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National Day of Sweden
Blue and yellow: the flag, the folk dress with its yellow apron, and summer flowers in the same colours.
The colours of National Day of Sweden
Sweden's national day, 6 June, recalls the election of Gustav Vasa as king in 1523 and the constitution of 1809. It was long called the Day of the Swedish Flag and became a public holiday only in 2005. The flag is a yellow cross on blue, colours taken from the national coat of arms, three gold crowns on a blue field. The royal family attend a ceremony at Skansen in Stockholm, the queen and princesses in the Sverigedräkt, a national dress with a blue skirt and bodice and a yellow apron embroidered with white daisies. Children give them flowers. People fly the flag at home and at summer cottages, and new citizens are welcomed at town ceremonies.
#006AA7Swedish blueThe field of the flag.#FECC00Swedish yellowThe cross of the flag; the apron of the national dress.#FFFFFFDaisy whiteDaisies embroidered on the dress.Values are fair approximations, not official shades.
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Written by the Rang desk with AI assistance. Background: "National Day of Sweden" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.