Finland

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by Ossi Raivio 27 October 1998

The National Flag:

• Description of Flag
• State Flag and Ensign
• Swallow-tailed State (War) Flag and Ensign
• Naval Jack
• About dimensions in Scandinavian flags
• Finland Flag Law and Customs
• Flags of Office and Rank
• Regional and Organizational Flags
• Cultural and Economic Entities
• Historical flags of Finland

National Flag and Ensign: Blue cross on white, proportions 11:18 - (5:3:10):(4:3:4).
Adopted: 26 May 1978

Ossi Raivio 27 October 1998

by Ossi Raivio 20 October 1998

Rectangular state flag. Blue cross on white with coat-of-arms of the state in the middle square of the cross. The coat-of-arms has a yellow contour (width 3/40 units) to avoid the touch of blue and red colour.

Ossi Raivio 25 September 1996

Ratio: 11:18 = (4:3:4):(5:3:10)
Adopted: 26 May 1978

Ossi Raivio 20 October 1998

by Ossi Raivio 27 October 1998

Swallow-tailed state flag (Old name: War flag). Blue cross on white with coat-of-arms of th4e state in the middle square of the cross. Depth of the swallows is 6 units. Formerly it was the Finnish war flag. The coat-of-arms has a yellow contour (width 3/40 units) to avoid the touch of blue and red colour.

Ossi Raivio 25 September 1996

Ratio: 11:19 = (4+3+4):(5+3+6+5)
Adopted: 26 May 1978

Ossi Raivio 27 October 1998

by Ossi Raivio 25 October 1998

The jack of Finland is a white square flag with a square banner of the arms on it (or a square banner with a thick white border). [bro68]

Pascal Vagnat 02 May 1996

Ratio: 11:11, red square (6 3/8):(6 3/8)
Use: jack
Adopted: 23 August 1971

Before introduction of this flag the war flag was used as a jack, too.

Ossi Raivio 25 October 1998

Scandinavian crosses are measured by the width of the color, as shown in the diagram above. In the case of Finland, horizontally there are 5 units of white, 3 units of blue, and 10 units of white. Vertically the flag has 4 units of white, 3 unit of blue, and 4 units of white.

See also: Denmark, Iceland,

Edward Mooney, Jr. 20 December 1999

by Mark Sensen 17 December 1997

Flagmaster no 4, Winter 1971, has an article about the flags of the capital cities of Europe. Is states the flag of Helsinki was adopted or used for the first time in 1967 for an exhibition. Is this correct?
Pascal Vagnat, 12 November 1999