Saudi Flag Day يوم العلم السعودي | |
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![]() Current official flag of Saudi Arabia | |
Official name | Flag Day |
Observed by | Saudi Arabia |
Type | Historic |
Significance | Official adoption of the Saudi national flag in 1937 |
Date | 11 March |
Frequency | Annual |
First time | 2023 |
Started by | Salman bin Abdulaziz |
Saudi Flag Day (Arabic: يوم العلم السعودي), officially the Flag Day (Arabic: يوم العلم),[1] is a public holiday in Saudi Arabia observed annually on March 11 to commemorate the adoption of the unstandardized version of the country's national flag by King Abdulaziz ibn Saud in 1937.[2] It was first celebrated on the 86th anniversary of the adoption in 2023,[3] when King Salman bin Abdulaziz designated it as the nation's third non-religious legal holiday to be observed as per the Gregorian calendar after Saudi National Day and Saudi Founding Day.