The first, unofficial Sámi flag was designed by Sami politician and activist Marit Stueng from Kárašjohka in 1962, using a blue, red, and yellow color pattern commonly used on gákti, the traditional Sámi garb.[1] The design was used locally in Kárašjohka as a flag, as well as in publications such as Kátalåga 1971.[2]Kátalåga 1971 was published in 1972 by the Karasjok Library for Sámi Literature, and the cover was designed by Nils Viktor Aslaksen.[3] With the growth of Sámi activism and the ČSV movement, several proposals for a Sámi flag were developed, although none gained prominence until the Alta controversy.[1]
In 1977, as the protests in Alta over a dam on the Altaelva grew, Sámi artist Synnøve Persen from Porsáŋgu made the artworks "Forslag til Samisk flagg" (Blueprint for a Sámi Flag) and "Sámiland for Sámi", both of which used a design similar to Stueng's flag. Persen credited other Nordic flags and traditional Sámi designs for her proposal. Despite the earlier origin of Stueng's flag, Persen's work gained notice and became a symbol of the Alta protests.[1] Persen's artworks were acquired by the National Museum in 2018, after being featured locally and internationally in multiple media and exhibitions;[4] it is usually introduced as "the first Sámi flag" without reference to Marit Stueng.
Second Sámi flag
The Sami flag flying outside a cabin
The first official Sámi flag was recognized and inaugurated on 15 August 1986 by the 13th Nordic Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden. The flag was the result of a competition sponsored by the newspaper Sámi Áigi for which more than seventy suggestions were entered. In the end, one new design was considered against the existing, unofficial flag - and came out winning. The design was submitted by the Coast Sámi artist Astrid Båhl from Ivgubahta/Skibotn, in Tromssa/Troms county, Norway.
The basic structure of the first Sámi flag was retained, but Båhl added the colour green, which is popular on many South Sámi gáktis. These four colours have been known since then as "the Sámi (national) colours". She also added a motif derived from a sun/moon symbol appearing on many shaman's drums. While the drawings on shaman's drums were only made in red (using an extract of the sacred alder tree), the motif on the flag uses both blue and red — the first representing the moon, the latter representing the sun. The Pantone colour formula used is: red 485C, green 356C, yellow 116C and blue 286C.[5][6]
Children of the Sun
Sámi drum with sun-moon symbol (upper left)
The motif was chosen with the poem "Päiven Pārne'" ("Sons of the Sun") in mind. The poem was written down by the South Sámi Protestant priest Anders Fjellner in the mid-1800s from a joik rich with elements of Sámi shamanism.[7] The poem describes the Sámi as "sons and daughters of the sun",[5] through the union between a female "giant" (an unidentified mythological entity) who lives in a "House of Death" far in the North, and the Sun's male offspring with whom she elopes.[7] The Sámi are also referred to as "offspring of the Sons of the Sun" in "Sami soga lavlla," the Sámi national anthem.[5]
Official status
Seventeen years after its adoption by the Sámi Council, in 2003, the Sámi flag received official status in Norway, the country with the largest Sámi population. It is now compulsory for municipalities in Norway to fly the flag on 6 February, the Sámi National Day.[citation needed] The flag is also flown in parts of Finland and Sweden (especially Lapland) on the same day.
The Sámi Council earlier had full ownership to the flag and other national symbols, but since the 18th Sámi Conference they now share that ownership with the Sámi Parliamentary Council. The joint committee of national symbols also has the duty right to determine new national symbols in accordance with international principles of heraldry.[citation needed]
Finnmárkuopmodat, the autonomous entity established by the Finnmark Act has a logo that according to the entity's website "gets it colours from the Sámi and the Norwegian flag, as a symbol that the Finnmark Estate feels related to and responsible for both Sámi and Kvens, as well as ethnic Norwegians. [...] The circular shape... refers both to the Sámi flag's sun-symbol and to the solid and safe envelopment of a circle. [...] It is opened up to allow the Northern Lights a gateway into the Norwegian and the Sámi flag's colours."[10]
Russian Sámi Organs
The elected Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Sámi of Murmansk Province uses a symbol heavily inspired by the flag: two reindeer horns joined like a crescent, the upper half red and the lower half blue, between the halves are two stripes in yellow and green. The official , under which the official Council of Indigenous Peoples under the [Provincial] Government operates, uses a logo also inspired by the flag: a circle, left half blue and right half red, at the centre of which is a brown lávvu, a blue line symbolizing water, and a multicoloured line symbolizing the Aurora Borealis, the colours of the latter being from left to right red, yellow, green and blue.
