List of Croatian flags

For more information on main flags see article: Flag of Croatia This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Croatia or by Croatians and Croats.

Modern Flag[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	21 December 1990 – present	Flag of Croatia	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom; the national coat of arms in the centre.
	21 December 1990 – present	Flag of Croatia (vertical)

Standard[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1 November 1990 – present	Standard of the President of Croatia	A square blue field with a border of red and white squares; in the center a version of the national coat of arms and a red-white-blue ribbon with the letters "RH" (the initials of the country's full name in Croatian, Republika Hrvatska).
1990 – present	Standard of the Prime Minister of Croatia
1990 – present	Standard of the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
1941–1945	Standard of the Poglavnik (Head of State) of the Independent State of Croatia	Standard of the Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of Minister of Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of Minister in Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of Vojskovođa (Marchal) in Independent State of Croatia

Military[edit]

Army[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991—present	Flag of the Croatian Army	Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian Army in the center
	1991	Flag of the Croatian National Guard	Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian National Guard in the center

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1941–1945	Flag of Commander of the Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a general of the infantry, artillery, etc. of Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a lieutenant general of the Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a general of the Independent State of Croatia

Navy[edit]

Date	Party	Description
	Civil and state ensign of Croatia	Identical to the national flag, but with 2:3 proportions.
1 March 1999 – present	Naval ensign of Croatia (ensign of the Croatian Navy)	Same as the civil ensign, but with two crossed anchors behind the coat of arms.
1 March 1999 – present	Naval jack of Croatia	A blue field with red and white border, with the national coat of arms and two crossed anchors in the centre.
1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag defence minister
1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag Chief of the General Staff
1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag of the General
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of the Commander of the Croatian Navy
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of an admiral
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of an Admiral of the Fleet
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a vice admiral
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a rear admiral
1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a commodore
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a fleet of naval vessels
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a flotilla of naval vessels
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a division of naval vessels
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a group of naval vessels
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the most senior commander of a naval vessel
1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a naval vessel

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1941–1945	Naval Ensign of NDH (1941-1944) Naval Jack of the NDH (1944-1945)	2:3 squares 5×5 (total ratio 2:3)
1944–1945	Naval Ensign of the NDH (1944-1945)	A tricolour of red, white, and blue and the NDH coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
1941–1945	Civil Ensign of the NDH	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner, but without the Croatian coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
1941–1945	Flag of an admiral of the Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of a vice admiral of Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of a rear admiral of the Independent State of Croatia
1941–1945	Flag of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia

Air Force[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Air Force

Coast Guard[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Coast Guard

Police[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Police

Security and Intelligence Agency[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Security and Intelligence Agency

Subnational flags[edit]

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Bjelovar-Bilogora County		A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Brod-Posavina County		A blue field with two diagonal white stripes and the county's coat of arms in the center^[1]
		Dubrovnik-Neretva County		A horizontal bicolor of red and white with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Istria County		A horizontal bicolor of blue and green with the county's coat of arms in the center^[2]
		Karlovac County		A horizontal bicolor of red and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Koprivnica-Križevci County		Orthogonally quartered red and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Krapina-Zagorje County		A red field with narrow gold stripes at the top and bottom and the county's coat of arms in the center^[3]
		Lika-Senj County		Unequal horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[4]
		Međimurje County		A vertical bicolor of white and red with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Osijek-Baranja County		Five unequal horizontal stripes of white and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center^[5]
		Požega-Slavonia County		Unequal horizontal triband of green and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Primorje-Gorski Kotar County		A sky blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes^[6]
		Šibenik-Knin County		A blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes^[7]
		Sisak-Moslavina County		A blue field with narrow red and white stripes along either the hoist or the top side and the county's coat of arms in the center^[8]
		Split-Dalmatia County		Unequal vertical stripes of yellow and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center of the yellow part^[9]
		Varaždin County		Five horizontal stripes of red and white with the county's coat of arms at the hoist side^[10]
		Virovitica-Podravina County		Horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[11]
		Vukovar-Srijem County		Seven horizontal stripes of yellow and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[12]
		Zadar County		Two white and blue horizontal stripes separated by a wavy line, with the county's coat of arms in the center^[13]
		Zagreb County		Five horizontal stripes of green and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[14]
		City of Zagreb		The city's coat of arms on a blue field.^[15]

City flags[edit]

Political flags[edit]

Flag	Date	Party	Description
current
	2011–present	Human Shield
	1990–present	Social Democratic Party of Croatia
	1989–present	Croatian Democratic Union
Link to file	1989–present	Croatian Peasant Party
	1997–present	Socialist Labour Party of Croatia
former
Link to file	1998-2015	Party of Danube Serbs
	1991–1993 (officially)	Croatian Defence Forces	Paramilitary arm of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
	1937-1990	League of Communists of Croatia

