List_of_Estonian_flags

List of Estonian flags

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The national flag of Estonia is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. The normal size is 105 × 165 cm. In Estonian it is colloquially called the "sinimustvalge" (literally "blue-black-white"), after the colours of the bands. The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism in the beginning of the 20th century and was used as the national flag (riigilipp) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on 24 February 1918. The flag was formally adopted on 21 November 1918. On 12 December 1918 the flag was raised for the first time as the national symbol atop of the Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn.^[1]

The following is a list of flags of Estonia.

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Flag of Noarootsi Parish, because most of the remaining Estonian Swedes in Estonia live in this parish and this flag reflects the Swedish heritage of the region.

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Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1940 1944 1988/1990–present	Flag of Estonia (State flag and civil ensign)	Dimensions are 7:11.
	1918–1940 1944 1988/1990–present	Flag of Estonia (vertical)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present 1927^[2]–1940	Presidential standard	National tricolour with the greater coat of arms in the center
	?–present	Presidential standard (maritime use)	Swallow-tailed tricolour with the greater coat of arms in the center

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2008–present	Flag of the Estonian Defense Forces	Coat of arms of Estonia in banner form
	2008–present	Flag of the Estonian Defense Forces	Coat of arms of Estonia in banner form

Date	Use	Description
1991–present 1926–1940	Naval ensign	Swallow-tailed tricolour with the lesser coat of arms in the center
1991–present 1926–1940	Naval jack	Dimension: 7:11 (the saltaire equals 1 part, the George's cross 2 parts) It resembles the Union Jack of the United Kingdom
1991–present 1926–1940	Flag of Commander in Chief
?–present	Rear admiral’s Flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces but without any yellow borders
?–present	Lieutenant general’s Flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces but with yellow edge only at the top
?–present	Major general’s flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces but with yellow edge only along the lower edge
?–present	Chief of Naval Forces	White triangular swallow tailed pennant (broad pennant) with blue "chevron" rising from the hoist and with yellow anchor near the hoist
?–present	Chief of division	The same flag as Chief of Naval Forces, but without the anchor
?–present	Senior Officer Afloat	White triangular pennant with horizontal blue stripe through the middle
?–present	General Agent of the Navy	National flag with a white square with two crossed anchors in the top canton
?–present 1923–1940	Presidential pennant
?–present	Masthead pennant	White pennant tapering toward the point in the fly from about the half of the length with the national tricolour at hoist

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	State flag of the Estonian Air Force
	?–present	Flag of the Estonian Air Force

List_of_Estonian_flags

List of Estonian flags

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Head of state

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History

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Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Defence League (obverse)
	?–present	Flag of the Defence League (reverse)

Date	Use	Description
?–present	Minister of Internal Affairs pennant
?–present	Border Guard pennant
?–present	Police and Border Guard flag	Coat of arms of Police and Border Guard Board in banner form
1993–present	Flag of the Estonian Internal Security Service	Dark blue field with its coat of arms in the middle, "VIRTUTE ET CONSTANTIA" at the top, and "KAITSEPOLITSEIAMET" (historical), "1993" at the bottom.^[3]^[4]
1923–present^[5]	Border Guard	The letters PV are visible on the national flag which is defaced with green and yellow markings
1923–present^[5]	Border Guard
2004–present	Customs flag
1923^[6]–2004	Customs flag	National flag with red square bearing caduceus and letter T in the top canton

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Harju	1939^[8]–present
		Hiiu	1996–present
		Ida-Viru	1997–present
		Jõgeva	1996–present
		Järva	1939^[8]–present
		Lääne	1939^[8]–present
		Lääne-Viru	1996–present
		Põlva	1996–present
		Pärnu	1939^[8]–present
		Rapla	1996–present
		Saare	1939^[8]–present
		Tartu	1939^[8]–present
		Valga	1939^[8]–present
		Viljandi	1939^[8]–present
		Võru	1939^[8]–present

Flag	Date	Party
	2022–present	Parempoolsed
	2018–present	Estonia 200 Eesti 200
	2012–present	Conservative People's Party of Estonia Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond
	2006–present	Isamaa
	1994–present	Estonian Reform Party Eesti Reformierakond
	1991–present	Estonian Centre Party Eesti Keskerakond
	1990–present	Social Democratic Party Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond

Date	Use	Description
?–present	Flag of Setos
2003–present	Flag of Votians
2013–present	Flag of Võros
?–present	Flag of Mulks
1918–present	Flag of Baltic Germans
1996–present	Flag of Estonian Swedes	^[9]

Date	Use	Description
1953–1990	Flag of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	Red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and outlined star above them in the top-left corner. A band of blue and white water waves in the lower half.
1944–1953 1940–1941	Flag of Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	Red flag with a golden hammer and sickle in the top-left corner and "ENSV" (Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik) written above the hammer and sickle.
1918–1919 (50 days)	Flag of the Estonian Workers' Commune	A red flag with a golden canton. Inside the canton, the texts meaning "Estonian Workers' Commune", separated by a red line: Estonian: "Eesti Töörahva Kommuun"; Russian: "Эстляндская трудовая коммуна" ("Estlyandskaya Trudovaya Kommuna"). On the red filed there are also white Russian inspections "НА БАРИКАДЫ ЭСТОНСКИЙ ПРОЛЕТАРИАТ" "ЗА СОВЕТСКУЮ ЭСТЛЯНДИЮ ВЕЛИКУЮ ВОЛГУ, УРАЛ, СИБИРЬ ЗА ИМЯ III КОММУНИСТИЧЕСКАГО ИНТЕРНАЦИОНАЛА" which means "On the barricades is the Estonian proletariat. For Soviet Estonia, the great Volga, Ural and Siberia In the name of the third Communist International".^[10]
1941-1944	Flag of German Reich	Red field with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45 degree angle. The swastika disk is slightly off-centre.
1918	Flag of German Empire	Horizontal black-white-red triband.
1896–1917	Flag of Russian Empire	Horizontal white-blue-red triband.
1858–1896	Flag of Russian Empire	Horizontal black-yellow-white triband.
1650–1721	Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under Sweden
1561–1650	Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under Sweden
1570–1579	Flag of the Kingdom of Livonia
1587–1629	Flag of The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Version with additional arms of the House of Wasa.
1569–1587	Flag of The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Tailed red-white-red triband with the coat of arms in the middle.
1559–1645	Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under Denmark–Norway
1456–1523	Kalmar Union	Emblems of the Kalmar Union
1237–1561	Flag of the State of the Teutonic Order	White flag with a black cross. Readopted by short-lived United Baltic Duchy in 1918.
1300–1346	Flag of the Duchy of Estonia under The Kingdom of Denmark

Flag	Date	Description
	-	Proposed Nordic cross flag
	-	Proposed Nordic cross flag
	-	Proposed Nordic cross flag
	1919	Proposed cross flag
	1918	Flag of the United Baltic Duchy