List of Croatian flags

This is a list of flags, some of which were used in the past, or used in the present by Croatia and Croats.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	21 December 1990 – present	Flag of Croatia^[1]	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom; with the national coat of arms in the centre.
	21 December 1990 – present	Flag of Croatia (vertical)

Date	Use	Description
1 November 1990 – present	Standard of the president of Croatia	A square blue field with a border of red and white squares; in the center a version of the national coat of arms surmounted by a red-white-blue ribbon with the letters "RH" (the initials of the country's full name in Croatian, Republika Hrvatska).
1990 – present	Standard of the prime minister of Croatia
1990 – present	Standard of the speaker of the Croatian Parliament

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991–present	Flag of the Croatian Army	Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian Army in the center
	1991	Flag of the Croatian National Guard	Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian National Guard in the center

Date	Party	Description
	Civil and state ensign of Croatia	Identical to the national flag, but with 2:3 proportions.
1 March 1999 – present	Naval ensign of Croatia (ensign of the Croatian Navy)	Same as the civil ensign, but with two crossed anchors behind the coat of arms.
	Naval jack of Croatia	A blue field with red and white border, with the national coat of arms and two crossed anchors in the centre.
	Naval flag defence minister
	Naval flag Chief of the General Staff
	Naval flag of the General
	Flag of the Commander of the Croatian Navy
	Flag of an admiral
	Flag of an Admiral of the Fleet
	Flag of a vice admiral
	Flag of a rear admiral
	Flag of a commodore
	Pennant of the commander of a fleet of naval vessels
	Pennant of the commander of a flotilla of naval vessels
	Pennant of the commander of a division of naval vessels
	Pennant of the commander of a group of naval vessels
	Pennant of the most senior commander of a naval vessel
	Pennant of the commander of a naval vessel

Flag	Administrative division		Adopted	Description
		Bjelovar-Bilogora County		A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Brod-Posavina County		A blue field with two diagonal white stripes and the county's coat of arms in the center^[2]
		Dubrovnik-Neretva County		A horizontal bicolor of red and white with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Istria County		A horizontal bicolor of blue and green with the county's coat of arms in the center^[3]
		Karlovac County		A horizontal bicolor of red and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Koprivnica-Križevci County		Orthogonally quartered red and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Krapina-Zagorje County		A red field with narrow gold stripes at the top and bottom and the county's coat of arms in the center^[4]
		Lika-Senj County		Unequal horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[5]
		Međimurje County		A vertical bicolor of white and red with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Osijek-Baranja County		Five unequal horizontal stripes of white and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center^[6]
		Požega-Slavonia County		Unequal horizontal triband of green and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center
		Primorje-Gorski Kotar County		A sky blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes^[7]
		Šibenik-Knin County		A blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes^[8]
		Sisak-Moslavina County		A blue field with narrow red and white stripes along either the hoist or the top side and the county's coat of arms in the center^[9]
		Split-Dalmatia County		Unequal vertical stripes of yellow and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center of the yellow part^[10]
		Varaždin County		Five horizontal stripes of red and white with the county's coat of arms at the hoist side^[11]
		Virovitica-Podravina County		Horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[12]
		Vukovar-Srijem County		Seven horizontal stripes of yellow and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[13]
		Zadar County		Two white and blue horizontal stripes separated by a wavy line, with the county's coat of arms in the center^[14]
		Zagreb County		Five horizontal stripes of green and white with the county's coat of arms in the center^[15]
		Zagreb		The city's coat of arms on a blue field.^[16]

List of Croatian flags

Modern Flag

Standard

Military

Army

Navy

Air Force

Coast Guard

Police

Security and Intelligence Agency

Subnational flags

Municipality flags

Political flags

Ethnic groups flags

Historical flags

Historical national flags

Royal Standards

Coronation Standards

Historical governmental flags

Historical ensigns

Historical military flags

Historical city flags

Historical regional flags

Historical flags (medieval)

