I’ve read that they didn’t remove the insignia up until recently, so therefore this somehow means they’re sympathetic to nazism or something. By this logic Finland was nazi-aligned until early 2010s? Finland was pretty close to the Soviets throughout the post-war period.
Then I read claims that ”them deliberately preserving it to evoke connotations, and provoke Russians. Russia heavily highlights WW2 and especially hatred against Nazi symbols and Nazi-anything to raise patriotism and nationalism.”
This is pure interjection, with no evidence in the slightest. Does India provoke Russia as it allows Hindus and Buddhists to display the Swastika? Did Russia ever protest that being used in the Finnish airforce? No. Finland and USSR were very close during the Cold war, so clearly it wasn’t really an issue for either party.
Voroshilov also wore the Order of the White Rose, [which has a swastika on the chain.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FT7pMS9XoAAVv3_?format=jpg&name=medium)
Curious what you finns think about this.
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well the finnish army used the swastika way before the nazis did there little tilt on it, thats my 5cent on it
Obviously not.
The Finnish armed forces have used the swastika since independence in 1918.
No that means finns were nazis for centuries before jesus was born.
Correct. Don’t listen Putin’s trolls.
The swastika is not a Nazi symbol. It’s a symbol the Nazis used. A bazillion people did before Nazis did.
I don’t mind stopping its use due to the Nazi taint, there’s very little to gain by insisting the world to learn the difference and understand it.
https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-finland-russia-idUSL2N2XG0WK
Fact Check-Finnish Air Force swastika not introduced in support of Nazism
I don’t like it, because people don’t study history and think it’s nazis. Also don’t like the association. Hitler ruined the symbol and it shouldn’t be used anymore by Europeans. Hindus have used it millenia and buddhist so they can keep it.
The symbol you see there isn’t a Nazi swastika, just like a triangle isn’t a square.
Swastika is an ancient symbol amongst Finnic peoples, it has been used f.ex. in Karelia since the iron age at least. One of my family lines used it as their “house mark” (puumerkki), as did many others. Nazis used the symbol for a few decades, my ancestors used it for hundreds and maybe thousands of years. So no, I wouldn’t let the nazis just have it 😏
Finland had it before the nazis
Who the fuck cares what Russia thinks.
Chervolet has an SS badge on some of their cars, does this mean that they are an nazi aligned company?
>I’ve read that they didn’t remove the insignia up until recently
Finnish Air Force Command stopped using their unit insignia (with a swastika), instead using the Finnish Air Force emblem (no swastika).
The air force flags still have swastikas. (Two, in fact, for the [Air Force Academy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Academy,_Finnish_Air_Force) flag, since both the flag itself and their unit insignia feature swastikas.)
Swastika is still used in Finland, in official uses as well.