# List of Croatian flags

This is a list of flags, some of which were used in the past, or used in the present by Croatia and Croats.

## Modern Flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 21 December 1990 – present | Flag of Croatia | Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom; with the national coat of arms in the centre. |
| | 21 December 1990 – present | Flag of Croatia (vertical) | |

## Standard

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1 November 1990 – present | Standard of the president of Croatia | A square blue field with a border of red and white squares; in the center a version of the national coat of arms surmounted by a red-white-blue ribbon with the letters "RH" (the initials of the country's full name in Croatian, Republika Hrvatska). |
| 1990 – present | Standard of the prime minister of Croatia | |
| 1990 – present | Standard of the speaker of the Croatian Parliament | |

## Military
### Army

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1991–present | Flag of the Croatian Army | Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian Army in the center |
| | 1991 | Flag of the Croatian National Guard | Green background with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the Croatian National Guard in the center |

### Navy

| Date | Party | Description |
| | Civil and state ensign of Croatia | Identical to the national flag, but with 2:3 proportions. |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Naval ensign of Croatia (ensign of the Croatian Navy) | Same as the civil ensign, but with two crossed anchors behind the coat of arms. |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Naval jack of Croatia | A blue field with red and white border, with the national coat of arms and two crossed anchors in the centre. |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Naval flag defence minister | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Naval flag Chief of the General Staff | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Naval flag of the General | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of the Commander of the Croatian Navy | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of an admiral | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of an Admiral of the Fleet | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of a vice admiral | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of a rear admiral | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Flag of a commodore | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the commander of a fleet of naval vessels | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the commander of a flotilla of naval vessels | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the commander of a division of naval vessels | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the commander of a group of naval vessels | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the most senior commander of a naval vessel | |
| 1 March 1999 – present | Pennant of the commander of a naval vessel | |

### Air Force

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of Croatian Air Force | Blue flag with the emblem of the Croatian Air Force in the middle. |

### Coast Guard

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of Croatian Coast Guard | Blue flag with the vertical bar bearing the Croatian checkerboard at the hoist and the emblem of the Croatian Coast Guard. |

## Police

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of Croatian Police | Blue flag with the emblem of the Croatian Police in the middle. |

## Security and Intelligence Agency

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | | Flag of Security and Intelligence Agency | Blue flag with the emblem of the agency in the middle. |

## Subnational flags

| Administrative division | Description |
| Bjelovar-Bilogora County | A horizontal bicolor of yellow and green with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Brod-Posavina County | A blue field with two diagonal white stripes and the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Dubrovnik-Neretva County | A horizontal bicolor of red and white with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Istria County | A horizontal bicolor of blue and green with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Karlovac County | A horizontal bicolor of red and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Koprivnica-Križevci County | Orthogonally quartered red and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Krapina-Zagorje County | A red field with narrow gold stripes at the top and bottom and the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Lika-Senj County | Unequal horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Međimurje County | A vertical bicolor of white and red with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Osijek-Baranja County | Five unequal horizontal stripes of white and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Požega-Slavonia County | Unequal horizontal triband of green and yellow with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Primorje-Gorski Kotar County | A sky blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes |
| Šibenik-Knin County | A blue field with the county's coat of arms between two thin white horizontal stripes |
| Sisak-Moslavina County | A blue field with narrow red and white stripes along either the hoist or the top side and the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Split-Dalmatia County | Unequal vertical stripes of yellow and blue with the county's coat of arms in the center of the yellow part |
| Varaždin County | Five horizontal stripes of red and white with the county's coat of arms at the hoist side |
| Virovitica-Podravina County | Horizontal triband of blue and white with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Vukovar-Srijem County | Seven horizontal stripes of yellow and white with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Zadar County | Two white and blue horizontal stripes separated by a wavy line, with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Zagreb County | Five horizontal stripes of green and white with the county's coat of arms in the center |
| Zagreb | The city's coat of arms on a blue field. |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Party | Description |
| Link to file | 1989–present | Croatian Peasant Party | |
| | 2015–present | Social Democratic Party of Croatia | |
| | 2005–2008 | Social Democratic Party of Croatia | |
| | 1989–present | Croatian Democratic Union | |
| | 1997–present | Socialist Labour Party of Croatia | |
| | 1990–present | Croatian Party of Rights | |
| | 1956–present | Croatian Liberation Movement | Founded in Argentina |
| | 2011–2022 | Human Shield | |
| Link to file | 1998–2015 | Party of Danube Serbs | |
| | 1991–1993 (officially) | Croatian Defence Forces | Paramilitary arm of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) |
| | 1946–1990 | League of Communists of Croatia | |

