The Saami flag is the flag of all Saami, no matter what country they live in.
The Saami Council had called for contributions to a competition to adopt a new Saami flag, with a reward of 2,000 FIM to the winning contribution. Rose Marie Huuva, Kaaren Kitti and Máret Sárá were appointed to a Flag Working Group by the Saami Council. Altogether 27 artists submitted 74 contributions, besides the flag designed by Synnøve Persen which had been used so far as an informal flag.
The Åre Saami Conference aadopted the flag design submitted by Astrid Båhl. Astrid Båhl comes from Ivgonvuonbahta (Skibotn, Norway). It was based on the flag that had already been used in Sápmi, but the green colour and the ring was added. The designer called the flag "Saami are children of the sun". The red part of the flag symbolizes the sun and the blue part symbolizes the moon.
This day is also a Saami national day.
