List of Serbian flags explained

This is a list of Serbian flags used in the past and present.

Current flags

National flags

See main article: article and Flag of Serbia.

FlagDateUseDescription
2010 - present State flagstyle=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia) with the lesser coat of arms left of center
2010 - present State flagstyle=font-size:90%; Vertical display
2010 - presentCivil flagstyle=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia)

Presidential standards

FlagDateUseDescription
2010–present Standard of the President of the Republicstyle=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
2010–present style=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2006–present Flag of the Serbian Armed Forcesstyle=font-size:90%; Light red square with the emblem of the Armed Forces (Serbian eagle in passive position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords) and motto "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland"
2006–present Flag of the Serbian Armystyle=font-size:90%; Dark red square with the emblem of the Army (Serbian eagle in passive position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords)
2006–present Flag of the Serbian Air Forcestyle=font-size:90%; Light blue square with the emblem of the Air Force (Serbian eagle in active position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords)

Provincial flags

See main article: article and Flag of Vojvodina.

FlagDateUseDescription
2004–present Flag of Vojvodina style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white (with larger blue portion) and three yellow stars representing Srem, Banat, and Bačka
2016–present Traditional flag of Vojvodina style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the traditional coat of arms at the center

Flags of municipalities and cities

Historical flags

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription


1835–1882Principality of Serbiastyle=font-size:90%; State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with coat of arms at the center

Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white


1882–1918Kingdom of Serbiastyle=font-size:90%; State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the royal coat of arms at the center

Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1945–1992 Socialist Republic of Serbia
(SFR Yugoslavia)
style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with red star at the center
1992–2004Republic of Serbia
(FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro)
style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white


2004–2010Republic of Serbia
(Serbia and Montenegro until 2006)
style=font-size:90%; State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the lesser coat of arms left of center.

Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.

Royal standards

FlagDateUseDescription
1882–1918 Standard of the King of Serbiastyle=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
1882–1903 Standard of the House of Obrenovićstyle=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Obrenović
1903–presentStandard of the House of Karađorđevićstyle=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Karađorđević

Presidential standards

FlagDateUseDescription
2004–2010 Standard of the President of the Republicstyle=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
2004–2010 style=font-size:90%; Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags

Flags of Serbian people in other countries

Republika Srpska

See main article: article and Flag of Republika Srpska.

National flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1992 - present State flagstyle=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white; Serbian national colours
2007 - presentState flag(unofficial)style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the seal of Republika Srpska at the center

Flags of municipalities and cities

Montenegro, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Romania

FlagDateUseDescription


2008–present style=font-size:90%; Top: horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the Krstaš-barjak; flag of the Serb National Council of Montenegro.

Bottom: horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the coat of arms of Montenegro; nowadays in mass usage by Serbs of Montenegro.
2005–present Flag of Serbs of Croatia
Flag of Serbs of North Macedonia
Flag of Serbs of Romania
style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white

Other historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1995–1998 style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1992–1995 style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1991style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1943–1945 Flag of Communist Serbian Partisansstyle=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with red star in the center. Flag of Serbian Partisans used in the German-occupied Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs lived.
1941–1944 Flag (alleged) of Government of National Salvation (Nazi German-occupied Serbia)style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1905–1918 style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1905–1918 State flag of the Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of Montenegrostyle=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the coat of arms of Montenegro.
1848–1849 style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms and the Serbian cross on the chest of the black eagle
1869–1872 style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top
1838–1869War flag of the Principality of Serbia style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left
1835 Flag of the Principality of Serbia style=font-size:90%; Horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue (disputed), with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches, according to the Sretenje Constitution.
1815 War flag during the Second Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)style=font-size:90%; Red cross on white background
1807 War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)style=font-size:90%; Red and white with cross, moon, sun, and sword.
1804–1813 War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)style=font-size:90%; Red and blue with sword and Serbian cross
1804–1813 War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution) style=font-size:90%; Red background with two coat of arms (the Serbian cross and Triballian boar) at the centre, Serbian Crown Jewels on the top and two Voivode flags on the bottom.
1790–1792 style=font-size:90%; Flag used at the coronation of the Emperor Leopold II (1790).
1345 - 1355Imperial Cavalry flag
(Serbian Empire)
style=font-size:90%; Triangular bicoloured flag of red and yellow. Emperor Stefan Dušan's Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar on Mount Athos.
1345 - 1355 Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)
style=font-size:90%; Square, purple, with golden cross at the center. Emperor Stefan Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.
1345 - 1355Flag (alleged) of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)
style=font-size:90%; Triband of red at top and bottom and white at the center. Found at Hilandar by Dimitrije Avramović, alleged by the monastic brotherhood to have been a flag of Emperor Dušan.

1339Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)
style=font-size:90%; Yellow flag with red bicephalic eagle. Angelino Dulcert's 1339 map included the flag of the Serbian Kingdom (Serbian Empire after 1345) under Stefan Dušan.
1234 - 1243Flag (alleged) of King Stefan Vladislav
(Serbian Kingdom)
style=font-size:90%; Bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav in Ragusa. Oldest described Serbian flag.

See also

References

Still in some limited use

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