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 and was used as the national flag (riigilipp) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on February 24, 1918. The flag was formally adopted on November 21, 1918. On December 12, 1918 was the first time the flag was raised as the national symbol atop of the Pikk Hermann Tower in Tallinn.[1]
The following is a list of flags of Estonia.
National flag and State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918–1940 1944 1988–present | State flag and civil ensign | Dimensions: 7:11 |
Governmental flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1992–present 1926-1940 | Presidential standard | National tricolour with the greater coat of arms in the center |
.svg.png) | ?–present | Presidential standard (at sea) | Swallow-tailed tricolour with the greater coat of arms in the center |
 | ?–present | Defence Minister | National tricolour with the lesser coat of arms off-set to hoist |
 | ?–present | Postal flag |
Military flags
| 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) |
 | ?–present | State flag of the Air Force | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Estonian Defence Forces | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Estonian Defence Forces | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Ground Forces | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Air Force | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Defence League obverse | |
 | ?–present | Flag of the Defence League reverse | |
 | ?–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 | 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 Division | The same flag as Chief of Naval Forces, but without the anchor |
 | ?–present | Senior Officer Afloat | White triangular pennant with horizontal blue stripe though 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 |
 | ?–present | Minister of Internal Affairs pennant | |
 | ?–present | Border Guard pennant | |
 | ?–present | Police and Border Guard Flag | |
 | ?–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 | |
.svg.png) | 1994-2004 | Customs flag |
County flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1996–present | Harju County | |
 | 1996–present | Hiiu County | |
 | 1997–present | Ida-Viru County | |
 | 1996–present | Jõgeva County | |
 | 1996–present | Järva County | |
 | 1996–present | Lääne County | |
 | 1996–present | Lääne-Viru County | |
 | 1996–present | Põlva County | |
 | 1996–present | Pärnu County | |
 | 1996–present | Rapla County | |
 | 1996–present | Saare County | |
 | 1996–present | Tartu County | |
 | 1996–present | Valga County | |
 | 1996–present | Viljandi County | |
 | 1996–present | Võru County |
Regional and minority flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | ?-present | Flag of Baltic Germans | |
 | ?-present | Flag of Ingrian Finns | |
 | ?-present | Flag of Setos | |
 | 2003–present | Flag of Votes | |
 | ?-present | Alternate flag of Votes | |
 | 2013–present | Flag of Võros | |
 | ?-present | Alternate flag of Võros | |
 | 1920–1940 | Petseri County |
Historical flags
Kingdom of Denmark (1219-1346 and 1559-1645)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1219-1346 1559-1645 | Flag of Denmark |
Livonian Order (1237-1561)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1237-1561 | Flag of the State of the Teutonic Order |
Kingdom of Sweden (1561-1721)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1561-ca. 1650 | Flag of Sweden | |
 | ca. 1650- 1710/1721 | Flag of Sweden |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1561-1569)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1561-1569 | Royal Banner of Lithuania |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569-1629)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1569-1587 | Royal Banner of Lithuania | |
 | 1569-1587 | Royal Banner of Poland | |
 | 1587-1668 | Flag of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Russian Empire (1721-1917) and Russian Republic (1917-1918)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1710/1721-1858 1883–1917/1918 | Civil ensign of Russia Flag of Russia | |
 | 1858-1883 | Flag of Russia | |
.svg.png) | 1914-1917 | Flag of Russia (private use) | |
.svg.png) | 1710/1721-1858 | Imperial Standard of Russia | |
.svg.png) | 1858-1917 | Imperial Standard of Russia | |
 | ?–1917 1917-1918 | Flag of the Governorate of Estonia Flag of the autonomous Governorate of Estonia | |
 | ?-1917/1918 | Flag of the Governorate of Livonia | |
 | 1917-1918 | Bolshevik flag | A red flag |
German Empire (1918)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1918 | Flag of Germany and the Ober Ost | |
 | 1918 | Flag of the United Baltic Duchy | |
Estonian Workers' Commune (1918-1919)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 Kommuna"; Russian: "Эстляндская трудовая коммуна" ("Estlyandskaya Trudovaya Kommuna"). |
Soviet Union (1940-1941, 1944-1991)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png) | 1940-1941 1944-1955 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
.svg.png) | 1955-1980 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
 | 1980-1990/1991 | Flag of the Soviet Union | |
.svg.png) | 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. |
Greater German Reich (1941-1944)
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg.png) | 1941-1944 | Flag of Germany and the Reichskomissariat Ostland |
Proposed State flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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See also
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