Republic of Ragusa flags

Other

Flag proposals

Croatian people in other countries

Burgees of Croatia

Notes

References

External links

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Flag	Date	Party	Description
Link to file	1989–present	Croatian Peasant Party
	2015–present	Social Democratic Party of Croatia
	2005–2008	Social Democratic Party of Croatia
	1989–present	Croatian Democratic Union
	1997–present	Socialist Labour Party of Croatia
	1990–present	Croatian Party of Rights
	1956–present	Croatian Liberation Movement	Founded in Argentina
	2011–2022	Human Shield
Link to file	1998–2015	Party of Danube Serbs
	1991–1993 (officially)	Croatian Defence Forces	Paramilitary arm of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
	1946–1990	League of Communists of Croatia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	9 April 2005–present (1997–present in eastern Slavonia)	Flag of Serbs of Croatia	The Serbian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, blue and white). Defined by the Serb National Council.
	?–present	Flag of Pannonian Rusyns in Croatia	The Croatian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, white and blue) with a coat of arms that is similar to the coat of arms of Carpathian Ukraine. Defined by the Union of Rusyns of the Republic of Croatia.
	?–present	Flag of Šokci	^{[image reference needed]}
	?–present	Flag of Bunjevci	Bicolor flag with a white and a light blue vertical stripe, containing Bunjevci coat of arms and three golden stars in each field's centre, respectively. Recognised by the Bunjevačka matica.^[17]
	1990–present	Flag of Italians of Croatia	Tricolor flag with the same color as the flag of Italy, but has aspect ratio of 1:2.
Former
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Yugoslav flags § Ethnic communities.

Date	Use	Description
27 June – 21 December 1990	Early flag of the Republic of Croatia (federal unit of Yugoslavia).^[18] Also flag of Croatian political opposition in exile 1945 – 1990.	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom, coat of arms of Croatia in the center of the middle field. The first field of the coat of arms was never specified in the Croatian constitution. The flag used Republic of Croatia colors, proportions 1:2.
18 January 1947 – 27 June 1990	Flag of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (subdivision of SFR Yugoslavia).	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a (golden-rimmed) red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
8 May 1945 – 18 January 1947	Flag of the People's Republic of Croatia (subdivision of FPR Yugoslavia).	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
15 December 1943 – 8 May 1945^{[citation needed]}	Flag of the Federal State of Croatia (provisional subdivision within DF Yugoslavia).^[a]
1941–1945	State flag of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH)	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner (letter "U" surrounded by Croatian interlace) and the Croatian coat of arms (but with the first field white, as opposed to red) in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
	Variant of the state flag of the NDH	A variant of tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner and the Croatian coat of arms in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:5.
	Civil flag of the NDH	A tricolour of red, white, and blue without the Ustaše symbol and the Croatian coat of arms. Similar to the Dutch flag, proportions 2:3.
21 November 1939 – 17 October 1943 (21 January 1941)	Flag of the Banovina of Croatia (subdivision of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Used de facto 1939–1941; legally valid 1939–1943.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3.
21 November 1939 – 17 October 1943 (21 January 1941)	Variant with coat of arms of the flag of the Banovina of Croatia
1918	Flag of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2.
1860–1918	Unofficial, but more common, flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which used a different crown on top of the shield.^[19]	A tricolour of red, white, and blue, with the composite coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom superimposed and centred The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3.
	The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary). State flag, unofficial outside Croatia-Slavonia.
	The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Civil flag the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary).^[20]^[21] Civil flag, official on all levels.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3.
1871	Flag of Croatia used during the Rakovica revolt.	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. It features the kingdom coat of arms but with the Coat of arms of Illyria in the centre.
8 March 1852 – 1868	Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). Official on all levels.	Two bars of red and white. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2. The flag design was similar to the flag of Monaco.
1848–1852	Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). The flag was banned from 1852 to 1860.^[20]^[21]	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Triune Kingdom coat of arms in the center. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2.

Date	Use	Description
1868–1871	Royal bans standard of Baron Levin Rauch	A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
1860–1867	Royal bans standard of Baron Josip Šokčević	Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
1848–1859	Royal bans standard of Count Josip Jelačić Bužimski
1680-1690	Royal bans standard of Nikola III Erdody	A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest