It has been changed since (in 1945) and it’s only used very rarely. I think there’s some pride there about lot “letting Nazis ruin the logo”. It was one of major Finnish national symbols prior to Nazis and used since like iron ages. So bit of pride involved there.
Funny story. Finnish president Urho Kekkonen was visiting French president Charles de Gaulle and gave him a honory knighthood thing. Only problem, the symbolic necklace came with swastikas. Of course de Gaulle wasn’t a huge fan of that and Finns, realizing the issue, later changed the necklace and sent him the new one. Giving de Gaulle a swastika necklace as a present, lol.
I mean it isn’t a Nazi symbol. The specific use in air force comes from the count in 1918, way before Nazism was even a thing. And that’s when Finnish Air Force adopted it. Nazism isn’t a transitive property that goes back in time and up another branch of the tree into our air force symbol lol.
Uhhhhhh no… the air force roundel of the Finnish air force was only chosen because the brother in law to Herman Goering gifted Finland it’s first few fighters and he emblazoned them with the swastika because he liked the symbol.
That same guy would later go on to help make the Nazi flag.
It has been changed since (in 1945) and it’s only used very rarely. I think there’s some pride there about lot “letting Nazis ruin the logo”. It was one of major Finnish national symbols prior to Nazis and used since like iron ages. So bit of pride involved there.
Funny story. Finnish president Urho Kekkonen was visiting French president Charles de Gaulle and gave him a honory knighthood thing. Only problem, the symbolic necklace came with swastikas. Of course de Gaulle wasn’t a huge fan of that and Finns, realizing the issue, later changed the necklace and sent him the new one. Giving de Gaulle a swastika necklace as a present, lol.
It’s not a Nazi symbol, it’s just a symbol we got from a Nazi. No connection, move along, NATO IS GREAT NOTHING TO SEE HERE FOLKS
I mean it isn’t a Nazi symbol. The specific use in air force comes from the count in 1918, way before Nazism was even a thing. And that’s when Finnish Air Force adopted it. Nazism isn’t a transitive property that goes back in time and up another branch of the tree into our air force symbol lol.
Whut
Uhhhhhh no… the air force roundel of the Finnish air force was only chosen because the brother in law to Herman Goering gifted Finland it’s first few fighters and he emblazoned them with the swastika because he liked the symbol.
That same guy would later go on to help make the Nazi flag.
The symbol itself has a long history in Finland, that’s what I meant https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakaristi_Suomessa
You’re right about why the air force logo was chosen though, it came from that guy in 1918.
The symbol itself has a long history in Finland, that’s what I meant https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakaristi_Suomessa
You’re right about why the air force logo was chosen though, it came from that guy in 1918.
the first documented use I can see was a finnish artist called Akseli Gallen-Kallela in 1889
The fucking iron ages huh?
The Finns took a while to advance past the iron age, you’ll have to forgive them.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53249645
replaced in 1945 eh?