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
	?–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
	1994-2004	Customs flag
	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.

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
	1914-1917	Flag of Russia (private use)
	1710/1721-1858	Imperial Standard of Russia
	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 Kommuun"; Russian: "Эстляндская трудовая коммуна" ("Estlyandskaya Trudovaya Kommuna").

Soviet Union (1940-1941, 1944-1991)

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1940-1941 1944-1955	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1955-1980	Flag of the Soviet Union
	1980-1990/1991	Flag of the Soviet Union
	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
	1941-1944	Flag of Germany and the Reichskomissariat Ostland

Proposed State flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
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See also

• Flag of Estonia
• Coat of arms of Estonia

References

1. Estonia's Blue-Black-White Tricolour Flag at estemb.org