Image: Proposed flags of Finland 1

Description: Preliminary stages of the Finnish flag. Proposals for a Finnish national flag from 1862-1918, first page. Translation of the text: "Several of these flag designs have been described only in written form, so only a few have flown as real flags. As such the exact ratios or colors are unknown. Other proposals have also been filed, but in such an obscure manner that they have not been succesfully reconstructed. This collection has been reconstructed by Olof Eriksson 13th February 1972." 1. Flown by Zachris Topelius on his sea voyage to Marstrand, Sweden, 1862. 2. Zachris Topelius's proposal, 1863. 3. Proposal by newspaper Helsingfors Tidningar, 1863. 4. Second proposal by newspaper Helsingfors Tidningar, 1863. 5. Proposal by Helsingfors Tidningar that has been used as an unofficial 'villa flag'. 6. Proposal by newspaper Helsingfors Dagbladet, the so-called "Dagblad flag", 1863. 7. In the Helsingfors Dagbladet, 26th Aug 1863, a blue cross flag was also mentioned. 8. Proposal by Otto Donner, 1863. 9. Proposal by newspaper Helsingin Uutiset, 1863. 10. Second proposal by newspaper Helsingin Uutiset, 1863. 11. Proposal by the alias "Maanmies", 1863. 12. Proposal from the year 1863. 13. Proposal from 1863-64. 14. This flag has flown in Olavinlinna castle, among others, in the 1810s. 15. Unofficial villa flag from the turn of the century. 16. Unofficial villa flag from the start of the century. 17. Unofficial flag used in the archipelago of South-Western Finland, start of the century. 18. Unofficial villa flag from the turn of the century. 19. Unofficial villa flag, used in 1917-18 as an unofficial state flag. 20. Unofficial villa flag from the start of the century.
Title: Proposed flags of Finland 1
Credit: http://digi.narc.fi/digi/view.ka?kuid=1265981
Author: Olof Eriksson
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