Whites (Finland)

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White Finland

State flag of Finland during the Civil War
Use	State flag and ensign
Proportion	17:26
Adopted	27 February 1918
Relinquished	29 May 1918
Design	Rectangular Coat of Arms of Finland (colours gold and silver on red)

The Whites (Finnish: Valkoiset, IPA: [ˈʋɑlkoi̯set]; Swedish: De vita; Russian: Белофи́нны, romanized: Belofínny, IPA: [bʲɪɫɐˈfʲinɨ]), or White Finland, is the name used to refer to the refugee government and those forces who fought for and under Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate, who were opposed the "Reds", or the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, during the Finnish Civil War or the 'Finnish War of Independence', as it is often called by the Whites, in 1918.