Finnish Flag Day (Suomen lipun päivä /Finnish Flag day) is celebrated during the summer solstice — at the brightest time of the year. This public holiday and national day off coincides with the national holiday of Midsummer's Day and other events of the onset of real summer«. It is celebrated on Saturday between June 20 and 26.
The flag of Finland — is one of the state symbols of the Republic of Finland, it is a white rectangular panel with a blue Scandinavian cross. There are national (civil) and national flags of Finland. The first is a rectangular panel with a blue cross. The second is rectangular and with « braids», where the national coat of arms of Finland is depicted in a square in the center of the blue cross.
From the Finnish flag law: Everyone has the right to raise the national flag.
Anyone who publicly damages or disrespects the Finnish flag or takes the Finnish flag for public display without permission must be fined for insulting the Finnish flag.
Official flag raising days in Finland are:
1. Runeberg Day.
2. People's Epic Day «Kalevala».
3. Equality Day, Minna Kant Day.
4. Mikael Agricola Day, Finnish Language Day.
5. National Veterans Day.
6. The holiday of the first of May, Finnish Labor Day.
7. Europe Day.
8. Mother's Day.
9. Johan Wilhelm Snellmann Day, Finnish Self-awareness Day.
10. Day of Remembrance of the Dead (third Sunday of May).
11. Day of the banner of the Defensive Forces, birthday of Marshal of Finland Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim.
12. Midsummer Day, Finnish Flag Day.
13. Eino Leino Day, a day of summer and poetry.
14. Alexis Kiwi Day, Finnish Literature Day.
15. United Nations Day.
16. Swedish Culture Day.
17. Father's Day (second Sunday in November).
18. Finnish Independence Day.
19. Jan Sibelius and Finnish Music Day.