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Municipal flags (Finland)

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My impression is that all the coats-of-arms, with the possible exception of that of Finland itself, as well as that of Åland Islands, are also valid as banners-of-arms; the official flags of those two places are the well-known Scandinavian crosses.
Lewis A. Nowitz, 27 December 2000

Most communities use banners-of-arms but flags' proportions vary: my current home town Oulu uses square banner-of-arms, but my birth town Kokkola uses something like 11:18. And some use "pennants-of-arms" or swallow-tailed flags or...
Ossi Raivio, 27 December 2000

Municipalities

Regions (maakunta, landskap)

  • Central Finland (Keski-Suomi, Mellersta Finland)
  • Central Ostrobothnia (Keski-Pohjanmaa, Mellersta Österbotten)
  • Eastern Uusimaa (Itä-Uusimaa, Östra Nyland)
  • Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi, Egentliga Finland)
  • Kainuu (Kainuu, Kajanaland)
  • Kymenlaakso (Kymenlaakso, Kymmenedalen)
  • Lapland (Lappi, Lapland)
  • Northern Karelia (Pohjois-Karjala, Norra Karelen)
  • Northern Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Norra Österbotten)
  • Northern Savonia (Pohjois-Savo, Norra Sav