Flag of Finland
Its colour palette includes blue and white.
Current flag
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Finland
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 11:18 height: width
Flag design
Nordic cross.
- Layout
- Cross
- Cross type
- Nordic cross
- Details
- Offset cross
- Colours
- Blue and white
Sources
- Proportion: Finlex – Laki Suomen lipusta 380/1978
Flag comparisons
What does Finland's flag mean?
Finland's flag has a blue Nordic cross on a white field and is commonly called the blue-cross flag. The cross places Finland within the Nordic flag tradition. Blue is commonly interpreted as referring to the country's lakes and sky, while white evokes snow, light and northern nature; these are customary interpretations rather than the flag's whole meaning.
The present flag was approved in 1918, soon after Finland declared independence in December 1917. A flag based on the lion coat of arms was used briefly before the blue-and-white cross became the national flag.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Finland
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Helsinki
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- FI
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- FIN
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 246
- Top-level domain
- .fi
- Area
- 337,030 km²
- Population
- 5,646,436 (2025)
- Currency
- EUR
- Calling code
- +358
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Finland (1562–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.
