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Sápmi Flag - vertical bands of red, green, yellow and blue, overlaid with a circle divided vertically blue and red

Flag of Sápmi

Sápmi (commonly known as Lapland) is mostly located within the Arctic Circle, stretching through the north of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia’s Kola Peninsula. The Sami people (or Lapps) adopted their current flag on 15th August 1986 at the 13th Nordic Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden. Designed by Astrid Båhl, it saw off competition from […]

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