List of Croatian flags
For more information on main flags see article: Flag of Croatia
This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Croatia or by Croatians and Croats.
Current flags
National flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
21 December 1990 – present | Flag of Croatia | 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. |
Presidential 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". |
Maritime flags
Flag | Date | Use | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Historical national flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
27 June 1990–21 December 1990 | Early flag of the Republic of Croatia. 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. | |
2 June 1945-27 June 1990 | Flag of Socialist Republic of Croatia. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. | |
15 December 1943-2 June 1945 | Flag of the Federal State of Croatia and also the Croatian branch of the Yugoslav Partisans, used during World War II. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center of middle field. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. | |
9 October 1941 -25 March 1942 | "Flag of Croatian-Serbian friendship", an early flag of the Yugoslav Partisan movement | Early flag of the Yugoslav Partisan movement, divided. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3. | |
21 November 1939-17 October 1943 | Flag of the Banovina of Croatia. 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 | 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. | 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. 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. Civil flag, official on all levels. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. | |
8 March 1852 - 1868 | Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia. 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. The flag was banned from 1852 to 1860. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the triune coat of arms in the center. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2. |
Royal Bans Standards
Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945)
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
1941–1945 | Flag of the Independent State of Croatia | A 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 2:3. | |
1941–1945 | Variant 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 | Merchant flag 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 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. | |
1941–1945 | War flag of the Independent State of Croatia. In use in pro Nazi Croatia 1941-1945 | A tricolour of red, white, and blue and the NDH coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3. | |
1941–1945 | Standard of the Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia | Standard of the Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia | |
1941–1944 | Naval Ensign of the Independent State of Croatia 1941 | 2:3 squares 5×5 | |
1944–1945 | Naval Jack of the Independent State of Croatia 1944 | 2:3 squares 5×5 | |
1941–1945 | Flag of the Air Force 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 in Independent State of Croatia | ||
1941–1945 | Flag of Commander of the Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia | ||
1941–1945 | Flag of an admiral of the Independent State of Croatia | ||
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 | ||
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 |
Historical regional flags
Historical flags (medieval)
Subnational flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
Flag of Bjelovar-Bilogora County | A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Brod-Posavina County | A blue field with two diagonal white stripes and the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Dubrovnik-Neretva County | A horizontal bicolor of red and white with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Istria County | A horizontal bicolor of blue and green with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Karlovac County | A horizontal bicolor of red and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Koprivnica-Križevci County | Orthogonally quartered red and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of 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 | ||
Flag of Lika-Senj County | Unequal horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Međimurje County | A vertical bicolor of white and red with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Osijek-Baranja County | Five unequal horizontal stripes of white and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Požega-Slavonia County | Unequal horizontal triband of green and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | A sky blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes | ||
Flag of Šibenik-Knin County | A blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes | ||
Flag of 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 | ||
Flag of Split-Dalmatia County | Unequal vertical stripes of yellow and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center of the yellow part | ||
Flag of Varaždin County | Five horizontal stripes of red and white with the county's coat of arms at the hoist side | ||
Flag of Virovitica-Podravina County | Horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Vukovar-Srijem County | Seven horizontal stripes of yellow and white with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Zadar County | Two white and blue horizontal stripes separated by a wavy line, with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of Zagreb County | Five horizontal stripes of green and white with the county's coat of arms in the center | ||
Flag of the City of Zagreb | The city's coat of arms on a blue field. |
Other
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
1905-1918 | Flag of the Serb-Croatian friendship | A combination of the Croatian and Serbian tricolors, with a green crest of two shaking hands | |
1992-1994 | 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 | |
9 April 2005–present | Flag of the Serbs of Croatia | The Serbian tricolor | |
Flag of the Italians of Croatia | The flag of Italy |