Ethnic groups flags[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	9 April 2005–present (1997-present in eastern Slavonia)	Flag of the Serbs of Croatia	The Serbian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, blue and white)
	???–present	Flag of Pannonian Rusyns in Croatia	The Croatian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, white and blue) with a coat of arms that is similar to the coat of arms of Carpathian Ukraine
	???–present	Flag of Šokci
	???–present	Flag of the Bunjevci
former
	???–1945	Flag of the German community (Volksdeutsche) in Croatia, one of the flags used by Kulturbund.^[16]

Historical flags[edit]

Historical national flags [edit]

Date	Use	Description
27 June 1990 – 21 December 1990	Early flag of the Republic of Croatia (federal unit of Yugoslavia).^[17] Also flag of Croatian political opposition in exile 1945 - 1990	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom, Coat of arms of Croatia in the center of the middle field. The first field of the coat of arms was never specified in the Croatian constitution. The flag used Republic of Croatia colors, proportions 1:2.
1990	Flag that represented Croatia during the fight for independence but prior to the official adoption of the current flag. Used by the people, their elected representatives^[18] and especially by the Croatian diaspora between 1945 and 1990.	A tricolour of red, white and blue, coat of arms of Croatia with the first field being white.
18 January 1947–27 June 1990	Flag of Socialist Republic of Croatia (subdivision of SFR Yugoslavia).	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a (golden-rimmed) red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
8 May 1945–18 January 1947	Flag of People's Republic of Croatia (subdivision of FPR Yugoslavia).	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
15 December 1943–8 May 1945	Flag of the Federal State of Croatia (subdivision of DF Yugoslavia) and also the Croatian branch of the Yugoslav Partisans, used during World War II.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center of middle field. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
1941–1945	State flag of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH)	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner (letter "U" surrounded by Croatian interlace) and the Croatian coat of arms (but with the first field white, as opposed to red) in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
1941–1945	Variant of the state flag of the NDH	A variant of tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner and the Croatian coat of arms in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:5.
1941–1945	Civil flag of the NDH	A tricolour of red, white, and blue without the Ustaše symbol and the Croatian coat of arms. Similar to the Dutch flag, proportions 2:3.
21 November 1939–17 October 1943 (21 January 1941)	Flag of the Banovina of Croatia (subdivision of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Used de facto 1939–1941; legally valid 1939–1943.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3.
21 November 1939–17 October 1943 (21 January 1941)	Variant with coat of arms of the flag of the Banovina of Croatia	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3.
1918	Flag of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
1860–1918	Unofficial, but more common, flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which used a different crown on top of the shield.^[19]	A tricolour of red, white, and blue, with the composite coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom superimposed and centred The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3.
1860–1918	The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary). State flag, unofficial outside Croatia-Slavonia.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue, with the composite coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom superimposed and centred The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3.
1860–1918	The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Civil flag the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary).^[20]^[21] Civil flag, official on all levels.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3.
8 March 1852 – 1868	Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). Official on all levels.	Two bars of red and white. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2. The flag design was similar to the flag of Monaco.
1848–1852	Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). The flag was banned from 1852 to 1860.^[20]^[21]	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the triune coat of arms in the center. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2.

Royal Bans Standards[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1868–1871	Royal bans Standard of Baron Levin Rauch	Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
1860–1867	Royal bans Standard of Baron Josip Šokčević	Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
1848–1859	Royal bans Standard of Count Josip Jelačić Bužimski	Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
1680-1690	Royal bans Standard of Nikola III Erdody	A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest

Coronation Standards[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1618	Banner of Croatia at Ferdinand II's coronation	Banner with the arms of Croatia
	1618	Banner of Slavonia at Ferdinand II's coronation	Banner with the arms of Slavonia

Historical regional flags[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1820–1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia	Two horizontal bars of blue and gold. Proportions 1:2.
1852–1868	Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia	Two horizontal bars of blue and silver. Proportions 1:2
mid 1800's-1852; 1860–1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia	Three horizontal bars of blue, white and red. Proportions 1:2
1779–1924	Flag of Corpus separatum Rijeka	Historical flag of the city of Rijeka
1849–1918	Flag of Margraviate of Istria in the Austrian Littoral	Historical flag of the region of Istria

Historical flags (medieval)[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1444	Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle	Banner of Croatian soldiers (white flag with black cross) under leadership of Franko Talovac in the battle of Varna
1444	Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle	Banner (black flag) of Rafael Herczeg's banderium, bishop of Bosnia, in the battle of Varna
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (chessboard) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (St. Andrew's Cross) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (red with a cross) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (divided in two halves, upper is red with cross, lower is white-red) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (arpadian) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (divided on red and white with spears) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (Hungarian) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban

Republic of Ragusa flags[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1358–1808	Flag of Republic of Dubrovnik	Saint Blaise, patron saint of Dubrovnik, today the official flag of the City of Dubrovnik
1358–1808	Variant flag of Republic of Ragusa
1358–1808	State and war flag and naval ensign
1358–c.1667	Civil ensign
c.1667-1807	Civil and merchant flag
1358–1808	Secondary ensign

Other[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1996-1998	United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium	Flag of the United Nations
1921	Flag of the Labin Republic
1919–1920	Italian Regency of Carnaro

Flag Proposal[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990	Proposal by Krsto Mažuranić
	1990	Proposals by Boris Ljubičić

