List of Serbian flags

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

Current flags

National flags
Main article: Flag of Serbia
Flag Date Use Description
2010–present State flag Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia) with the lesser coat of arms left of center
2010–present State flag Vertical display
2010–present Civil flag Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia)

Presidential standards
Flag Date Use Description
2010–present Standard of the President of the Republic Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
2010–present Standard of the President of the National Assembly Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags
Flag Date Use Description
2006–present Flag of the Serbian Army 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 Force 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
Main article: Flag of Vojvodina
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 at the center

Flags of municipalities and cities
Flags of municipalities and cities

Historical flags

National flags
Flag Date Use Description


 1835–1882 Principality of Serbia 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


 1882–1918 Kingdom of Serbia 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)		 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with red star at the center
1992–2004 Republic of Serbia
(FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro)		 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white


 2004-2010* Republic of Serbia
(Serbia and Montenegro until 2006)		 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
Flag Date Use Description
1882–1918 Standard of the King of Serbia Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
1882–1903 Standard of the House of Obrenović Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Obrenović
1903–1918 Standard of the House of Karađorđević Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Karađorđević

Presidential standards
Flag Date Use Description
2004–2010 Standard of the President of the Republic Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
2004–2010 Standard of the President of the National Assembly Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags
Flag Date Use Description
1882–1918 Flag of the Royal Serbian Army Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with circled lesser coat of arms and text With faith in God, for the King and the Fatherland (in Serbian)

Flags of Serbian people in other countries

Republika Srpska
Main article: Flag of Republika Srpska

National flags
Flag Date Use Description
1992–present State flag Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white; Serbian national colours
2007–present State flag

(unofficial)

 Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the seal of Republika Srpska at the center

Presidential standards
Flag Date Use Description
2007–present Standard of the President of the Republic Red with the seal of Republika Srpska

Flags of municipalities and cities
Flags of municipalities and cities

Montenegro, Croatia, North Macedonia and Romania
Flag Date Use Description


2008–presentFlags of Serbs of MontenegroTop: 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–presentFlag of Serbs of Croatia
Flag of Serbs of North Macedonia
Flag of Serbs of Romania		Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white

Religious flags
FlagDateUseDescription
1931–presentFlag of the Serbian Orthodox ChurchHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with centered Serbian cross

Other historical flags
Flag Date Use Description
1995–1998Flag of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western SyrmiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1992–1995Flag of Republic of Serbian KrajinaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1991Flag of SAO 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.
1941–1944Flag of Government of National Salvation (Nazi German-occupied Serbia) (alleged)Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1905–1918Civil flag of Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of MontenegroHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
1905–1918State flag of the Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of MontenegroHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the coat of arms of Montenegro.
1848–1860Flag of Serbian Vojvodina and also used by Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of TemeschwarYellow-black background with the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms, and the Serbian cross on the chest of the black eagle
1869–1872War flag of the Principality of SerbiaHorizontal 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 SerbiaHorizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left
1835Flag of the Principality of SerbiaHorizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue (disputed), with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches, according to the Sretenje Constitution.
1815War flag during the Second Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)Red cross on white background
1807War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)Red and white with cross, moon, sun, and sword.
1804–1813War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)Red and blue with sword and Serbian cross
1804–1813War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (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.
1790–1792Flag of Habsburg-occupied SerbiaFlag used at the coronation of the Emperor Leopold II (1790).[1]
1345–1355 Imperial Cavalry flag
(Serbian Empire)		 Triangular bicoloured flag of red and yellow. Emperor Stefan Dušan's Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar on Mount Athos.[2]
1345–1355 Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)		 Square, purple, with golden cross at the center. Emperor Stefan Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines.[3]
1345–1355 Flag (alleged) of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)		 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.[4]

 fl. 1339 Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan
(Serbian Empire)		 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.[5][6][7]
fl. 1234–1243 Flag (alleged) of King Stefan Vladislav
(Serbian Kingdom)		 Bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav in Ragusa. Oldest described Serbian flag.[8][9][8]

See also

References
  1. Pálffy 2011, p. 7.
  2. Atlagić 1997.
  3. Milićević 1995, p. 22.
  4. Stanojević 1934.
  5. Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
  6. Škrivanić 1979.
  7. Tomović 1979.
  8. Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
  9. Samardžić 1983.
^* Still in some limited use

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