List of flags of Lithuania

The following is a list of flags of Lithuania.

National flag and State flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	National flag and civil ensign	Current version adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5
	2004–Present	State flag (historical)	The flag displays the national emblem in a banner form, flag was adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5

Governmental flags[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–Present	Presidential standard	The State Emblem charged in the center on a dark red field. Ratio: 5:6
	?–Present	Defence Minister	White flag with the national flag in canton and a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field in the center. Ratio: 1:2

Military flag[]

Date	Use	Description
?–present	Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces	Dark red flag with the stylized Columns of Gediminas on the red disc and surrounding by the wreath of laurels. Ratio: 2:3
?–present	Army Flag	Red flag with the stylized Columns of Gediminas. Ratio: 1:2
?–present	Flag of Army Command	Red flag with a mace in center and a Columns of Gediminas in each corner.
?–present	Air Force Flag	White flag charged with the national flag in the canton and with stylized azure wings and double cross of Jogaila family in lower right quarter. The cross of Jogaila family is white bordered with two black bends. Ratio: 1:2
1927–1940	Naval ensign	Lithuanian tricolor with a red shield containing a Jagiellonian Double Cross. Ratio: 1:2
1992–present	Naval ensign	White with a dark blue St. George-style cross throughout and the Lithuanian tricolor in the canton. Ratio: 1:2
1927–1940	Naval jack	Green bordered red field with yellow double cross of Jogaila family in the canton.
1992–2004	Naval jack	White with a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field, with a dark blue anchor behind the badge. Ratio: 1:2
2004–present	Naval jack	Identical to a historical state flag of Lithuania. Ratio: 3:5
1992–present	The Flag of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces	White flag with the national tricolour in the canton and three sixpointed stars set in rasing diagonal in the fly half. The stars are sixpointed segmented with black lines and with white border fimbriated with red
1992–present	Chief of Staff's Flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with two stars only.
1992–present	Commander Naval Armed Forces	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with a single star only.
?–present	Brigade Commander's flag	Pennat consisting of the national flag at hoist and tapering swallow-tailed white part at fly, continuing two red stars (of the same shape as in the previous flags) next to each other. Ratio: 1:5
?–present	Division Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but with single star. Ratio: 1:5
?–present	Group Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but without the stars. Ratio: 1:5
?–present	Masthead Pennant	Rectangular pennant with swallow-tail, national tricolour at hoist (1:4) and blue fly. Total flag ratio: 1:20
?–present	Flag of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force	Green flag with the emblem of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force in the center.
1946–1991	Flag of the Soviet Army	Used under Soviet occupation.
1940–1950	Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR	Used under Soviet occupation.
1950–1991	Ensign of the Naval Fleet of the USSR	Slight modification from previous design. Used under Soviet occupation.

Historical flags[]

Date	Use	Description
15th century	Royal Banner of Lithuania
17th century	Royal Banner of Poland–Lithuania
1858–1896	State flag of the Russian Empire
1896–1917	National flag of the Russian Empire
1917	Flag used during the Vilnius Conference
1918–1940	State flag and civil ensign of Republic of Lithuania and Kingdom of Lithuania
1918–1919	Soviet puppet state from 1918 to 1919 (Lithuanian SSR and Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia)
1940–1941	Soviet occupation from 3 July 1940 till 22 June 1941 (Lithuanian SSR)
1940–1941	Flag of the Soviet Union
1941–1944	Flag of Reichskommissariat Ostland
1944–1955	Flag of the Soviet Union
1955–1991	Flag of the Soviet Union
1944–1953	Soviet occupation (Lithuanian SSR)
1953–1988	Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
	Reverse flag	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1988–2004	State flag and civil ensign	Ratio: 1:2

County flags[]

Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the central designs were adapted from the counties' coat of arms.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Alytus County
	2004–present	Kaunas County
	2004–present	Klaipėda County
	2004–present	Marijampolė County
	2004–present	Panevėžys County
	2004–present	Šiauliai County
	2004–present	Tauragė County
	2004–present	Telšiai County
	2004–present	Utena County
	2004–present	Vilnius County