Independence Day of Finland

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national holiday public holiday

Independence Day of Finland is the Finnish national holiday celebrated annually on December 6 to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from Russia in 1917.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Independence Day of Finland canonical 6
Finnish Independence Day 3
Finlands självständighetsdag 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national holiday ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Finland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Finland
chronology follows Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
commemorates Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
independence of Finland from Russia ⓘ
country Finland ⓘ
date December 6 ⓘ
dayInYear 340 ⓘ
flagFlyingDay yes ⓘ
follows period of autonomy within the Russian Empire ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasCause Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917

collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasCustom attending church services ⓘ
displaying the Finnish flag ⓘ
laying wreaths at graves of fallen soldiers ⓘ
lighting two candles in windows ⓘ
visiting war memorials ⓘ
watching the Presidential Independence Day Reception on television ⓘ
watching the film "The Unknown Soldier" ⓘ
hasSymbol Flag of Finland ⓘ
surface form: Finnish flag

blue and white candles ⓘ
inception 1917 ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn Finland ⓘ
languageOfName Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
legalStatus official flag day ⓘ
statutory holiday ⓘ
observanceType patriotic holiday ⓘ
observedBy Finnish people ⓘ
residents of Finland ⓘ
officialName Independence Day of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Finlands självständighetsdag

Independence Day of Finland self-link ⓘ
Independence Day of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Suomen itsenäisyyspäivä
partOf Finnish national identity ⓘ
relatedTo Finnish Civil War ⓘ
Finnish wars of the 20th century ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Finland
significantEvent declaration of independence of Finland ⓘ
startTime 1917-12-06 ⓘ
televisedEvent Independence Day parade ⓘ
Presidential Independence Day Reception ⓘ
theme Finnish sovereignty ⓘ
national independence ⓘ
remembrance of war veterans ⓘ
typicalActivities concerts and cultural events ⓘ
military ceremonies ⓘ
official speeches ⓘ
torchlight processions ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

December → containsHoliday → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
Order of the Lion of Finland → awardedOnOccasion → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
Kansalaissota → relatedTo → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish independence
Finnish Declaration of Independence → commemoratedOn → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Independence Day
Flag of Finland → flagDaysInclude → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
Memorial Day of the Fallen in Finland → relatedTo → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Independence Day
Independence Day of Finland → officialName → Independence Day of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Suomen itsenäisyyspäivä
Independence Day of Finland → officialName → Independence Day of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finlands självständighetsdag
Independence Day of Finland → officialName → Independence Day of Finland self-link ⓘ
Finnish honours system → ceremonialOccasion → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
Pro Finlandia Medal → awardedOn → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Finnish Independence Day
Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland → awardedOnOccasion → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