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Flag of Finland

On a white background, Finland Flag landscapes a blue Nordic cross, which signifies Christianity. The Finland flag has colors of Blue and White. The national flag of Finland has a coat of arms in the middle, but is otherwise indistinguishable to the civil flag. The swallow-tailed state flag is used by the armed. The presidential normal is undistinguishable to the swallow-tailed state flag but also has in its top left corner the Cross of Liberty. Like Sweden's, Finland's national flag is founded on the Scandinavian cross.

It was accepted after independence from Russia, when many loyal Finns required a special flag for their country, but its design was created during 19th century. Finnish flag has blue coloring is said to signify the country's thousands of lakes and the sky, with white for the snow that concealments the land in winter. This color blend has also been used over the periods in various Finnish regional, military, and town flags.

History of Finland Flag

The present blue-crossed design was initially used in Finland by Nyländska Jaktklubben, a yacht club founded in Helsinki in 1861. In addition, the blue cross on the white contextual, the yacht club flag had the crowned arms of the area of Uusimaa within two traversed branches in the top hoist quarter. Except for the location of the cross, the flag was alike to the flag of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club, originated the previous year. The design can be traced to the Russian Navy ensign, which has a blue cross saltire on a white contextual. During the Crimean War, Finnish merchant ships took by the British-French fleet flew a flag called Flag of St. George, which was founded on the Russian Customs flag. In this variant, the cross was solvent than in the modern flag, and the sizes were equal. Another blue-cross flag was made authorized in 1861 for private vessels.

Finland Flag Design and Symbolic Meaning

The yellow color always lies outside the RBG color space. The blue color signifies sea blue, which is a dark to medium blue. However, the color is not very dark navy blue, or greenish shade such as turquoise or cyan. It may be substituted for heraldic tincture azure. Red and yellow are used in the coat of arms that seems on the state flag.

About Finland

Finland located in Northern Europe. It shares borders with the Gulf of Bothnia, Norway to the north, Sweden to the northwest, Gulf of Finland, Russia to the east, and Baltic Sea. The total inhabitants in the country are 55 lacs and population density is 17 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Finland is a parliamentary representative democracy. The official language of Finland is Finnish, Swedish, Saami and Inari. The currency that land follows is Euro. Finland comprises of two letters Finland code i.e. FI and its three letters Finland code is FIN and in digits it is 246. The calling code is +358 and the UTC i.e. standard time followed in Finland is UTC +03 hours.

Being parliamentary representative democracy, Finland comprises a total of seven independent provinces.

Finland Country Information

Country Finland
Continent Europe
Official languages Finnish, Swedish
Capital Helsinki
Finland Flag Colors Blue, White
Currency Euro € (EUR)

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Finland Time Zones

CET UTC+02:00
CEST UTC+03:00

Finland Codes

Internet TLD FI
Three-letter country code FIN
Three-digit country code 246
Calling code +358

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