Sámi flag
Use | Civil flag and ensign |
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Proportion | 75:101 |
Adopted | 15 August 1986 |
Designed by | Astrid Båhl |
The Sámi flag is the flag of
First Sámi flag
The first, unofficial Sámi flag was designed by Sami politician and activist Marit Stueng from Kárašjohka in 1962, using a blue, red, and yellow color pattern commonly used on gákti, the traditional Sámi garb.[1] The design was used locally in Kárašjohka as a flag, as well as in publications such as Kátalåga 1971.[2] Kátalåga 1971 was published in 1972 by the Karasjok Library for Sámi Literature, and the cover was designed by Nils Viktor Aslaksen.[3] With the growth of Sámi activism and the ČSV movement, several proposals for a Sámi flag were developed, although none gained prominence until the Alta controversy.[1]
In 1977, as the protests in
Second Sámi flag
The first official Sámi flag was recognized and inaugurated on 15 August 1986 by the 13th
The basic structure of the first Sámi flag was retained, but Båhl added the colour green, which is popular on many South Sámi gáktis. These four colours have been known since then as "the Sámi (national) colours". She also added a motif derived from a sun/moon symbol appearing on many
Children of the Sun
The motif was chosen with the poem "Päiven Pārne'" ("Sons of the Sun") in mind. The poem was written down by the South Sámi
Official status
Seventeen years after its adoption by the Sámi Council, in 2003, the Sámi flag received official status in Norway, the country with the largest Sámi population. It is now compulsory for municipalities in Norway to fly the flag on 6 February, the
(especially Lapland) on the same day.The Sámi Council earlier had full ownership to the flag and other national symbols, but since the 18th Sámi Conference they now share that ownership with the
Sami flag days
Date | English Name | Remarks |
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6 February | Sami National Day
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to commemorate the first Sámi conference in Trondheim , 1917.
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25 March | The Annunciation | |
24 June | Midsummer | |
9 August | The U.N. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. | |
15 August | Day of the Sami Flag | The Sami flag was recognized on 15 August 1986. |
18 August | Day of the Saami Council | The Saami Council was formed on 18 August 1956. |
26 August | Inauguration Day of the Swedish Sami Parliament | The Swedish Sami Parliament was inaugurated on 26 August 1993. |
9 October | Inauguration Day of the Norwegian Sami Parliament | The Norwegian Sami Parliament was inaugurated on 9 October 1989. |
9 November | Formation Day of the Finnish Sami Parliament | The Finnish Sami Parliament was formed on 9 November 1973.
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15 November | Isak Saba day or The day of the Sami National Anthem. | The composer of the Sami "National Anthem", Isak Saba, was born on 15 November 1875. |
29 November | Elsa Laula Renberg day | Elsa Laula Renberg was born on 29 November 1877. She was the chair of the organizing committee of the first Sámi Assembly of 1917 in Trondheim. |
Related symbols
Sámi Parliaments
The logo of the
Finnmark Estate
Finnmárkuopmodat, the autonomous entity established by the
Russian Sámi Organs
The elected Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Sámi of Murmansk Province uses a symbol heavily inspired by the flag: two reindeer horns joined like a crescent, the upper half red and the lower half blue, between the halves are two stripes in yellow and green. The official Centre for Indigenous People in Murmansk Province, under which the official Council of Indigenous Peoples under the [Provincial] Government operates, uses a logo also inspired by the flag: a circle, left half blue and right half red, at the centre of which is a brown
References
- ^ a b c Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel; Gaski, Harald (2019). "Sameflagget" [Sámi Flag]. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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- ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (31 October 2013). "– Flagget har bare èn opphavsperson" [– The flag has only one author]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- National Museum. Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Saamiraddi". www.saamicouncil.net.
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- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). www.skolenettet.no. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
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- ^ "FeFo logo". FeFo (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.