Flag of Åland
E131253
The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Åland canonical | 2 |
| Flag of Åland Islands | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1133950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Åland Context triple: [Åland Islands, flag, Flag of Åland]
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A.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
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B.
Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
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C.
Flag of Sweden
The Flag of Sweden is a blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross, symbolizing the nation’s heritage and used as its primary national emblem.
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D.
Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
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E.
Flag of Greenland
The Flag of Greenland is a distinctive national flag featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with an off-center red-and-white disk symbolizing the sun setting over ice and sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Flag of Åland Target entity description: The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
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A.
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
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B.
Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
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C.
Flag of Sweden
The Flag of Sweden is a blue field with a yellow Scandinavian cross, symbolizing the nation’s heritage and used as its primary national emblem.
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D.
Flag of Friesland
The Flag of Friesland is a distinctive regional banner of the Dutch province of Friesland, featuring blue and white diagonal stripes with red lily-like symbols representing the region’s historical “sea countries.”
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E.
Flag of Greenland
The Flag of Greenland is a distinctive national flag featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with an off-center red-and-white disk symbolizing the sun setting over ice and sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flag
ⓘ
regional flag ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baltic Sea
ⓘ
Scandinavia ⓘ Swedish-speaking population of Åland ⓘ |
| backgroundColor | blue ⓘ |
| belongsToFlagFamily | Scandinavian cross flags ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of autonomous regions
ⓘ
Nordic Cross flags ⓘ |
| color |
blue
ⓘ
red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| continentContext | Europe ⓘ |
| country |
Åland Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Åland
|
| crossColor |
red
ⓘ
yellow ⓘ |
| fieldColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasDesignElement |
off-centre cross toward hoist
ⓘ
red cross within yellow cross ⓘ |
| legalStatus | official regional flag of Åland ⓘ |
| officialLanguageContext | Swedish ⓘ |
| officialStatusIn |
Åland Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Åland
|
| regionContext | Nordic countries ⓘ |
| represents |
autonomous region of Finland
ⓘ
Åland Islands ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Flag of Finland
ⓘ
Flag of Sweden ⓘ |
| subnationalEntityOf | Finland ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Swedish heritage
ⓘ
autonomy ⓘ maritime identity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Åland
ⓘ
residents of Åland ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Baltic Sea coastal states
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic Sea region
|
| usedOn |
land
ⓘ
public buildings in Åland ⓘ sea ⓘ Åland-registered vessels ⓘ |
| usesDesign | Nordic cross ⓘ |
| writingSystemOnFlag | none ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Flag of Åland Description of subject: The Flag of Åland is a Nordic cross flag featuring a red cross within a yellow cross on a blue field, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish region’s Swedish heritage and maritime identity.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of Åland Islands