## Ethnic groups flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 9 April 2005–present (1997–present in eastern Slavonia) | Flag of Serbs of Croatia | The Serbian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, blue and white). Defined by the Serb National Council. |
| | ?–present | Flag of Pannonian Rusyns in Croatia | The Croatian tricolor (a horizontal triband of red, white and blue) with a coat of arms that is similar to the coat of arms of Carpathian Ukraine. Defined by the Union of Rusyns of the Republic of Croatia. |
| | ?–present | Flag of Šokci | |
| | ?–present | Flag of Bunjevci | Bicolor flag with a white and a light blue vertical stripe, containing Bunjevci coat of arms and three golden stars in each field's centre, respectively. Recognised by the Bunjevačka matica. |
| | 1990–present | Flag of Italians of Croatia | Tricolor flag with the same color as the flag of Italy, but has aspect ratio of 1:2. |
| Former ||||
| For a more comprehensive list, see List of Yugoslav flags § Ethnic communities. ||||

## Historical flags
### Historical national flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 27 June – 21 December 1990 | Early flag of the Republic of Croatia (federal unit of Yugoslavia). Also flag of Croatian political opposition in exile 1945 – 1990. | Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, white in the middle and blue on the bottom, coat of arms of Croatia in the center of the middle field. The first field of the coat of arms was never specified in the Croatian constitution. The flag used Republic of Croatia colors, proportions 1:2. |
| 18 January 1947 – 27 June 1990 | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Croatia (subdivision of SFR Yugoslavia). | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a (golden-rimmed) red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. |
| 8 May 1945 – 18 January 1947 | Flag of the People's Republic of Croatia (subdivision of FPR Yugoslavia). | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. |
| 15 December 1943 – 8 May 1945 | Flag of the Federal State of Croatia (provisional subdivision within DF Yugoslavia). | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with a red star in the center. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. |
| 1941–1945 | State flag of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner (letter "U" surrounded by Croatian interlace) and the Croatian coat of arms (but with the first field white, as opposed to red) in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 1941–1945 | Variant of the state flag of the NDH | A variant of tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner and the Croatian coat of arms in the center. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:5. |
| 1941–1945 | Civil flag of the NDH | A tricolour of red, white, and blue without the Ustaše symbol and the Croatian coat of arms. Similar to the Dutch flag, proportions 2:3. |
| 21 November 1939 – 17 October 1943 (21 January 1941) | Flag of the Banovina of Croatia (subdivision of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Used de facto 1939–1941; legally valid 1939–1943. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 21 November 1939 – 17 October 1943 (21 January 1941) | Variant with coat of arms of the flag of the Banovina of Croatia | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 1918 | Flag of State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Yugoslav colors, proportions 1:2. |
| 1860–1918 | Unofficial, but more common, flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, which used a different crown on top of the shield. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue, with the composite coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom superimposed and centred The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 1860–1918 | The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary). State flag, unofficial outside Croatia-Slavonia. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue, with the composite coat of arms of the Triune Kingdom superimposed and centred The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 1860–1918 | The tricolour was again made legal in Croatia, and in 1868, made the Civil flag the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (subdivision of the Austria-Hungary). Civil flag, official on all levels. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. |
| 1871 | Flag of Croatia used during the Rakovica revolt. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 2:3. It features the kingdom coat of arms but with the Coat of arms of Illyria in the centre. |
| 8 March 1852 – 1868 | Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). Official on all levels. | Two bars of red and white. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2. The flag design was similar to the flag of Monaco. |
| 1848–1852 | Flag of the Kingdom of Croatia (subdivision of the Austrian Empire). The flag was banned from 1852 to 1860. | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Triune Kingdom coat of arms in the center. The flag used Croatian colors, proportions 1:2. |

