others, still in the arms of the Finnish landscape Varsinais -Suomi (Swedish: Egentliga Finland; German: " Finland Proper " ) to see The cross represents the unity with the other Nordic countries, particularly Sweden..

There are no official guidelines of the Finnish Government for a uniform width ratio of the cross, but applies a width that is at least the flag of Sweden ( 5:2:9 horizontally and 4:2:4 vertically ) and a maximum of the flag of Finland ( 5:3: 11 horizontally and 4:3:4 vertically ) corresponds. For the above image, the width ratio was 4:2:7 horizontally and 3:2:3 vertically chosen.

Also a yellow Scandinavian cross on a red background flying the flag of Skåne. The flag of Finland Sweden but has a wider cross and the red boxes in the leech are, in contrast to the Scanian flag, not square.

History

The flag is based on a proposal as a merchant flag and in 1917 presented by the flag committee of the Senate. The draft contained nine white roses in the upper left corner and was one of the candidates for the flag of Finland, when the country declared itself independent in 1917. The current Finnish state flag was officially adopted on 28 May 1918.

That the flag of Finland, Sweden is relatively unknown because it is not often used, it was in June 1999 when asked for a flag for the Swedish-speaking minority in a Congress of the Finnish Swedish People's Party and a flag was proposed with a red cross on a yellow background. Result was that there were several indications of citizens that already existed a flag of Finland Sweden.

In today's contracts relating to the Finland Sweden, stipulates that in addition to the Finnish flag, albeit unofficially, the flag of Finland, Sweden may be used to represent the minority.

While the flag of Finland, Sweden is relatively unknown, the Finnish spread " hosts " Stander (Swedish: husbondsvimplar; Finnish: isännänviirit ) in the Swedish-speaking areas, especially in the countryside, the more popular it shows the presence of the landlord and is in. the colors of the landscape held. landscapes in the bilingual Ostrobothnia, Uusimaa and Varsinais -Suomi Finland Sweden the use separate Stander.