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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) |
White Finland, usually shortened to Whites (Finnish: Valkoiset, IPA: [ˈʋɑlkoi̯set]; Swedish: De vita, Swedish pronunciation: [de ˈviːta]), were the refugee and provisional government following the October Revolution and those forces who fought for and under Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate, in opposition to the "Reds", the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, during the Finnish Civil War in 1918.