Sami flag - Definition

The Sami flag is the flag of the Sami people. It was officially recognized in 1986 by the Nordic Sami Conference (Nordiska Samekonferensen) to be used in Sami contexts. It was designed by Astrid Båhl from Skibotn in Troms, Norway.

The four colors of the Sami flag (red, blue, green and yellow) are the colours of gakti, the traditional Sami costume. The circle is intended to symbolise both the moon and the sun, the blue part representing the moon and the red part the sun.

Sami flag days

• February 6 - The Sami "National Day", to commemorate the meeting in Trondheim, 1917.
• March 25 - The Annunciation
• June - Midsummer
• August 9 - The United Nations' international indigenous people day.
• August 15 - The Sami flag was recognized on august 15, 1986. (The composer of the Sami "National Anthem", Isak Saba, was born August 15, 1875.)
• August 18 - The Sami Council was formed in 1956.
• August 26 - The Swedish Sami Parliament was inaugurated in 1993.
• October 9 - The Norwegean Sami Parliament was formed in 1989.
• November 9 - The Finnish Sami Parliament was formed in 1973.