The Norrland Flag
This flag became the Norrland flag after a contest in a weekly magazine in 1992. It has become very popular in Norrland and is regarded as the official Norrland flag. The design of the flag reminds of the close connections with Finland.
The original Norrland flag was green with a yellow cross. It was created in the beginning of the 70:s by Norrlandsförbundet, an organisation who represents the interests of Norrland (the five northern administrative provinces of Sweden). The green color represents the natural resources of Norrland and the yellow color represents the midnight sun.
The flag never became as popular and used as it should have been due to bad marketing. To make things worse, the Swedish island Öland (which is located in the Baltic sea near the south-east cost of Sweden and with no connection at all to Norrland) uses a similar green-yellow flag which has caused some confusion.
More about the flag campaign here.
The Norrland flag can be ordered from Flaggbutiken in Östersund or the flag factory Svanen in Gävle. Both flags are available.
