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	Flag of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is believed to be inspired by the Coats of Arms of Sweden, which feature three yellow crowns on a blue background, and modelled on the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
		According to Swedish law 1982:269, the dimensions of the flag are 10/16 (height/width), the inner blue fields having 4/5 and the outer blue fields 4/9 (height/width).
		Flag of Sweden, from the Sweden Institute (sweden.se).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_Sweden (258 words)

	Flag of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The merchant flag of Sweden (1844-1905), with the Sweden-Norway union badge.
		When used from a standalone flagpole, the size of the flag is recommended to have a width equalling a fourth of the height of the pole.
		The war flag and ensign is a triple swallow-tail of proportions 1:2.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flag_of_Sweden (298 words)

	Flag days in Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		By Swedish law a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flag days.
		This means that the Flag of Sweden is flown on all public flag poles and buildings.
		It receives its status from being a European Union flag day, and the fact that Sweden is a member country of the European Union.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flag_days_in_Sweden (292 words)

	Flag Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Flag days are usually codified in national statutes, however, a decree by a head of state of the specific country can also order flag days.
		In some countries, Flag Days are special holidays on which the national flag must be flown from public buildings as required by law.
		Flag Day is also the first single by The Housemartins, featured on their London 0 Hull 4 album.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Flag_Day (297 words)

	United Nations Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		United Nations Day is celebrated internationally on 24 October for the purpose of informing the people of the world as to the aims, purposes, and achievements of the UN.
		It commemorates the coming into being of the United Nations Organisation on that day in 1945 when the UN Charter was ratified by all permanent members of the security council and more than half of the signatories.
		United Nations Day is an official flag day in Sweden.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/United_Nations_Day (228 words)

	vappu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		One of the main traditions in Sweden is to light large bonfires, a custom which is most firmly established in Svealand, and which began in Uppland during the 18th century.
		An older tradition from Southern Sweden was for the younger people to collect greens and branches from the woods at twilight, which were used to adorn the houses of the village.
		King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden was born on April 30, 1946 and also celebrates his birthday on the same day.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Vappu.html (751 words)

	Sweden\|Swedish Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Sweden (etymology)''Sweden'' as a name was originally a plural form of SwedesSwede and is a so-called "back-formation", from Old English ''Sweoðeod,'' the land of the Suiones.
		In the south of Sweden leaf-bearing trees are prolific, in the north pines and hardy birches dominate the landscape.
		In underground circles, Sweden is known for a large number of death metal and fl metal acts, often viewed as pioneering or at the forefront of the scene.
	www.echostatic.com /Sweden\|Swedish.html (2943 words)

	Flag of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Flag of Sweden
		The Flag of Sweden harkens back to the 16th century, and is believed to be modelled on the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
		The colours of the flag are the same as the ones on the seal of the three crowns, the lesser state arms[?].
		When used from a flagpole, the size of the flag is recommended to have a width equalling a fourth of the height of the pole.
	www.encyclopedian.com /sw/Swedish-flag.html (166 words)

	Learn more about Holidays in Sweden in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Flag days are in some cases official holidays or the birthdays and namedays for the Royal family and informal holidays like Gustav Adolph Day or the Nobel Day.
		April 30 is a de facto half day because it is the Walpurgis Eve and the main day for celebrations to the arrival of the spring season.
		The Following day is actually Walpurgis Day, however in the calendar it is primarily denoted as May Day, or Labor Day.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /h/ho/holidays_in_sweden.html (771 words)

	Encyclopedia: Flag days in Finland
		Labour Day (CmE) or Labor Day (AmE) is an annual holiday that resulted from efforts of the labour union movement, to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers.
		Mothers Day is a holiday that commemorates mothers that is celebrated in many countries around the world, generally in the month of May....
		An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nations assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony of another state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flag-days-in-Finland (1170 words)

	The Scanian Flag - Part 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The flag is a yellow cross on a red background, on a cloth measuring 3-1-3 high and 3-1-4.5 long, according to SVR (Scandinavian Coat of Arms Register) 431/92.
		The size of the flag shall be in reasonable proportions to the length of the flagpole.
		The height of the flag should be approximately 1/5 of the length of the flagpole.
	www.scania.org /flaggan/flageng3.htm (1576 words)

