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The following is a list of Icelandic flags.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1915—Present	National flag and civil ensign	A blue flag with a red Scandinavian Cross, fimbriated white. Used unofficially in 1913-1915, and as a territorial symbol as of 1915 until 1944 when the Republic of Iceland was established. Current color scheme established in 1944. The dimensions of the flag are 7:1:2:1:14 horizontally and 7:1:2:1:7 vertically; ratio: 18:25
File:Icstateflag.svg	1919—Present	State flag	Ratio: 37:18

Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1944—Present	President's flag	The State Emblem charged in the center. Ratio: 37:1
	1944—Present	Customs ensign.

Military flag

Iceland has never had any regualar military forces of its own. It does have an armed coast guard mainly considered a civilian force similar to the police. These units may use the swallow-tailed State flag.

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	until 1915	Flag of Denmark

Unofficial flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
		Flag proposal.	White with a sky-blue cross with a white and blue stripe on either side. The flag committee of 1913 presented two proposals, the current flag and this flag.
		Republican flag	Unofficial flag used by the republicans in the early 1900s. This flag was rejected by the flag committee of 1913 as it was considered too similar to the flag of Sweden.

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