List of Croatian flags

This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Croatia or by Croatians and Croats.

Modern Flag

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; the national coat of arms in the centre.
	21 December 1990 – present	Flag of Croatia (vertical)

Standard

Flag	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 and 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
	1941–1945	Standard of the Poglavnik (Head of State) of the Independent State of Croatia	Standard of the Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of Minister of Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of Minister in Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of Vojskovođa (Marshal) in Independent State of Croatia

Military

Army

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
Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
	1941–1945	Flag of Commander of the Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a general of the infantry, artillery, etc. of Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a lieutenant general of the Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a general of the Independent State of Croatia

Navy

Flag	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.
	1 March 1999 – present	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.
	1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag defence minister
	1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag Chief of the General Staff
	1 March 1999 – present	Naval flag of the General
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of the Commander of the Croatian Navy
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of an admiral
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of an Admiral of the Fleet
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a vice admiral
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a rear admiral
	1 March 1999 – present	Flag of a commodore
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a fleet of naval vessels
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a flotilla of naval vessels
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a division of naval vessels
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a group of naval vessels
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the most senior commander of a naval vessel
	1 March 1999 – present	Pennant of the commander of a naval vessel
Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
	1941–1945	Naval Ensign of NDH (1941-1944) Naval Jack of the NDH (1944–1945)	2:3 squares 5×5 (total ratio 2:3)
	1944–1945	Naval Ensign of the NDH (1944-1945)	A tricolour of red, white, and blue and the NDH coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
	1941–1945	Civil Ensign of the NDH	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner, but without the Croatian coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3.
	1941–1945	Flag of an admiral of the Independent State of Croatia	A simple blue cross on a white field.
	1941–1945	Flag of a vice admiral of Independent State of Croatia
	1941–1945	Flag of a rear admiral of the Independent State of Croatia
Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia (1868–1918)
	1892–1918	Croatian civil ensign (1892–1918)	In the Croatian part of Austria-Hungary, it was used as a national flag, while on the Adriatic it was used by Croatian shipping companies, it was recognized as the third trade flag of the monarchy.
	unknown	Flag of the Shipping Society Senj	The flag of the steamship company from Senj is based on the Croatian tricolor, on which the orange initials BDS (Brodarsko Društvo Senj) are written in a white stripe. This flag was, of course, flown on the masts or sails, and the prescribed Austro-Hungarian naval flag was flown with a flag spear on the stern or bowsprit.

Air Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Air Force
Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
	1941–1945	Flag of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia

Coast Guard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Coast Guard

Police

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Croatian Police

Security and Intelligence Agency

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag of Security and Intelligence Agency

Subnational flags

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]

Municipality flags

Main article: Commons:Flags of municipalities of Croatia

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
Link to file	1989–present	Croatian Peasant Party
	2015–present	Social Democratic Party of Croatia
	2005–2008
	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

Ethnic groups flags

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]
Former
For a more comprehensive list, see List of Yugoslav flags § Ethnic communities.

Historical flags

Historical national flags

Flag	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).[lower-alpha 1]
	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.
	1941–1945	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.
	1941–1945	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	A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3.
	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.
	1860–1918	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.	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.
	1860–1918	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.
	1830-1848	Coronation flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)	A yellow swallow-tailed flag with Croatia in gold and the Croatian coat of arms. Coronation flag from 1830 coronation of Ferdinand I of Austria.
	Early 16th century–1526	Croatia in personal union with Hungary	Banner of Croatian troops (chessboard) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban.

Royal Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1868–1871	Royal bans Standard of Baron Levin Rauch	Red-White-Blue flag, 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	Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest
	1680-1690	Royal bans Standard of Nikola III Erdody	A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest

Coronation Standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1618	Banner of Croatia at Ferdinand II's coronation	Banner with the arms of Croatia
	1618	Banner of Slavonia at Ferdinand II's coronation	Banner with the arms of Slavonia
	1830	Coronation flag from 1830 coronation of Ferdinand I of Austria.	A yellow swallow-tailed flag with Croatia in gold and the Croatian coat of arms on it.

Historical city flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2016	A proposed flag of the city of Rijeka using the old flag of the Free State of Fiume (1921–1924) and the coat of arms of the city of Rijeka. The proposed flag had horizontal stripes of crimson (dark red), golden yellow and cobalt blue with the coat of arms of the city of Rijeka at the middle.	Proposed flag of the city of Rijeka
	1995	The variant of the commemorative flag of Split, celebrating the 1700-year anniversary of the construction of Diocletian's Palace.	A vertical blue flag with a white-color word art repeatedly reading 'Split', stacked together to depict Diocletian's Palace and its bell tower.
	pre-1945	Variant flag of Split, featuring the device from the pre-1945 coat of arms.	A blue flag with a white-color illustration of the walls of Diocletian's Palace and the bell tower of Saint Domnius Cathedral behind them.
	1941–1945	The flag is made up of two vertical stripes, one blue and the other white. This flag was made supposedly during World War 2, although no evidence has surfaced as to when the flag was used.	Flag of Csáktornya (Čakovec)
	1779–1918/ 1920–1924	Flag of Corpus separatum Rijeka and Free State of Fiume	Three horizontal bars of burgundy red, gold and blue.
	14th century	Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in 1339 pergament map from Angelino Dulcert.	A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field.
	14th century	Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in a map from Guillelmus Soleri.	A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field.
	14th century	Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in an excerpt from the Catalan Atlas.	A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field.
	14th century	Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in 1339 pergament map from Angelino Dulcert.	Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow.
	14th century	Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in an excerpt from the Catalan Atlas.	Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow.
	14th century	Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in a map from Guillelmus Soleri.	Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow.

