Flag of Finland
What the flag means
- Blue cross — the thousands of lakes and the sky
- White — the snow-covered land
Design set by: Laki Suomen lipusta (380/1978) / Lag om Finlands flagga (380/1978), 1 § · Adopted 1918
Highlights
- 🧖 The true home of the sauna
- 🎅 Auroras and Santa's village
- 📚 World-class education
- 📱 A nation of tech innovation
- 😊 Tops the World Happiness Report
Quick facts
- Region
- Europe · Northern Europe
- Population
- 5,646,436 people (2025)
- Area
- 338,424 km²
- Capital
- Helsinki
- Languages
- Finnish, English
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Organizations
- United Nations, European Union, NATO, OECD
Similar flags
Nordic crosses
Neighboring countries
Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.
Data Sources
- What the flag means: Laki Suomen lipusta (380/1978) / Lag om Finlands flagga (380/1978), 1 §
- Population: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL), latest available value
- Area: World countries in JSON, CSV, XML and YAML
- Organizations: Membership of Principal UN Organs
- Organizations: Member States of the European Union
- Organizations: What is NATO? Member countries
- Organizations: Members and partners