Independence Day of Finland

E235201

national holiday public holiday

Independence Day of Finland is the Finnish national holiday celebrated annually on December 6 to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from Russia in 1917.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Independence Day of Finland canonical	10
Finnish Independence Day	6
Finlands självständighetsdag	1
Finnish independence	1
Suomen itsenäisyyspäivä	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2112922 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Independence Day of Finland
Context triple: [December, containsHoliday, Independence Day of Finland]

A. Independence Day of Estonia
Independence Day of Estonia is the country’s main national holiday, commemorating the declaration of independence from Russia on February 24, 1918, with official ceremonies, speeches, and public celebrations.
B. Finnish Declaration of Independence
The Finnish Declaration of Independence was the 1917 proclamation by which Finland asserted its sovereignty and broke away from the Russian Empire to become an independent nation-state.
C. Day of Independence
Day of Independence is the English rendering of "Yom Ha’atzmaut," the national holiday commemorating the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
D. Memorial Day of the Fallen in Finland
Memorial Day of the Fallen in Finland is a national day of remembrance honoring Finnish soldiers and civilians who died in wars, marked annually with ceremonies, church services, and visits to war memorials.
E. Victory Day
Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh commemorating the country's decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Independence Day of Finland
Target entity description: Independence Day of Finland is the Finnish national holiday celebrated annually on December 6 to commemorate the country's declaration of independence from Russia in 1917.

A. Independence Day of Estonia
Independence Day of Estonia is the country’s main national holiday, commemorating the declaration of independence from Russia on February 24, 1918, with official ceremonies, speeches, and public celebrations.
B. Finnish Declaration of Independence
The Finnish Declaration of Independence was the 1917 proclamation by which Finland asserted its sovereignty and broke away from the Russian Empire to become an independent nation-state.
C. Day of Independence
Day of Independence is the English rendering of "Yom Ha’atzmaut," the national holiday commemorating the establishment of the modern State of Israel.
D. Memorial Day of the Fallen in Finland
Memorial Day of the Fallen in Finland is a national day of remembrance honoring Finnish soldiers and civilians who died in wars, marked annually with ceremonies, church services, and visits to war memorials.
E. Victory Day
Victory Day is a national holiday in Bangladesh commemorating the country's decisive victory in the 1971 Liberation War and the emergence of Bangladesh as an independent nation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national holiday ⓘ public holiday ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Republic of Finland ⓘ linked to: Finland
chronology	follows Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ
commemorates	Finnish Declaration of Independence ⓘ independence of Finland from Russia ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
date	December 6 ⓘ
dayInYear	340 ⓘ
flagFlyingDay	yes ⓘ
follows	period of autonomy within the Russian Empire ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasCause	Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ linked to: Russian Revolution collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasCustom	attending church services ⓘ displaying the Finnish flag ⓘ laying wreaths at graves of fallen soldiers ⓘ lighting two candles in windows ⓘ visiting war memorials ⓘ watching the Presidential Independence Day Reception on television ⓘ watching the film "The Unknown Soldier" ⓘ
hasSymbol	Finnish flag ⓘ linked to: Flag of Finland blue and white candles ⓘ
inception	1917 ⓘ
isPublicHolidayIn	Finland ⓘ
languageOfName	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalStatus	official flag day ⓘ statutory holiday ⓘ
observanceType	patriotic holiday ⓘ
observedBy	Finnish people ⓘ residents of Finland ⓘ
officialName	Finlands självständighetsdag ⓘ linked to: Independence Day of Finland Independence Day of Finland ⓘ Suomen itsenäisyyspäivä ⓘ linked to: Independence Day of Finland
partOf	Finnish national identity ⓘ
relatedTo	Finnish Civil War ⓘ World War II in Finland ⓘ linked to: Finnish wars of the 20th century
significantEvent	declaration of independence of Finland ⓘ
startTime	1917-12-06 ⓘ
televisedEvent	Independence Day parade ⓘ Presidential Independence Day Reception ⓘ
theme	Finnish sovereignty ⓘ national independence ⓘ remembrance of war veterans ⓘ
typicalActivities	concerts and cultural events ⓘ military ceremonies ⓘ official speeches ⓘ torchlight processions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

December → containsHoliday → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ

Order of the Lion of Finland → awardedOnOccasion → Independence Day of Finland ⓘ

Kansalaissota → relatedTo → Finnish independence ⓘ