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List of Icelandic flags

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The following is a list of Icelandic flags.

National flag and State flag

Flag Date Use Description
1944—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

Flag Date Use Description
File:Icstateflag.svg 1944—Present War flag and Naval ensign used by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Iceland Air Defence System, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit ratio: 37:18

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1809 Flag of Iceland during the reign of King Jörundur Three stockfishes in the first quarter on a blue field
until 1915 Flag of Denmark
until 1944 National flag and civil ensign of Iceland
1918-1944 Royal standard of Iceland Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field

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 and the Greek naval ensign.

See also