Historical regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1820–1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia	Two horizontal bars of blue and gold. Proportions 1:2.
	1820–1918	Variant flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia	Two horizontal bars of faded blue and gold. Proportions 1:2.
	1852–1868	Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia	Two horizontal bars of blue and silver. Proportions 1:2
	mid 1800's-1852; 1860–1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia	Three horizontal bars of blue, white and red. Proportions 1:2
	unknown	Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia	Three horizontal bars of blue, white and green. Proportions 1:2
	1779–1918	Flag of Corpus separatum Rijeka	Three horizontal bars of burgundy red, gold and blue.
	1849–1918	Flag of Margraviate of Istria in the Austrian Littoral	Three horizontal bars of gold, red and blue.
	1849–1918	Variant flag of Margraviate of Istria in the Austrian Littoral	Three horizontal bars of gold, red and blue with the coat of arms of the Austrian Littoral on it.

Historical flags (medieval)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1350	Banner of Esclavonia (according to Book of All Kingdoms)	A banner of Esclavonia (according to Book of All Kingdoms). A yellow and red banner with a star on it.
	1444	Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle	Banner of Croatian soldiers (white flag with black cross) under leadership of Franko Talovac in the battle of Varna
	1444	Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle	Banner (black flag) of Rafael Herczeg's banderium, bishop of Bosnia, in the battle of Varna
	Early 16th century–1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (chessboard) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (St. Andrew's Cross) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (red with a cross) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (divided in two halves, upper is red with cross, lower is white-red) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (arpadian) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (divided on red and white with spears) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban
	1526	Flag of Croatian troops in Mohacs battle	Banner of Croatian troops (Hungarian) in battle of Mohacs, carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban

Republic of Ragusa flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1358–1808	Flag of Republic of Dubrovnik	Saint Blaise, patron saint of Dubrovnik, today the official flag of the City of Dubrovnik
	1358–1808	Variant flag of Republic of Ragusa
	1358–1808	State and war flag and naval ensign
	1358 – c. 1667	Civil ensign
	c. 1667–1807	Civil and merchant flag
	1358–1808	The "Libertas" Flag of Dubrovnik
	1358–1808	Secondary ensign

Other

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996-1998	United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium	Flag of the United Nations
	1995–1996	Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia	Flag of Serbs of Croatia
	1991–1995	Flag of the Republic of Serbian Krajina	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, charged with the coat of arms.
	1995–1996	War Flag of Serbian Krajina	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue, charged with two crossed gold swords.
	1941–1943	Flag of the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment (obverse and reverse)
	1924–1947	Flag of the Province of Carnaro
	1918–1941	Flag of the Province of Zara
	1921	Flag of the Labin Republic
	1920–1924	Flag of the Free State of Fiume	A simple, horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue.
	1919–1920	Flag of the Italian Regency of Carnaro
	1919–1920	Ensign of the Italian Regency of Carnaro

Flag proposals

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990	Proposal by Krsto Mažuranić
	1990	Proposals by Boris Ljubičić

Croatian people in other countries

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–1996	Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia	A tricolor of red, white, and blue with the coat of arms of Herzeg-Bosnia in the center
	2005–today	Flag of the Croats of Serbia and Montenegro, adopted by the Croat National Council	A tricolor of red, white, and blue with the shield from the coat of arms of Croatia in the center

Burgees of Croatia

Flag	Club
	Opatija
	Orion
	Pesja
	Plav
	Rijeka
	Split

Notes

1. As described in an order by Supreme Headquarters of Yugoslav Partisans on 1 October 1941 as the future flag of Croatia. Flied by Croatian Partisans during World War II.

References

1. "Croatia Flag". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
2. Brodsko-posavska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
3. Istarska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
4. Službeni Glasnik Krapinsko-Zagorske Županije, Article 9 (in Croatian)
5. Ličko-senjska županija: Opći podatci (in Croatian)
6. Znamenja Osječko-baranjske županije/The Symbols of Osijek-Baranja County (in Croatian and English)
7. Primorsko-goranska županija: Službena obilježja (in Croatian)
8. Šibensko-kninska županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
9. Sisačko-moslavačka županija: Zastava i grb (in Croatian) An image of the flag with horizontal stripes is shown, but the accompanying text says the red and white stripes should be vertical and at the left ("Zastava započinje s lijeva crvenom okomitom trakom").
10. Splitsko-dalmatinska županija: Grb i zastava Archived 2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine, Article 3 (in Croatian)
11. Varaždinska županija: Opće informacije (in Croatian)
12. Virovitičko-podravska županija: Heraldika (in Croatian)
13. Vukovarsko-srijemska županija: Osnovni podaci (in Croatian)
14. Zadarske županija: Zastava i grb Zadarske županije Archived 2015-06-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Croatian)
15. Zagrebačka županija: Grb i zastava (in Croatian)
16. Grb i zastava Grada Zagreba (in Croatian)
17. "Bunjevačka zastava u centru Baje" [Flag of Bunjevci in the centre of Baja]. Bunjevačka matica. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
18. 20. lipanj 1990. - Prijedlog o promjeni imena i grba države [20 June 1990 - Proposal on the change of name and coat of arms of the state] (Motion picture, TV kalendar). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Radiotelevision. 2015-06-20.
19. Jelena Boršak-Marijanović, Zastave kroz stoljeća (Flags thru the centuries), Croatian His0ory Museum, Zagreb, 1996, p. 110
20. Heimer, Željko. "Hrvatska-povijesne zastave". zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
21. Heimer, Željko; Zdvořák, Janko Ehrlich. "Croatia in the Habsburg Empire". crwflags.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

External links

• Croatia - Historical Flags (1848-1918)