List of Estonian flags

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.

National flag[]

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)

Standards[]

Head of state[]

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 (at sea)	Swallow-tailed tricolour with the greater coat of arms in the center

ministers[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Defence Minister	National tricolour with the lesser coat of arms off-set to hoist

Military flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2008–present	Flag of the Estonian Defense Forces

Army[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Estonian Land Forces

Navy[]

Flag	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)
	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 two crossed anchors in the top canton
	?–present	Presidential pennant
	?–present	Masthead pennant	White pennant tappering toward the point in the fly from about the half of the length with the national tricolour at hoist

Air Force[]

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

Defence League[]

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

Police, Border Guard Board and Customs flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Minister of Internal Affairs pennant
	?–present	Border Guard pennant
	?–present	Police and Border Guard flag
	1923[3]–present	Border Guard
	?–present	Border Guard	The letters PV are visible on the national flag which is defaced with green and yellow markings
	2004–present	Customs flag
	1923[4]–2004	Customs flag

Sporting Flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Estonian Olympic Committee

Postal Flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1994–2009[5]	Postal flag

County flags[]

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Harju	1939[6]–present
		Harju	1996–present
		Ida-Viru	1997–present
		Jõgeva	1996–present
		Järva	1939[6]–present
		Lääne	1939[6]–present
		Lääne-Viru	1996–present
		Põlva	1996–present
		Pärnu	1939[6]–present
		Rapla	1996–present
		Saare	1939[6]–present
		Tartu	1939[6]–present
		Valga	1939[6]–present
		Viljandi	1939[6]–present
		Võru	1939[6]–present

History[]

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  Petseri County (1939^[6]–1940)

Municipal flags[]

Political flags[]

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	1994–present	Estonian Reform Party
	1991–present	Estonian Centre Party
	2006–present	Isamaa
	2012–present	Conservative People's Party of Estonia
	1917-1935	Farmers' Assemblies

Ethnic groups flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of Setos
	2003–present ?–present	Flags of Votes
	2013–present ?–present	Flags of Võros
	?–present	Flags of Mulgi peopleet
	1918–present	Flag of the Baltic German
	1996–present	Flag of the Estonian Swedes	[7]

Historical flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1219–1346 1559–1645	Flag of Duchy of Estonia	Flag of Denmark
	1237–1561	Banner of State of the Teutonic Order
	1561–ca. 1650	Flag of Duchy of Estonia	Flag of Sweden
	1569–1629	Flag of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Duchy of Livonia)	Flag of Poland
	1705–1917 and 1896–1917	Merchant flag of Russia Flag of Russia
	1858–1896	State flag of Russia
	1914–1917	Flag of Russia (for private use)
	1721–1918	Flag of Governorate of Livonia
	1721–1918	Flag of Governorate of Estonia
	1917–1918	Soviet Republic of Naissaar
	1917–1918	Bolshevik flag	A red flag
	1918	Flag of German Empire (Ober Ost)
	1918–1919	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").
	1940–1941 1944–1953	Flag of the Estonian SSR	A red flag with a golden hammer and sickle in the top-left corner. Above the hammer and sickle were the gold Latin upper case characters "ENSV" (Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistlik Vabariik - "Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic") in a sans-serif font.
	1953–1990	Flag of the Estonian SSR obverse	A red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and outlined star above them in the top-left corner. In the lower half of the flag was a band of blue and white water waves.
	1953–1990	Flag of the Estonian SSR reverse	A red flag with a band of blue and white waves in the lower half of the flag.

Proposed flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918	Flag of the United Baltic Duchy
	1919	-	A black-bordered white cross offset to left defacing a blue field.
		-	A black-bordered blue cross offset to left defacing a white field.
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	1922	Proposed flag, former flag of the Governorate of Estonia

See also[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Estonia.

• Flag of Estonia
• Coat of arms of Estonia

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