List of Dutch flags

This is a list of flags used in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of the Netherlands.

National flag[]

Date	Use	Description
1813–1815	Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands	A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue.
1815–1839	Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1839–present	Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. See also Flag of the Netherlands.
	Hanging flag	Hanging variant of the national flag
	Orange streamer	Orange is the colour of the Royal Family

Constituent countries[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1839–present	Flag of the Netherlands
	18 March 1976	Flag of Aruba
	2 July 1984	Flag of Curaçao
	13 June 1985	Flag of Sint Maarten

Provinces and public bodies of the Netherlands[]

Map illustrating provinces of the Netherlands and their flags

Provinces[]

Date	Use	Description
19 February 1947^[1]	Flag of Drenthe	A write flag with two horizontal red stripes, between the two stripes there is a black tower and six red stars.
9 January 1986^[2]	Flag of Flevoland	The flag is tierced in fess azure, or and vert, a fleur-de-lis argent is placed in the canton.
9 July 1957	Flag of Friesland	A flag consists of four blue and three white diagonal stripes; the white stripes filling with a total of seven red pompeblêden.
15 April 1953	Flag of Gelderland	Horizontal tricolour flag in blue, yellow (gold) and black
17 February 1950	Flag of Groningen	A flag with a green cross fimbriated in white, and red in the first and fourth quarter, blue in the second and third quarter.
28 July 1953	Flag of Limburg	A flag with tricolor band in white, blue and yellow (proportion 2:1:2), and a red lion rampant towards hoist side.
21 January 1959	Flag of North Brabant	A flag consists of a chequy pattern alternatively in red and white
22 October 1958	Flag of North Holland	Horizontal tricolour flag in yellow, red and blue
21 July 1948	Flag of Overijssel	A yellow flag with two red bands in top and bottom, and a blue wavy band in the middle.
22 July 1948 - 24 October 1985	Flag of South Holland	A yellow flag with a red horizontal stripe through the middle
24 October 1985	Flag of South Holland	A yellow flag with a red lion rampant towards hoist side
15 January 1952	Flag of Utrecht	Horizontal bicolor flag in white and red, and a red square filling with red cross in the canton.
14 January 1949	Flag of Zeeland	A flag with wavy bands in blue and white, and the coat of arms of Zeeland in the center.

Public bodies[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	11 December 1981	Flag of Bonaire
	6 December 1985	Flag of Saba
	29 July 2004	Flag of Sint Eustatius

Municipal flags[]

Date	Use	Description
5 February 1975	Flag of the national capital, Amsterdam	Coat of arms of Amsterdam presented horizontally on field
1545–1549, 1647–? (2 September 1938), 1 January 1994–present	Flag of Maastricht, the capital of the province of Limburg	A white five-pointed star in the red field, towards hoist
10 February 1949	Flag of Rotterdam, the second city of The Netherlands	A white stripe in the green field
unknown date	Flag of Arnhem, the capital city of the largest province of Gelderland	A bi-color field with white in the top and blue in the bottom, and a double-headed eagle towards hoist
14 October 1927	Flag of Eindhoven, the largest city of the province of North Brabant	A flag with two vertical stripes in red and white in the hoist side, and five horizontal strips alternatively in red and white
10 December 1981	Flag of Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland	A yellow field with a blue hexagon filling with a white fleur-de-lis towards hoist and surrounding by four Ls
29 March 2019^[3]	Flag of Leeuwarden, the capital of the province of Friesland	A blue flag with a yellow lion rampant in the middle and two vertical stripes alternatively in red and white in the hoist side
1456	Flag of Sneek, the second city of the province of Friesland	A flag with hoist half in black and fly half in yellow
5 July 1990	Flag of the City of Utrecht, the capital of the province of Utrecht	A bi-color flag in white and red field and partly per bend
28 March 1949	Flag of The Hague, the capital of the province of South Holland	A flag with yellow at the top and green at the bottom
23 September 1999	Flag of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of the province of North Brabant	A flag with five stripes alternatively in red and white, and a black square with a yellow tree in the canton
28 May 1962	Flag of Zwolle, the capital of the province of Overijssel	A blue field with a white cross
1 September 1953	Flag of Enschede, the largest city of the Twente region and the province of Overijssel	A white field with a red stripe
4 March 1958	Flag of Hilversum, the largest city of the Gooi area	Coat of arms of Hilversum in banner form
1879	Flag of City of Groningen, the capital of the province of Groningen	A white field with a green stripe
unknown date	Flag of Haarlem, the capital of the province of North Holland	A red field with the coat of arms of Haarlem towards hoist
4 March 1857	Flag of Middelburg, the capital of the province of Zeeland	Coat of arms of Middelburg in banner form
21 May 1959	Flag of Assen, the capital of the province of Drenthe	A bi-color flag with blue in the top and white in the bottom
7 February 1966	Flag of Heerlen, a city in the south of the province of Limburg	A blue field with a golden eagle in the middle
11 April 1949	Flag of Leiden, a city in South Holland with the oldest Dutch university Leiden University and birthplace of Rembrandt	A red field with a white stripe in the middle, and a white disc towards hoist with red border and two crossed red keys
30 May 1996	Flag of Delft, home of the primary Tech University and the painter Vermeer Delft University of Technology Johannes Vermeer	Coat of arms of Delft presented horizontally on field
26 June 1980	Flag of Weert, a town in the centre of the province of Limburg	A white field with a blue horizontal stripe in the middle, and a yellow vertical stripe in the hoist side surmounted with three red horns

Flags of Dutch regions without administrative status[]


Flag of de Ommelanden	Flag of Eastergoa	Flag of Salland

Flag of Twente	Flag of Westergoa	Flag of West Frisia

Flag of Het Westland	Flag of Zeelandic Flanders	Flag of

Flag of de Achterhoek	Flag of het	Flag of de Veluwe

For flags of former municipalities, see List of former municipal flags of the Netherlands.