	Flag days in Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		February 28, day of Kalevala; the occasion is also celebrated as the Day of Finnish culture
		The day the President of Finland is inaugurated
		April 9, the day Mikael Agricola, the founder of the written Finnish language died and Elias Lönnrot, a collector of folklore was born; the occasion is also celebrated as the Day of the Finnish language
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_days_in_Finland (298 words)

	Scania - Official Flag Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Day in the year 1103 when the Catholic Church confirmed the ancient region of Scania - consisting of the four provinces of Halland, Skåne, Blekinge and Bornholm - as one unified entity.
		The Day in 1679 when the Scanian resistance fighting against the invasion by Sweden was finally crushed.
		The Day - the third Sunday in July - is recognised as the official Scanian Flag's Day.
	www.scania.org /skaniae/1030days.htm (101 words)

	Walpurgis Night Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The festival is named after Saint Walburga (known in Scandinavia as "Valborg"; alternative forms are "Walpurgis", "Wealdburg", or "Valderburger"), born in Wessex in 710 a niece of Saint Boniface and, according to legend, she was a daughter to the saxon prince St.
		However she was not made a saint until 1 May in the same year, and that day carries her name in the Swedish calendar.
		King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was born on April 30, 1946 and also celebrates his birthday on the same day.
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/Walpurgis_Night (969 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Swedish Calendar in use from March 1, 1700 until February 30, 1712 was equivalent to the Julian calendar offset by one day.
		In January 1711, King Charles XII declared that Sweden would abandon the calendar, which wasn't in use by any other nation nor having achieved its objective, in favor of a return to the Old Style.
		In 1753 Sweden introduced the New Style, whereby the leap of 11 days was accomplished by letting February 17 be immediately followed by March 1.
	pardus.info /index.php?title=Swedish_calendar (232 words)

	Flag days in Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		By Swedish law a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official flagdays.
		This means that the Flag of Sweden is flown on all public flagpoles and buildings.
		Oneexample of handling this is the practice of the Infantry Regiment in Kiruna, whichduring this period flies the flag for one hour each day starting at noon.
	www.therfcc.org /flag-days-in-sweden-40070.html (226 words)

	Flag History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It was red with a union in the upper corner combining the cross of St. George (red on white), patron of England, with the diagonal cross (white on blue) of St. Andrew, patron of Scotland.
		The flag that became known as the Grand Union flag was raised over George Washington's headquarters outside Boston on January 1, 1776.
		The first official flag of the new nation was created by a resolution of the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/2328/flag.htm (583 words)

	Culture of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Swedish 20th-century culture is noted by pioneering works by the early days of cinema, with Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström.
		Later on, moguls like Ingmar Bergman and actresses such as Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman and Anita Ekberg made careers abroad.
		Swedish literature is also vibrant and active, Sweden ranking third in the list of countries with most Nobel Prize laureates in literature.
	www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Culture_of_Sweden (193 words)

	Flag days in Sweden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		By (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish law a number of days of the calendar year are designated as official (Commemorating the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777) flag days.
		This means that the (Click link for more info and facts about Flag of Sweden) Flag of Sweden is flown on all public flag poles and buildings.
		It receives its status from being a (An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) European Union flag day, and the fact that Sweden is a member country of the European Union.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fl/Flag_days_in_Sweden.htm (641 words)

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		Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland; the occasion is also celebrated as the Flag Day of the Finnish Defence Forces
		Days when Finland holds parliamentary and local elections, elections to the European Parliament, or a
		April 9, the day Mikael Agricola, the founder of the written Finnish language died and Elias Lönnrot, a collector of
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Flag_days_in_Finland (211 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Named in 1643 for the day of its discovery, the island was annexed and settlement was begun by the UK in 1888.
		Finland was a province and then a grand duchy under Sweden from the 12th to the 19th centuries and an autonomous grand duchy of Russia after 1809.
		Six days later the island was invaded by US forces and those of six other Caribbean nations, which quickly captured the ringleaders and their hundreds of Cuban advisers.
	www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html (16146 words)

