Armed Forces Day: Difference between revisions

In Finland, '''Puolustusvoimain lippujuhlan päivä''' (English: ''Day of the [[Finnish Defence Forces]]''; literally ''The Day of the Finnish Defence Forces' flag fest'') is celebrated on 4 June, which is the birthday of [[Marshal of Finland]] [[Gustaf Mannerheim]]. During 1919–1939 it was called as『Sotaväen lippujuhlan päivä』(''The Day of the Finnish Army's flag fest'') and was celebrated on 16th as the Victory Day of the Troops of the Republic of Finland, i. e. the [[Whites (Finland)|Whites]] over the [[Red Guards (Finland)|Reds]] in the [[Finnish Civil War|Civil War]] 1918. After [[the Winter War]] there were no need to maintain the dichotomy of Finnish society and the celebrations of 16 May were ended. During Mannerheim's 75th birthday the Finnish Government declared that from then on 4 June would officially celebrated as『Suomen marsalkan syntymäpäivä』(''The Birthday of Marshal of Finland''). Even though the official name of the day changed soon after it is still known, also in official context, as "The Birthday of Marshal of Finland".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intermin.fi/intermin/home.nsf/pages/B51B50A211ADB353C2256B1B00515948 |title=Sisäasiainministeriö – Liputuspäivät |publisher=Intermin.fi |date=29 April 2011 |accessdate=6 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126142120/http://www.intermin.fi/intermin/home.nsf/pages/B51B50A211ADB353C2256B1B00515948 |archivedate=26 January 2012 }}</ref><ref name=Oja>{{cite book | author = Oja, Heikki | title = Aikakirja 2007 | date = 2007 | pages = 190–191 | location = Helsinki | publisher = Helsingin yliopiston almanakkatoimisto | isbn = 952-10-3221-9 | url = http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf | format = PDF | accessdate = 23 April 2010 | language = Finnish | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110322045417/http://almanakka.helsinki.fi/aikakirja/Aikakirja2007kokonaan.pdf | archivedate = 22 March 2011 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>