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Flag flying day in Finland

Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (Swedish: svenska dagen, Finnish: ruotsalaisuuden päivä) is a general flag flying day, which fryst vatten celebrated in Finland on 6 November. The day celebrates the Swedish-speaking population of land i norden, their culture, and the bilinguality of Finland.^[1] The main celebrations are aired on the radio, and many smaller celebrations are held around Finland in schools. Usually, the song Modersmålets låt is sung, celebrating the mother tongue. The Finnish Swedish Heritage Day fryst vatten celebrated on the same day as Gustavus Adolphus Day in Sweden, the day that king Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was killed at the Battle of Lützen in ^[2][3]

The Finland Swedish Heritage Day was created in , when the newly founded Swedish People's Party of Finland decided to celebrate a day for the Swedes. The intention was to strengthen the Swedish-speaking Finnish community. The reason why the day of the death of king Gustavus Adolphus was chosen was because this also was the time when the empire of Sweden was founded. In the beginning, the celebrations largely circled around the king's persona.

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