References
^ abcBerg-Nordlie, Mikkel; Gaski, Harald (2019). "Sameflagget" [Sámi Flag]. Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^Larsen, Dan Robert (31 October 2013). "– Flagget har bare èn opphavsperson" [– The flag has only one author]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^Magnesen, Kristine. "My Country Has No Colours". National Museum. Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
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^ ab(PDF). www.skolenettet.no. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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The Sami flag is the flag of Sapmi and the Sami people one of the indigenous people groups of the Nordic countries and the Kola Peninsula of the Russian Federation Sami flagUseCivil flag and ensignProportion75 101Adopted15 August 1986Designed byAstrid Bahl Contents 1 First Sami flag 2 Second Sami flag 2 1 Children of the Sun 3 Official status 4 Sami flag days 5 Related symbols 5 1 Sami Parliaments 5 2 Finnmark Estate 5 3 Russian Sami Organs 6 ReferencesFirst Sami flag Edit The first unofficial Sami flag The first unofficial Sami flag was designed by Sami politician and activist Marit Stueng from Karasjohka in 1962 using a blue red and yellow color pattern commonly used on gakti the traditional Sami garb 1 The design was used locally in Karasjohka as a flag as well as in publications such as Katalaga 1971 2 Katalaga 1971 was published in 1972 by the Karasjok Library for Sami Literature and the cover was designed by Nils Viktor Aslaksen 3 With the growth of Sami activism and the CSV movement several proposals for a Sami flag were developed although none gained prominence until the Alta controversy 1 In 1977 as the protests in Alta over a dam on the Altaelva grew Sami artist Synnove Persen from Porsaŋgu made the artworks Forslag til Samisk flagg Blueprint for a Sami Flag and Samiland for Sami both of which used a design similar to Stueng s flag Persen credited other Nordic flags and traditional Sami designs for her proposal Despite the earlier origin of Stueng s flag Persen s work gained notice and became a symbol of the Alta protests 1 Persen s artworks were acquired by the National Museum in 2018 after being featured locally and internationally in multiple media and exhibitions 4 it is usually introduced as the first Sami flag without reference to Marit Stueng Second Sami flag Edit The Sami flag flying outside a cabin The first official Sami flag was recognized and inaugurated on 15 August 1986 by the 13th Nordic Sami Conference in Are Sweden The flag was the result of a competition sponsored by the newspaper Sami Aigi for which more than seventy suggestions were entered In the end one new design was considered against the existing unofficial flag and came out winning The design was submitted by the Coast Sami artist Astrid Bahl from Ivgubahta Skibotn in Tromssa Troms county Norway The basic structure of the first Sami flag was retained but Bahl added the colour green which is popular on many South Sami gaktis These four colours have been known since then as the Sami national colours She also added a motif derived from a sun moon symbol appearing on many shaman s drums While the drawings on shaman s drums were only made in red using an extract of the sacred alder tree the motif on the flag uses both blue and red the first representing the moon the latter representing the sun The Pantone colour formula used is red 485C green 356C yellow 116C and blue 286C 5 6 Children of the Sun Edit Sami drum with sun moon symbol upper left The motif was chosen with the poem Paiven Parne Sons of the Sun in mind The poem was written down by the South Sami Protestant priest Anders Fjellner in the mid 1800s from a joik rich with elements of Sami shamanism 7 The poem describes the Sami as sons and daughters of the sun 5 through the union between a female giant an unidentified mythological entity who lives in a House of Death far in the North and the Sun s male offspring with whom she elopes 7 The Sami are also referred to as offspring of the Sons of the Sun in Sami soga lavlla the Sami national anthem 5 Official status EditSeventeen years after its adoption by the Sami Council in 2003 the Sami flag received official status in Norway the