Municipal flags (Finland)

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• About Finnish municipal flags
• Flags of municipalities (cities, towns)
• Flags of regions (maakunta, landskap)

See also:

• Flags of Provinces (Finland)
• Finland

• Ossi Raivio's page with Finnish municipal arms

About Finnish municipal flags

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

• Helsinki (Helsinki, Helsingfors)

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 Savolax)
• Ostrobothnia (Pohjanmaa, Österbotten)
• Pirkanmaa (Pirkanmaa, Birkaland)
• Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme, Päijänne Tavastland)
• Satakunta (Satakunta, Satakunda)
• Southern Karelia (Etelä-Karjala, Södra Karelen)
• Southern Ostrobothnia (Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Södra Österbotten)
• Southern Savonia (Etelä-Savo, Södra Savolax)
• Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme, Egentliga Tavastland)
• Uusimaa (Uusimaa, Nyland)