List of Icelandic flags

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
	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: 37:18
	1944–present	Customs ensign.

Military flag

See also: Military of Iceland

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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
	1855-?	Standard of the Vestmannaeyjar Battalion (Herfylkingin)	A red saltire cross on a white field
	until 1915	Flag of Denmark
	1915–1944	National flag and civil ensign of Iceland	It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color.
	1915–1944	War flag and Naval ensign of Iceland	It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color, just like the normal flag, above.
	1921–1944	Royal Standard of the King of Iceland	Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field
	1941–1944	Standard of the Regent of Iceland	State flag of Iceland charged with a capital gold R on a rectangular panel

Unofficial flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	19th - early 20th century	Flag used by the independence movement	A Gyrfalcon on a blue field
		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

• Flag of Iceland
• Coat of arms of Iceland