country with the largest Sami population It is now compulsory for municipalities in Norway to fly the flag on 6 February the Sami National Day citation needed The flag is also flown in parts of Finland and Sweden especially Lapland on the same day Sami and Norwegian flags flying in Akershus Fortress Sami and Finnish flags flying in Hetta Sami and Swedish flags flying The Sami Council earlier had full ownership to the flag and other national symbols but since the 18th Sami Conference they now share that ownership with the Sami Parliamentary Council The joint committee of national symbols also has the duty right to determine new national symbols in accordance with international principles of heraldry citation needed Sami flag days EditDate English Name Remarks6 February Sami National Day to commemorate the first Sami conference in Trondheim 1917 25 March The Annunciation24 June Midsummer9 August The United Nations international indigenous people day 15 August Day of the Sami Flag The Sami flag was recognized on 15 August 1986 18 August Day of the Saami Council The Saami Council was formed on 18 August 1956 26 August Inauguration Day of the Swedish Sami Parliament The Swedish Sami Parliament was inaugurated on 26 August 1993 9 October Inauguration Day of the Norwegian Sami Parliament The Norwegian Sami Parliament was inaugurated on 9 October 1989 9 November Formation Day of the Finnish Sami Parliament The Finnish Sami Parliament was formed on 9 November 1973 15 November Isak Saba day or The day of the Sami National Anthem The composer of the Sami National Anthem Isak Saba was born on 15 November 1875 29 November Elsa Laula Renberg day Elsa Laula Renberg was born on 29 November 1877 She was the chair of the organizing committee of the first Sami Assembly of 1917 in Trondheim Related symbols EditSee also Sami institutional symbols Sami Parliaments Edit The logo of the Sami Parliament of Sweden features a circle in the four Sami colours 8 while the Sami Parliament of Finland features a circle and the three colours of the first Sami flag 9 The Sami Parliament of Norway s current logo does not incorporate elements of the flag Finnmark Estate Edit Finnmarkuopmodat the autonomous entity established by the Finnmark Act has a logo that according to the entity s website gets it colours from the Sami and the Norwegian flag as a symbol that the Finnmark Estate feels related to and responsible for both Sami and Kvens as well as ethnic Norwegians The circular shape refers both to the Sami flag s sun symbol and to the solid and safe envelopment of a circle It is opened up to allow the Northern Lights a gateway into the Norwegian and the Sami flag s colours 10 Russian Sami Organs Edit The elected Council of Plenipotentiary Representatives of the Sami of Murmansk Province uses a symbol heavily inspired by the flag two reindeer horns joined like a crescent the upper half red and the lower half blue between the halves are two stripes in yellow and green The official Centre for Indigenous People in Murmansk Province under which the official Council of Indigenous Peoples under the Provincial Government operates uses a logo also inspired by the flag a circle left half blue and right half red at the centre of which is a brown lavvu a blue line symbolizing water and a multicoloured line symbolizing the Aurora Borealis the colours of the latter being from left to right red yellow green and blue References Edit a b c Berg Nordlie Mikkel Gaski Harald 2019 Sameflagget Sami Flag Store Norske Leksikon in Norwegian Oslo Norway Retrieved 8 February 2022 Nasjonalbiblioteket Larsen Dan Robert 31 October 2013 Flagget har bare en opphavsperson The flag has only one author NRK in Norwegian Bokmal Retrieved 9 February 2022 Magnesen Kristine My Country Has No Colours National Museum Oslo Norway Retrieved 9 February 2022 a b c Saamiraddi www saamicouncil net Regeringens webbplats om manskliga rattigheter www manskligarattigheter se Archived from the original on 19 July 2011 a b Archived copy PDF www skolenettet no Archived from the original PDF on 19 July 2011 Retrieved 30 June 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Sametinget Sametinget Samediggi Saamelaiskarajat Etusivu Archived from the 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