"Finland Changes Air Force Logo" Topic

An official logo for Finland's Air Force that prominently featured a swastika is no more…

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Sounds like a good idea. Now they can fly over Germany.

Technically, was it a swastika? It was the reverse pattern of what the Nazis used. Was it called a 'swastika' in 1918 when they started using it?

I like that they did it three years ago and no one (apparently) noticed. Kind of a shame, since they had it first.

It was actually the same direction as the Nazi swastika. I thought the same thing, but I was corrected, went and checked, and confirmed it. The Nazi Swastika was normally rotated 45 degrees ("point up"), while the Finnish swastika had a flat arm at the top.

"Swastika" is a very old name. " The word swastika comes from Sanskrit: स्वस्तिक, romanized: svástika, meaning 'conducive to well being'.[7][8] In Hinduism, the right-facing symbol (卐) is called swastika, symbolizing surya ('sun'), prosperity and good luck, while the left-facing symbol (卍) is called sauvastika, symbolizing night or tantric aspects of Kali.[8]" "The word swastika has been used in the Indian subcontinent since 500 BCE.[20] Its appearance in English dates to the 19th century, replacing gammadion from Greek γαμμάδιον.[A][13] It is alternatively spelled in contemporary texts as svastika,[21] and other spellings were occasionally used in the 19th and early 20th century, such as suastika.[22]" (Wikipedia)

Sounds like a good idea. Now they can fly over Germany.

The Swastika hasn't featured on Finnish AF planes since the 1945! They've used the roundel.

Thanks for that, emc.

I knew the Indians used it in the past, as did the Finns, but not much more than that.

Wonder when the jihad to get India to change their symbols begins, since they've only been using it/them for 2,500 years or so?

I think this is called, looking for things to take offence at.