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The SFP is the main party of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland.
Founded in 1906, it is a centrist and liberal party, member of the Liberal
International and the ALDE. It consistently reaches about 10 seats in the
200-seat parliament of Finland, thus currently being the seventh-largest party
with nine seats.
A flag used in 1982 is sourced only by a black-and-white photograph [1], so I am
not sure about the colours. It is a hanging flag (ratio about 10:7) with three
indentations at the bottom. The background of he flag is darker, the party
abbreviation (SFP) is shown in a lighter colour in somewhat cubic letters. The
"F" is very much elongated, so that the whole inscription forms a Scandinavian
cross (rotated, though).
The current symbol combines a stylized ladybeetle (in red and black) with the
party abbreviation in Swedish and Finnish, both in light blue, on a white field.
The flag used is a beach flag with the symbol rotated [2,3,4].
image by M. Schmöger, 02 May 2015
As the party was founded in 1906, there was a centenary to celebrate in 2006.
The flag devised for this was a table banner [5] that showed in base the
inscription "sfp" in lower-case letters over the smaller inscription
"1906-2006", all in light blue on white; in chief there was a purple field with
the golden Finnish lion from the coat-of-arms.
Sources:
[1]
http://areena-v3.yle.fi/static/mk/images/previews/1d/1d780f0b6ae44776ba279d584cbf06be/49971_preview_620.jpg
[2]
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/images/83/3502829_2048_1152.jpg
[3]
http://www.sfpivanda.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/korvsoppa3.jpg
[4]
http://www.sfpivanda.fi/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/korvsoppa1.jpg
[5] standar2.jpg (image disappeared from WWW, since I had downloaded it)
M. Schmöger, 02 May 2015
Considering that the party represents the Swedish-speaking people, and
comparing the shades of gray with those of Finnish national flag, which is also
shown in the photo, the first idea to suggest itself is that the flag is in
Swedish national colors - yellow charges on blue field.
Tomislav Todorović, 03 May 2015
This was my first idea as well, but we do not know for
sure. It is also possible that it's yellow on red, like the flag of the
Swedish minority in Finland.
M. Schmöger, 03 May 2015
Still in some use in 2012, apparently.
http://www.aldeparty.eu/en/news/carl-haglund-takes-reins-svenska-folkpartiet
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 03 May 2015
I have a photo in full color and the flag is red with stylized yellow
letters.
Jaume Ollé, 08 May 2015
image by M. Schmöger, 10 May 2015
In the meantime, I have found a catalogue of SFP's medals and decorations,
where there is a photograph of a table banner with two tongues and tassles that
is used as a decoration.
The text in the catalogue translates to:
"miniature banner with silver plaque. Instituted in 1959. Granted to party
members who have made particularly noteworthy and longstanding efforts in party
work on at least county level. Can also be granted to a member association or
other entity within the party or organization outside the party."
This is basically the same flag as the large version reported earlier by me, and
confirmed by others. So, tentatively, this flag (in the large and the miniature
version) can be dated back to at least 1959.
Source:
http://www.sfp.fi/sites/default/files/Dokument/sfp-foertjaensttecken.pdf
M. Schmöger, 10 May 2015