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State flag of Finland during the Civil War | |
Use | State flag and ensign |
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Proportion | 17:26 |
Adopted | 27 February 1918 |
Relinquished | 29 May 1918 |
Design | Rectangular Coat of Arms of Finland (colours gold and silver on red) |
The Whites (Finnish: Valkoiset, IPA: [ˈʋɑlkoi̯set]; Swedish: De vita, Swedish pronunciation: [de ˈviːta]), or White Finland, is the nickname used to refer to the refugee and provisional government following the October Revolution and those forces who fought for and under Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate, who were opposed to the "Reds", or the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, during the Finnish Civil War or the 'Finnish War of Independence', as it is often called by the Whites, in 1918.