A flag flying day is a day, when it is decreed, either officially or by tradition, that the national
flag should be hoisted by every official agency in the country and private citizens and corporations are also recommended to fly the national flag, thus for those days neither leaving the flag staff empty nor using their own family or corporate flags.
[FLAGS OF THE WORLD: Flag flying days (U.S.)]
/ref>RIKSARKIVET: Flaggdagar (in Swedish)
/ref> There may also be flag flying days observed for some provincial flags.
As opposed to the Flag Day, of which there is usually only one in each country in the year and on which the flag itself is celebrated, there are a number of flag flying days in a country during the year, celebrating different national holidays or other national festive days.[
For flag flying days in different countries, see
* Flag flying days in Estonia
* Flag flying days in Finland
* Flag flying days in Germany
* Flag flying days in Lithuania
* ]Flag flying days in Mexico
In Article 18 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem (''Ley Sobre El Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales'') there is a listing of dates that the Mexican flag is flown by all branches of government. Civilians are also encouraged to ...
* Flag flying days in the Netherlands
* Flag flying days in Norway
There is a number of flag flying days in Norway.
Dates when the Norwegian state flag is flown by all branches of government and state agencies are listed in Article 4 of the regulations concerning the use of the state flag and the merchant fl ...
* Flag flying days in Sweden
* Flag flying days in the United Kingdom
The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...
* Flag flying days in the United States
The national flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the ...
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See also
* Dance of Flags
Dance of Flags (Hebrew: ריקוד דגלים or ריקודגלים, ''Rikud Degalim''), or Flags March ( he, מצעד הדגלים ''Mitzad ha'Degalim''), is an annual flag flying parade on Jerusalem Day (28 Iyar, Hebrew calendar) in Jerusalem ...
, Israeli celebration
* Flag Day
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