Royal family[]

Royal standard[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2013–present	Royal flag (Dutch: koninklijke vlag), or the royal standard, of the kingdom's monarch	A square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross with the small coat of arms of the Kingdom, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of William. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the Principality of Orange.

Other members of the royal family[]

Date	Use	Description
1985–present	Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Beatrix) Constantijn and formerly Johan-Friso	As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white tower) in the lower hoist as difference.
1988–present	Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Margriet) Maurits, Bernhard, Pieter-Christiaan and Floris	As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white six pointed star) in the lower hoist as difference.
1960–present	Princesses of the Netherlands (Daughters of Juliana) Irene, Margriet and Christina	As princesses of the Netherlands use a swallow tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a heraldic rose) in the lower hoist as difference.
2002–present	Máxima of Orange-Nassau	As queen Máxima uses a swallow tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag changed and her parental arms (a yellow tower) in the lower hoist.
2003–present	Laurentien of Orange-Nassau	As princess Laurentien uses a swallow-tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag counterchanged and her parental arms (a yellow heraldic lozenge) in the lower hoist.

Dutch governors[]

Date	Use	Description
1986-present	Standard of the Governor of Aruba	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Aruba in the centre.
2010-present	Standard of the Governor of Curaçao	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Curaçao in the centre.
2010-present	Standard of the Governor of Sint Maarten	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of Sint Maarten in the centre.

Military and naval flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1957-present	Flag of the Ministry of Defence
	2001-2010	(former) Flag of the Ministry of Defence
	1957–present	Flag of the Secretary of Defence.
	2005–present	Flag of the Commander in chief of the Dutch Armed Forces.
	1948–present	Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
		Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army
		Civilian Jack of the Netherlands (unofficial; most common variant)
	1931–present	The "Geus", the naval jack of the Netherlands.
	c1933–present	Flag of the officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve
	2002–present	Flag of the Netherlands Coast Guard.
		Flag of the Royal Marechaussee.

Historical[]

Date	Use	Description
1572–1795	The Prince's Flag	A horizontal triband of orange, white and blue.
1652–1672	States Flag	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current national flag
1795–1806	Flag of the Batavian Republic	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton.
1813–1815	Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands	A horizontal triband of red, white and blue.
1815–1839	Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
1839–present	Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
1959–1975	Flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname)	A white flag with white, black, brown, red and yellow five-pointed stars, connected by a black ellipse
1959–1986	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles	white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
1986–2010	Flag of the Netherlands Antilles after the secession of Aruba	white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The five stars represented the five main islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.

Royal standards[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1908–2013	Royal Standard of the Monarch	A square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross with the small coat of arms of the Kingdom, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of William. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the Principality of Orange.
	1815–1908	Royal Standard of the Monarch	The colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle).

Other members of the Royal Family[]

Date	Use	Description
1898–1908	Standard of a Prince	A flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band.
1898–1908	Standard of a Princess	A swallow tailed flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band.
1980–2004	Standard of Juliana of Orange-Nassau
1908–1934	Standard of Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont
1908–1910	Standard of Marie of Orange-Nassau
1980–2002	Standard of the Prince Consort
1948–1980	Standard of the Prince Consort
1908–1934	Standard of the Prince Consort

Dutch governors[]

Date	Use	Description
1966–1975	Standard of the Governor of Suriname	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre.
1966–1986	Standard of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre.
1986–2010	Standard of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles	A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre.

Historical flags of the Dutch East India Company & Dutch East Indies[]

First Flag of the Dutch East India Company
Second Flag of the Dutch East India Company, adopted with red stripe around 1630 or to 1663 and beyond, for the purpose of better visibility at sea against a light sky
Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East Indies Company
Dutch East Indies

References[]

^ "Provincie Drenthe - Hoe ziet de vlag van Drenthe er uit?". Provincie.drenthe.nl. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-28.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Provincie Flevoland - Vlag en Wapen". Flevoland.nl. 2010-01-12. Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
^ "Burgemeester Crone presenteert nieuwe vlag en wapen gemeente Leeuwarden". Omrop Fryslân. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

[1] "Provincie Drenthe - Hoe ziet de vlag van Drenthe er uit?". Provincie.drenthe.nl. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-28.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Provincie Flevoland - Vlag en Wapen". Flevoland.nl. 2010-01-12. Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[3] "Burgemeester Crone presenteert nieuwe vlag en wapen gemeente Leeuwarden". Omrop Fryslân. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

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v t Flags within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom	Royal flags
Countries	Aruba Curaçao≠ Netherlands Sint Maarten
Provinces	Drenthe Flevoland Friesland Gelderland Groningen Limburg North Brabant North Holland Overijssel South Holland Utrecht Zeeland
Public bodies	Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius
Cities	Amsterdam Maastricht Rotterdam Scheveningen Weert The Hague Utrecht more
Historical	Netherlands Antilles Netherlands New Guinea Dutch Brazil Dutch Suriname Prince's Flag Statenvlag Dutch East India Company Dutch East Indies