The flag of Sápmi (or Lapland) was adopted on 15 August 1986 at the 13th Nordic Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden. Sápmi lies mostly within the Arctic Circle, stretching through northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s Kola Peninsula. Designed by Astrid Båhl, the flag defeated over 70 other designs in a competition. It then replaced […]
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Flag of Norway: the mother of all flags
Designed in 1821 by MP Fredrik Meltzer (1779-1855), Norway’s flag is older than most though by no means the world’s oldest. With proportions of 8:11, it certainly is not the largest. Nor is its design unique, since all Scandinavian nations (except Greenland) use the iconic Nordic Cross. Red, white and blue are colours used by […]
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