Croatian people in other countries[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	A tricolor of red, white, and blue with the coat of arms of Herzeg-Bosnia in the center

Burgees of Croatia[edit]

Flag	Club
	Opatija
	Orion
	Pesja
	Plav
	Rijeka
	Split

References[edit]

^ Brodsko-posavska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
^ Istarska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
^ Službeni Glasnik Krapinsko-Zagorske Županije, Article 9 (in Croatian)
^ Ličko-senjska županija: Opći podatci (in Croatian)
^ Znamenja Osječko-baranjske županije/The Symbols of Osijek-Baranja County (in Croatian and English)
^ Primorsko-goranska županija: Službena obilježja (in Croatian)
^ Šibensko-kninska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
^ Sisačko-moslavačka županija: Zastava i grb (in Croatian) An image of the flag with horizontal stripes is shown, but the accompanying text says the red and white stripes should be vertical and at the left ("Zastava započinje s lijeva crvenom okomitom trakom").
^ Splitsko-dalmatinska županija: Grb i zastava Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Article 3 (in Croatian)
^ Varaždinska županija: Opće informacije (in Croatian)
^ Virovitičko-podravska županija: Heraldika (in Croatian)
^ Vukovarsko-srijemska županija: Osnovni podaci (in Croatian)
^ Zadarske županija: Zastava i grb Zadarske županije Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)
^ Zagrebačka županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
^ Grb i zastava Grada Zagreba (in Croatian)
^ "File:Kulturbundovci v Celju.JPG - Wikipedia".
^ 20. lipanj 1990. - Prijedlog o promjeni imena i grba države [20 June 1990 - Proposal on the change of name and coat of arms of the state] (Motion picture, TV kalendar). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Radiotelevision. 2015-06-20.
^ http://www.pictures.glasgacke.hr/2018/10659_1550315504.jpg^{[bare URL image file]}
^ Jelena Boršak-Marijanović, Zastave kroz stoljeća (Flags thru the centuries), Croatian His0ory Museum, Zagreb, 1996, p. 110
^ ^a ^b Heimer, Željko. "Hrvatska-povijesne zastave". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Heimer, Željko; Zdvořák, Janko Ehrlich. "Croatia in the Habsburg Empire". crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

External links[edit]

Croatia - Historical Flags (1848-1918)

[1] Brodsko-posavska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)

[2] Istarska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)

[3] Službeni Glasnik Krapinsko-Zagorske Županije, Article 9 (in Croatian)

[4] Ličko-senjska županija: Opći podatci (in Croatian)

[5] Znamenja Osječko-baranjske županije/The Symbols of Osijek-Baranja County (in Croatian and English)

[6] Primorsko-goranska županija: Službena obilježja (in Croatian)

[7] Šibensko-kninska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)

[8] Sisačko-moslavačka županija: Zastava i grb (in Croatian) An image of the flag with horizontal stripes is shown, but the accompanying text says the red and white stripes should be vertical and at the left ("Zastava započinje s lijeva crvenom okomitom trakom").

[9] Splitsko-dalmatinska županija: Grb i zastava Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Article 3 (in Croatian)

[10] Varaždinska županija: Opće informacije (in Croatian)

[11] Virovitičko-podravska županija: Heraldika (in Croatian)

[12] Vukovarsko-srijemska županija: Osnovni podaci (in Croatian)

[13] Zadarske županija: Zastava i grb Zadarske županije Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)

[14] Zagrebačka županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)

[15] Grb i zastava Grada Zagreba (in Croatian)

[16] "File:Kulturbundovci v Celju.JPG - Wikipedia".

[17] 20. lipanj 1990. - Prijedlog o promjeni imena i grba države [20 June 1990 - Proposal on the change of name and coat of arms of the state] (Motion picture, TV kalendar). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Radiotelevision. 2015-06-20.

[18] ttp://www.pictures.glasgacke.hr/2018/10659_1550315504.jpg^{[bare URL image file]}

[19] Jelena Boršak-Marijanović, Zastave kroz stoljeća (Flags thru the centuries), Croatian His0ory Museum, Zagreb, 1996, p. 110

[Heimer-20] Heimer, Željko. "Hrvatska-povijesne zastave". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr. Retrieved 2 March 2019.

[fotw-21] Heimer, Željko; Zdvořák, Janko Ehrlich. "Croatia in the Habsburg Empire". crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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Modern Flag[edit]

Standard[edit]

Military[edit]

Army[edit]

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)[edit]

Navy[edit]

Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)[edit]

Air Force[edit]

Coast Guard[edit]

Police[edit]

Security and Intelligence Agency[edit]

Subnational flags[edit]

City flags[edit]

Political flags[edit]

Ethnic groups flags[edit]

Historical flags[edit]

Historical national flags [edit]

Royal Bans Standards[edit]

Coronation Standards[edit]

Historical regional flags[edit]

Historical flags (medieval)[edit]

Republic of Ragusa flags[edit]

Other[edit]

Flag Proposal[edit]

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Burgees of Croatia[edit]

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