	Sweden ( Swedish ) Flag
		We stock the Sweden flag in 4x6 inch, 12x18 inch, 2ft x 3ft, 3ft x 5ft and 4ft x 6ft sizes in nylon and 3ft x 5ft in Superknit polyester.
		Sweden stick flag 4 inch x 6 inch, mounted on a 10 inch plastic stick.
		Sweden stick flag 12 x 18 inch, mounted on a 24 inch wooden stick.
	www.united-states-flag.com /sweden.html (405 words)

	Flag of Sweden
		The Flag of Sweden harkens back to the 16th century, and is believed to be modelled from the State Arms of Sweden, Coats-of-Arms-of-Sweden, which contains a yellow cross on blue background (constructed in the 15th century by King Karl Knutsson Bonde, Charles-VIII-of-Sweden) and on the Danish flag, the Dannebrog.
		Duke Johan of Finland, son of Sweden's King Gustav Vasa, took the form of the current Swedish flag into use in 1569.
		Prior to this, a similar flag appeared in the coat-of-arms of the duchy under Duke Johan's rule, which is today Southwest Finland.
	www.ukpedia.com /f/flag-of-sweden.html (244 words)

	FLAG DAY FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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		Flag Day in Romania: June_26 (known locally as ''Ziua Tricolorului'')
		In some countries, Flag Days are special holidays on which the national_flag must be flown from public buildings as required by law.
	www.19gmarketinggroup.com /Flag_Day (217 words)

	Silvia Sommerlath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Silvia Sommerlath (born December 23, 1943), married King XVI Gustaf of Sweden">Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden on June 19, 1976 and became Queen of Sweden.
		She was born in Heidelberg, Germany, daughter of Walther Sommerlath and his wife Alice Soares de Toledo, and was raised in Brazil.
		Her namesday on August 8 and her birthday on December 23 are official flag days in Sweden.
	www.city-search.org /si/silvia-sommerlath.html (407 words)

	Warsaw Voice - Flag Days
		According to Zawadzki, it was the ambition of most companies to hoist three flags: the company's own and those of the EU and Poland.
		Most people simply felt it was imperative to hang the European flag on the day of Poland's accession to the EU.
		At the beginning of May, which is already past the EU accession day, Labor Day (May 1) and Constitution Day (May 3), there are still lines in front of shops with flags.
	www.warsawvoice.pl /view/5608 (647 words)

	Flag days in Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
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		Judd Jason had never been tractable, financial.html">financial powers, and to-day not only financial control, but the last ditch, and make use of any means.
		No, it was of no use to appeal to Krebs had not been born yesterday, he had avoided the wiles of the told myself that if I were not in a state bordering on a nervous sufficiently to dictate the extract from my speech.html">speech that was to be the mayoralty candidate.
	www.termsdefined.net /fl/flag-days-in-sweden.html (532 words)

	Flag days in Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Flag days in Sweden
		Flag days in Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Flag days in Sweden
		See also: Holidays in Sweden, Namesdays in Sweden, National anthem of Sweden
		Definition / meaning of Flag days in Sweden:
	www.encyclopedian.com /fl/Flag-days-in-Sweden.html (272 words)

	Flag Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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		Hawaiian Flag Day: July 31 (known locally as La Hae Hawai'i)
		This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_Day (275 words)

	flag - definition of flag by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		To mark with a flag or flags for identification or ornamentation: flag a parade route; flagging parts of a manuscript for later review.
		flag of truce, white flag - flag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce
		red flag - a flag that serves as a warning signal; "we didn't swim at the beach because the red flag was up"
	dict.thefreelibrary.com /Flag (1310 words)

	Flag days in Finland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Saturday between 20 and 26 June 26, Midsummer Day; the occasion is also celebrated as the Day of the Finnish Flag
		Flag Day (a list of Flag Days in other countries)
		The article about Flag days in Finland contains information related to Flag days in Finland and See also.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Flag_days_in_Finland (316 words)

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