List of Serbian flags

This is a list of Serbian flags used in the past and present. For more information about the national flag, see the article Flag of Serbia.

Flag of Serbia
Flag Date Use Description
1882–1918
2004–present		 State flag and ensign Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, national colours of Serbia, with the lesser coat of arms left of center
1835–1945
1992–present		 National flag and ensign National colours of Serbia (red, blue and white)

Provincial flags
Flag Date Use Description
2004–present Flag of Vojvodina 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 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the traditional coat of arms in the middle

Governmental flags
Flag Date Use Description
2004–present Standard of the President of Serbia Square horizontal tricolor edged with greater arms
2004–present Standard of the President of the National Assembly Square horizontal tricolor with greater arms

Military flags
Flag Use Description
Regimental flag of the Serbian Army of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A red square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Regimental flag of the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A blue square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Flag of the Guard of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A red square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in alert position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords, with inside a text "1830", with inside a text "for the freedom and honor of the fatherland" in serbian

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Flag of the Military Police of the Serbian Armed Forces At the left: A black square with gold contour with inside the serbian eagle in passive position with serbian crown and serb cross holding two crossed swords

At the right: A squared with gold contour State flag and ensign (horizontal tricolor edged with small arms)

Flag Date Use Description
2006–present Naval ensign of Serbia Red flag with Serbian flag in the canton.

Flags of municipalities and cities
See also: Municipalities and cities of Serbia
Flags of municipalities and cities

Historical official flags
Flag Date Use Description
1835–1882 Principality of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with coat of arms
1882–1918 Kingdom of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with royal coat of arms (incl. eagle and cross)
1945–1992 Socialist Republic of Serbia
(SFR Yugoslavia)		 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with red star in the center.
1992–2004 Republic of Serbia
(FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro)		 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
2004–2010* Republic of Serbia Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the Serbian eagle in the center.

Medieval flags
Flag Date Use Description
fl. 1234–1243 Flag of King Stefan Vladislav
(Medieval Serbian Kingdom)		 Bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav (r. 1234–1243) in Ragusa.[1][2] Oldest described Serbian flag.[1]

 fl. 1339 Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)		 Yellow flag with red bicephalic eagle.[3] Angelino Dulcert's 1339 map included the flag of the Medieval Serbian Kingdom under Stefan Dušan (emperor after 1345).[4][5]
1345–1355 Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan Square, purple, with golden cross in center. Emperor Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.[6]
1345–1355 Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(alleged)		 A triband of red at top and bottom and white in the center. Found at Hilandar by Dimitrije Avramović, alleged by the brotherhood to have been a flag of Emperor Dušan.[7]
1345–1355 Serbian Imperial cavalry flag Triangular bicoloured flag of red and yellow. Emperor Dušan's Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar on Mount Athos.[8]

Other flags
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Voivode flag from the First Serbian Uprising.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag Flag of the regular army from the First Serbian Uprising.
Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag 1804 flag from the First Serbian Uprising
FlagDateUseDescription
Serbian Orthodox ChurchHorizontal tricolor with centered Serbian cross.
Standard of the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
1992–presentRepublika SrpskaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
2008–presentFlag of the Serb National Council of MontenegroA tricolor of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white with the Krstaš-barjak.
2005–presentFlag of Serbs of CroatiaA tricolor of three equally sized horizontal red, blue and white.
1995–1998Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western SyrmiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
1991–1995Republic of Serbian KrajinaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
1991SAO Krajina, SAO Western Slavonia, SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western SyrmiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.
1943–1945Flag of Communist Serbian PartisansHorizontal 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. Used by war-time AVNOJ.
1941–1944Government of National Salvation
(Nazi German occupation of Serbia) (alleged)		Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
1905–1918
1941–1944		Civil flag of Kingdom of Montenegro, Fascist Italian-occupied territory of Montenegro, Nazi German-occupied territory of MontenegroHorizontal tricolor of red, blue and white.
1905–1916State flag of the Kingdom of Montenegro and also used by Serbs of MontenegroNational flag of Principality (1905-10) and the Kingdom of Montenegro (1910-16). Red-blue-white tricolor. One of the symbols of the 2019–2020 Montenegrin protests.
1902–1917Karađorđević Royal StandardAs described in 1917 by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor: Flags of the World.
1882–1918Kingdom of SerbiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with lesser coat of arms.
1869–1872Principality of SerbiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top.
1848–1860Serbian Vojvodina and also used by Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of TemeschwarThe yellow-black background with the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms, with the coat-of-arms of the Serbs (Serbian cross) on the chest of the black eagle.
1838Principality of SerbiaWar flag of Principality of Serbia. Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with royal coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left.
1835–1882Principality of SerbiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with royal coat of arms.
1835Principality of Serbia

Horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue (disputed), with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches. From the Sretenje Constitution.

1815Second Serbian Uprising
Serbian Revolution		A red cross on white background. Used at Takovo in 1815.
1807Serbian RevolutionRed and white with cross, moon, sun, and sword.
1804–1813Serbian RevolutionRed and blue with sword and Serbian cross.
1804–1813First Serbian Uprising
Serbian Revolution		War flag during the First Serbian Uprising and Serbian Revolution. 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. Adopted as the flag of Topola.
1790–1792Habsburg-occupied SerbiaHabsburg claim on Serbia.
1618Habsburg claim on SerbiaHabsburg claim on Serbia.

Political flags
FlagDateUseDescription
Current
2017–presentPeople's Party
2008–presentMovement of Socialists
2008–presentSerbian Progressive Party
2005–presentParty of United Pensioners, Farmers, and Proletarians of Serbia – Solidarity and Justice
2005–presentVojvodina's Party
1999–presentDveri
Link to file1994–presentAlliance of Vojvodina Hungarians
1993–presentObraz
Link to file1991–presentSerbian Radical Party
1990–presentDemocratic Party
1990–presentLeague of Social Democrats of Vojvodina
1990–presentNew Communist Party of Yugoslavia
1990–presentParty of Democratic Action of Sandžak
1990–presentSocialist Party of Serbia
Former
2005-2011Nacionalni stroj
1996-2020Social Democratic Union
1990-1994League of Communists – Movement for Yugoslavia
1945-1990League of Communists of Serbia
1945-1990League of Communists of Vojvodina

See also

References
  1. Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
  2. Samardžić 1983.
  3. Tomović 1979.
  4. Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
  5. Škrivanić 1979.
  6. Milićević 1995, p. 22.
  7. Stanojević 1934.
  8. Atlagić 1997.
^State Државна застава / Državna zastava
^National Народна застава / Narodna zastava
^* Still in some limited use

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