Editing Flag of Sweden (section)

==Rules for displaying the Swedish flag==
When used from a stand-alone flagpole, the size of the flag is recommended to have a width equalling a fourth of the height of the pole. When used from a flagpole extending from a building, the flag is recommended to have a width equalling a third of the height (length) of the pole.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/reglementen/r-parad-2-2017.pdf|title=Parad 2: Flaggor, fälttecken & heraldik|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Armed Forces]]|access-date=21 July 2021|archive-date=26 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626172819/https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/4-om-myndigheten/dokumentfiler/reglementen/r-parad-2-2017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The times and rules for raising and lowering the Swedish flag are as follows:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://riksarkivet.se/flaggningstider|title=Flaggningstider|language=sv|publisher=[[National Archives of Sweden]]|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=16 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716101130/https://riksarkivet.se/flaggningstider|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Between 1 March and 31 October the flag can be raised from 08:00.
* Between 1 November and 28/29 February the flag can be raised from 09:00.
* The flag shall be taken down at sunset but at the latest 21:00.
* If the flag is illuminated, it may remain up even after the sun has set.

If the flag is no longer in presentable condition it should be discarded by burning in a respectful manner or returned to the manufacturer for disposal.

Private citizens are not obliged to fly the flag on official [[flag flying day]]s, but they are encouraged to do it. Apart from the [[flag flying days in Sweden]], everyone is of course able to hoist the flag whenever there is a reason for celebration in the family or otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riksarkivet.se/flaggdagar|title=Flaggdagar i Sverige|website=Riksarkivet|access-date=6 June 2021|archive-date=6 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606095011/https://riksarkivet.se/flaggdagar|url-status=live}}</ref>