### Royal Standards

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1868–1871 | Royal bans standard of Baron Levin Rauch | Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest |
| 1860–1867 | Royal bans standard of Baron Josip Šokčević | Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest |
| 1848–1859 | Royal bans standard of Count Josip Jelačić Bužimski | Red-White-Blue flag, A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest |
| 1680-1690 | Royal bans standard of Nikola III Erdody | A-side Royal COA, B-side Bans family crest |

### Coronation Standards

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1618 | Banner of Croatia at Ferdinand II's coronation | Banner with the arms of Croatia |
| 1618 | Banner of Slavonia at Ferdinand II's coronation | Banner with the arms of Slavonia |
| 1830 | Coronation flag from 1830 coronation of Ferdinand I of Austria. | A yellow swallow-tailed flag with Croatia in gold and the Croatian coat of arms on it. |

### Historital govermental flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1941–1945 | Standard of the Poglavnik (Head of State) of the Independent State of Croatia | Standard of the Poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia |
| 1941–1945 | Flag of Minister of Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia | |
| 1941–1945 | Flag of Minister in Independent State of Croatia | |
| 1941–1945 | Flag of Vojskovođa (Marshal) in Independent State of Croatia | |

### Historital ensigns

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia (1868–1918) ||||
| | 1892–1918 | Croatian civil ensign (1892–1918) | In the Croatian part of Austria-Hungary, it was used as a national flag, while on the Adriatic it was used by Croatian shipping companies, it was recognized as the third trade flag of the monarchy. |
| | unknown | Flag of the Shipping Society Senj | The flag of the steamship company from Senj is based on the Croatian tricolor, on which the orange initials BDS (Brodarsko Društvo Senj) are written in a white stripe. This flag was, of course, flown on the masts or sails, and the prescribed Austro-Hungarian naval flag was flown with a flag spear on the stern or bowsprit. |

### Historital military flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| Commanders of the Armed Forces of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) ||||
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of Commander of the Armed Forces in Independent State of Croatia | |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of a general of the infantry, artillery, etc. of Independent State of Croatia | |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of a lieutenant general of the Independent State of Croatia | |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of a general of the Independent State of Croatia | |
| Navy of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) ||||
| | 1941–1945 | Naval Ensign of NDH (1941-1944) Naval Jack of the NDH (1944–1945) | 2:3 squares 5×5 (total ratio 2:3) |
| | 1944–1945 | Naval Ensign of the NDH (1944-1945) | A tricolour of red, white, and blue and the NDH coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3. |
| | 1941–1945 | Civil Ensign of the NDH | A tricolour of red, white, and blue with the Ustaše symbol in top-left corner, but without the Croatian coat of arms. The flag used Ustaše colors, proportions 2:3. |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of an admiral of the Independent State of Croatia | A simple blue cross on a white field. |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of a vice admiral of Independent State of Croatia | |
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of a rear admiral of the Independent State of Croatia | |
| Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1945) ||||
| | 1941–1945 | Flag of the Air Force of the Independent State of Croatia | |

### Historical city flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 2016 | A proposed flag of the city of Rijeka using the old flag of the Free State of Fiume (1921–1924) and the coat of arms of the city of Rijeka. The proposed flag had horizontal stripes of crimson (dark red), golden yellow and cobalt blue with the coat of arms of the city of Rijeka at the middle. | Proposed flag of the city of Rijeka |
| 1995 | The variant of the commemorative flag of Split, celebrating the 1700-year anniversary of the construction of Diocletian's Palace. | A vertical blue flag with a white-color word art repeatedly reading 'Split', stacked together to depict Diocletian's Palace and its bell tower. |
| pre-1945 | Variant flag of Split, featuring the device from the pre-1945 coat of arms. | A blue flag with a white-color illustration of the walls of Diocletian's Palace and the bell tower of Saint Domnius Cathedral behind them. |
| 1779–1918/ 1920–1924 | Flag of Corpus separatum Rijeka and Free State of Fiume | Three horizontal bars of burgundy red, gold and blue. |
| 14th century | Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in 1339 pergament map from Angelino Dulcert. | A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field. |
| 14th century | Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in a map from Guillelmus Soleri. | A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field. |
| 14th century | Flag of Šibenik (Sibinicho) as seen in an excerpt from the Catalan Atlas. | A flag with a very large white disc, charged with a red cross, on the yellow field. |
| 14th century | Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in 1339 pergament map from Angelino Dulcert. | Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow. |
| 14th century | Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in an excerpt from the Catalan Atlas. | Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow. |
| 14th century | Flag of Senj (Segna) as seen in a map from Guillelmus Soleri. | Verticaly divided, the left field is red with a 8-pointed star, and the right field is light yellow. |

