Flag of Livonians

Flag of Livonians is a flag used to symbolize the Livonian people. It is in use of various Livonian cultural groups. The flag's color proportions are 2:1:2 and the ratio of the height of the flag to its width is fixed at 1:2. Green color represents forests, white represents shore and blue represents ocean. These represent Livonian fishing culture, and the colors symbolize the view of a fisherman when he looks to the coast. The flag was first used by the Livonian Society (Līvõd Īt) in 1923.

Flag proportions
Flag of the historical Governorate of Livonia, one of the Baltic governorates of the former Russian Empire

Flag of Livonians

References

Livones.lv: The Liv flag
Livonia, symbols

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