Which European country has the abbreviation FL on a car sticker?
The abbreviation for the country comes from its Germanic name, which is Fürstentum Liechtenstein, or the Principality of Liechtenstein. There is a movement to change the abbreviation for the car stickers to LI, but that can also be easily confused with Lithuania, although that abbreviation is LT.
The abbreviation for Finland is FIN and for Flanders is VL, which is the Flemish version, Vlaanderen. L is the abbreviation for Luxembourg. The abbreviation for France is most commonly F, but is also seen as FR. These countries are sometimes first guesses at which country the FL designation is for.
Country codes for other continents can be confusing to people who do not know the language of the country.
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10 Comments
Keith Richard Mears
You would have thought that Finland would be SUO, because the name "Finland" in Finnish is "Suomi"
Richard D. Boyle
Good Q and A and options. Excellent misdirection toward Finland.
Special Patrol Group
Darlene Davidson, How is it a trick question?
Icyarrow
Keith Richard Mears, I think it used to be SF back in the 80s as we saw a car with this sticker on, looked it up in AA European Road map, Finland
Frank Cowell
Keith Richard Mears, It used to be "SF" for "Suomi Finland," nut then it changed.
Mic Fenst
Wayne Linburg, What trick?
George Oliver Prince
Easy one, been there many times
Jeniene Glass
Not often getting a wrong answer was ok, I learnt something and won’t make the same mistake twice
Barry Crews
Keith Richard Mears, technically, Finland is in Scandanavia, not Europe
Mic Fenst
Darlene Davidson, many teachers note to their students that boredom is a choice.