### Historical regional flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1820–1918 | Flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia | Two horizontal bars of blue and gold. Proportions 1:2. |
| 1820–1918 | Variant flag of the Kingdom of Dalmatia | Two horizontal bars of faded blue and gold. Proportions 1:2. |
| 1852–1868 | Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia | Two horizontal bars of blue and silver. Proportions 1:2 |
| mid 1800's-1852; 1860–1918 | Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia | Three horizontal bars of blue, white and red. Proportions 1:2 |
| unknown | Flag of the Kingdom of Slavonia | Three horizontal bars of blue, white and green. Proportions 1:2 |
| 1779–1918 | Flag of Corpus separatum Rijeka | Three horizontal bars of burgundy red, gold and blue. |
| 1849–1918 | Flag of Margraviate of Istria in the Austrian Littoral | Three horizontal bars of gold, red and blue. |
| 1849–1918 | Variant flag of Margraviate of Istria in the Austrian Littoral | Three horizontal bars of gold, red and blue with the coat of arms of the Austrian Littoral on it. |

### Historical flags (medieval)

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1350 | Banner of Esclavonia (according to Book of All Kingdoms) | A banner of Esclavonia (according to Book of All Kingdoms), using the CoA of the Frankopan family with a yellow and red banner with a star on it. |
| 1444 | Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle | Banner of Croatian soldiers (white flag with black cross) under leadership of Franko Talovac in the battle of Varna |
| 1444 | Flag of Croatian troops in Varna battle | Banner (black flag) of Rafael Herczeg's banderium, bishop of Bosnia, in the battle of Varna |
| Since 1526 or 1527 | Flag of Croatian troops | Banner of Croatian troops (chessboard) carried by one of the captains of Croatian ban |

### Republic of Ragusa flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1358–1808 | Flag of Republic of Dubrovnik | Saint Blaise, patron saint of Dubrovnik, today the official flag of the City of Dubrovnik |
| 1358–1808 | Variant flag of Republic of Ragusa | |
| 1358–1808 | State and war flag and naval ensign | |
| 1358 – c. 1667 | Civil ensign | |
| c. 1667–1807 | Civil and merchant flag | |
| 1358–1808 | The "Libertas" flag of Dubrovnik | |
| 1358–1808 | Secondary ensign | |

### Other

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1996-1998 | United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium | Flag of the United Nations |
| 1995–1996 | Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia | Flag of Serbs of Croatia |
| 1991–1995 | Flag of the Republic of Serbian Krajina | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and white, charged with the coat of arms. |
| 1995–1996 | War Flag of Serbian Krajina | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue, charged with two crossed gold swords. |
| 1941–1943 | Flag of the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment (obverse and reverse) | |
| 1924–1947 | Flag of the Province of Carnaro | |
| 1918–1941 | Flag of the Province of Zara | |
| 1921 | Flag of the Labin Republic | |
| 1920–1924 | Flag of the Free State of Fiume | A simple, horizontal tricolour of red, yellow and blue. |
| 1919–1920 | Flag of the Italian Regency of Carnaro | |
| 1919–1920 | Ensign of the Italian Regency of Carnaro | |

## Flag proposals

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1990 | Proposal by Krsto Mažuranić | |
| | 1990 | Proposals by Boris Ljubičić | |

## Croatian people in other countries

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1992–1996 | Flag of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia | A tricolor of red, white, and blue with the coat of arms of Herzeg-Bosnia in the center |
| | 2005–today | Flag of the Croats of Serbia and Montenegro, adopted by the Croat National Council | A tricolor of red, white, and blue with the shield from the coat of arms of Croatia in the center |

## Burgees of Croatia

* Club
* Opatija
* Orion
* Pesja
* Plav
* Rijeka
* Split