Is flag burning illegal in Finland?
Criminal offense
Desecrating the Finnish flag is illegal under the law on the Finnish flag.
Finland is one of 55 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 82% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Norway
- Legal / protected speech The ban on desecrating foreign flags was lifted in 2008, making such acts legal.
- Sweden
- Legal / protected speech Flag desecration is legal in Sweden, though displaying modified flags may be punished as disorderly conduct.
- Estonia
- Criminal offense Desecrating national or foreign flags is a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment or a fine.
- Lithuania
- Criminal offense Desecrating the national flag is punishable by arrest, imprisonment, or fines.
- Denmark
- Only foreign flags protected Desecrating the national flag is legal, but desecrating foreign flags is illegal under the penal code.
- Faroe Islands
- Criminal offense Desecrating the Faroese flag is prohibited by the autonomous territory's flag law.
Other laws in Finland
- Blasphemy Laws
- Criminal offense
- Holocaust Denial
- Criminal offense
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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