Today on the Norwegian National Day of May 17th, Norwegians belonging to the Sami people were encouraged to use the Sami flag as equal to the Norwegian flag. A short film from North Norway showed a Sami family, dressed in their national costume, waving both the Sami and Norwegian flag.The Sami flag is made for all persons of Sami descent, no matter in which country they live.
It is estimated there are around 60000 Sami, with around 40000 of them living in Norway.
The flag was made official by the 13th Nordic Sami conference in 1986. The flag was designed by the Sami artist Astrid Båhl and is based on a poem written by Anders Fjellner (1795 - 1876), a Sami from southern Norway. In his poem Fjellner describes the Sami people as the son and daughter of the sun. The circle is a symbol of the sun and the moon. The sun circle is red, and the moon circle is blue. The flag has the Sami colors of red, green, yellow and blue.
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