List of flags of Latvia
The following is a list of flags of Latvia.
National flag and State flag[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1918–present (1940–1990 de iure) |
State flag and civil ensign | Dimensions: 10 horizontally and 2:1:2 vertically. |
Governmental standards[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1923–1940 1995–present |
Presidential standard | |
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1995–present | Speaker of the Saeima | |
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1995–present | Prime Minister's standard | |
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2002–present | Defence Minister |
Military flags[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1991–present 1919–1940 |
Naval ensign | |
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1991–present 1919–1940 |
Naval jack | |
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? | The Flag of CinC of Army | Like the naval ensign, but with the naval jack in canton |
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?–Present | The Flag of CinC of Naval Forces | Like the naval ensign, but with the naval ensign in canton |
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?–Present | Flotilla Admiral’s Flag | |
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?–Present | Rear Admiral’s Flag | |
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?–Present | Border guard |
Military pendants[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–Present | The Pendant of Commander of Flotilla | |
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?–Present | The Pendant of Commander of Squadron | |
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?–Present | The Pendant of Commander of Division | |
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?–Present | Warship Pendant |
Administrative divisions[]
Cities / State Cities[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Riga | ||
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Flag of Daugavpils | ||
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Flag of Jelgava | ||
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Flag of Jūrmala | ||
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Flag of Liepāja | ||
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Flag of Ogre | ||
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Flag of Rēzekne | ||
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Flag of Ventspils |
Towns and smaller settlements[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of Ainaži | ||
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Flag of Aizkraukle | ||
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Flag of Aizpute | ||
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Flag of Cēsis | ||
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Flag of Viļaka |
Historical flags[]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1562–1795 | Flag of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia | |
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1562–1795 | Merchant ensign of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia | Known as "Crab Flag" (Krabju karogs) |
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1918 | Flag of the short-lived United Baltic Duchy | |
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1919–1920 | Flag of the short-lived Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic | |
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1940–1953 | First flag of the Latvian SSR | Red flag with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters LPSR. |
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1941–1945 | German occupation (Reichskommissariat Ostland) | |
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1953–1990 | Second flag of the Latvian SSR | |
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All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side. |
See also[]
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