Kven flag
The official flag of the Kven people
The Kven flag (Kven: kvääniflaku) has been officially used as a symbol to represent the Kven people of Norway, Sweden, and Finland since 2009. It was designed by Bengt Johansson-Kyrö.
Design
The Kven flag was designed by the artist Bengt Johansson-Kyrö. The flag has a dark blue background and a motif of a sunflower or sunflower (aurinkonkukka or auringonkukka) which has been found on several artifacts such as hunting horns, looms, and boats, and is still used in traditional käsityö (Kven handicrafts).
Use of the flag
The flag's design was ready in 2007. The Kvenlandsförbundet organized a competition to have a Kven flag made. Johansson-Kyrö's design won the competition. It was only in 2009 that the Kvenlandsförbundet decided to adopt the flag. This happened at a meeting with members from Norway, Sweden and Finland.
The flag was first used on a public flagpole outside the town hall in Kiruna Municipality in Sweden on Kven people's day in 2013.
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