The Kvens flag or the "Kven flag" was designed by Bengt Johansson-Kyrö, who took the motif of the sun flower (sunflower) from the traditional motifs of käsityö (the Kven homemaking culture).
The Kven flag (Kven: kvääniflaku; Norwegian: Kvenflagget) is a flag that since 2009 has been used by Kvens in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The flag was designed by Bengt Johansson-Kyrö.[1]
^"Kvenflagget - Kvääniflaku" [Kven flag]. Norske kveners forbund (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-07-09.
The Kvenflag (Kven: kvääniflaku; Norwegian: Kvenflagget) is a flag that since 2009 has been used by Kvens in Norway, Sweden and Finland. The flag was...
(An official flag day both for the Sami people and for the whole of Norway.) 21 February – King Harald V's birthday 16 March – The Kven National Day....
forvaltningsområde (administrative area) for Sámi languages. The Kven minority historically spoke the Uralic Kven language (considered a separate language in Norway...
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stage productions, and as a film in 2004. The flag is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, white and blue. Kven people Tornio, Finland Russian Census 2010:...
a flag is made. Flag of Akershus Flag of Aust-Agder Flag of Buskerud Flag of Hedmark Flag of Hordaland Flag of Nord-Trøndelag Flag of Oppland Flag of...
Skibotn (Northern Sami: Ivgubahta, Kven: Yykeänperä) is a village in Storfjord Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It is located on the southeastern...
in Scandinavia: the Tornedalians along the Swedish-Finnish border, the Kvens in the Northern Norwegian counties of Troms and Finnmark, and the Finns...
Finnmark (Norwegian: [ˈfɪ̀nːmɑrk] ; Northern Sami: Finnmárku [ˈfinːmaːrku]; Kven: Finmarkku; Finnish: Finnmark; Russian: Финнмарк) is a county in the northern...
separate ethnic groups, rather than subgroups of Finns. These include the Kvens and Forest Finns in Norway, the Tornedalians in Sweden, and the Ingrian...
Troms (Norwegian: [trʊms] ; Northern Sami: Romsa; Kven: Tromssa; Finnish: Tromssa) is a county in northern Norway. On 1 January 2020 it was merged with...
Other Siberian Finnish American Finnish Stadin slangi Colloquial Finnish Sweden Finnish Language or a dialect Meänkieli Gällivare dialect Kven language...
national flag. Sweden Sweden (with cross) Scania Scania (with cross) Sámi Pennant Kven Pennant Forest Finn Pennant Flag flying days in Finland Flag flying...
Sweden Sami Karelians Tornedalians Ingrians Forest Finns Finland-Swedes Kvens "Ruotsinsuomalaiset". Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. "Ds...
Porsanger (Northern Sami: Porsáŋgu; Kven: Porsanki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the...
Karasjok (Northern Sami: Kárášjohka [ˈkʰaːraːʃˌjohka]; Kven: Kaarasjoki) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the...
Meänkieli speakers have gradually been considering themselves part of the Kven people, which supposedly arrived to the area much earlier than the Swedish...
speakers constitute a language minority in Sweden and Norway. Meänkieli and Kven are Finnish dialects spoken in Swedish Lapland and Norwegian Lapland. The...
which at the time had grown in prestige. National minorities such as Sami, Kven, Taters and Jews were considered to belong to a different race than Norwegians...
Bokmål and Nynorsk). Uralic languages – South Sámi, Lule Sámi, North Sámi and Kven – are additional official languages of some municipalities. Demographics...
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