# List of Swiss flags

Note: The following pages were redirects to [[Historical_flags_of_Switzerland]] before draftification: *[[Historical Flags of Switzerland]]
This is a comprehensive list of flags used in Switzerland.

## National flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1841-present | National flag of Switzerland | A square flag with a white cross in the centre and background in red. |
| | 1882-present | Civil and state ensign | Red flag with a white cross in the centre and background in red. |

## Ethnic group flags

* Use
* Flag of the Piedmontese Arpitans
* Flag of the Yenish people
* Proposed flag of the Romansh people

## Military flags
### Rank flags

| Date | Use |
| 1898 | Flag of a Swiss Armed Forces general and Chief of the Armed Forces |
| 1898 | Flag of a Swiss Armed Forces lieutenant general |
| | Obsolete flag of a Swiss Armed Forces lieutenant general |
| 1898 | Flag of a Swiss Armed Forces major general |
| | Obsolete flag of a Swiss Armed Forces major general old |
| 1898 | Flag of a Swiss Armed Forces brigadier general |
| | Obsolete flag of a Swiss Armed Forces brigadier general |

## Political flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1966-1992 | Flag of the Autonomous Socialist Party (Ticino) | |

## Historical flags
### Switzerland Under The Holy Roman Empire

| Date | Use | Description |
| 800-888 | Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne | A 3 pointed green field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. |
| 800–1300 | Banner of the Emperor of the Romans and of the King of Germany | An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules. |
| 1100–1300 | War flag of the Holy Roman Empire | A non-rectangular flag depicting a white cross on a red field. |

### Historical National Flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Unterwalden | A horizontal bicolor of red and white. |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Uri | A yellow field with a black bull, similar to the modern flag. |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Lucerne | A horizontal bicolor of white and blue. |
| 1291–1422 | Old flag of Zurich | A diagonal bicolor of white and blue with a large red horizontal stripe. |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Glarus | A red field with a monk in the center. |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Zug | A horizontal tricolor of white (top), blue and white. |
| 1291-1422 | Old flag of Bern | A diagonal tricolor of red (top), yellow and red with a bear inside the yellow stripe. |
| 1350-1836 | Old flag of Neuchâtel | A yellow field with a red stripe in the center which has 3 arrowed white stripes. |
| 1422-1475 | 1st flag of The Old Swiss Confederacy | A red triangular field with a white cross off-centered towards the hoist. |
| 1475-1798 | 2nd flag of The Old Swiss Confederacy | A square flag with a white cross in the centre and background in red. |
| 1628–1798 | Flag of The Republic of the Seven Tithings | A square field with 2 horizontal stripes of red and white and 7 6-pointed stars. |
| 1792–1798 | Flag of the Republic of Geneva | A square field of 2 horizontal stripes of red and gold with a thin black line in the center. |
| 1803–1930 | Old flag of Argau | A horizontal bicolor of black with 3 rivers and blue with 3 5-pointed stars. |
| 1814-1822 | Flag of the Restored Swiss Confederacy | A square flag with a white cross in the centre and background in red with The German words "Für Vaterland und Ehre" which means "For Fatherland and Honor" and a sword intertwined by a laurel plant in the center of the cross. |
| 1836–1848 | Old flag of Neuchâtel | A horizontal tricolor of orange, black and white |

### Swiss Territories Under Prussian Rule

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1707–1772 | Flag of Royal Prussia | |
| 1707–1750 | First flag of the Kingdom in Prussia | |
| 1750–1801 | Second flag of the Kingdom in Prussia and first flag of the Kingdom of Prussia | A black eagle holding a sword and rod on a white field, a crown on top. |
| 1801–1803 | Second flag of the Kingdom of Prussia | |
| 1803-1805 1815-1848 | Third flag of the Kingdom of Prussia | The same as the previous flag, but the crown in the top of the flag is smaller. |

### Swiss Territories Under Austrian Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1453-1458 | Flag of the Archduchy of Austria | Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red. |

### Swiss Territories Under French Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| Pre-Napoleonic Era ||||
| | 1482-1493 | Flag of The Kingdom of France | A Square Blue Field with 3 Fleur de Lis |
| | 1499-1512 | Flag of The Kingdom of France | A Rectangular Blue Field with 3 Fleur de Lis |
| | 1604–1790 | Flag of The Kingdom of France | a white banner with several Fleur de Lis and the royal coat of arms in the center. |
| | 1790-1794 | Flag of The Kingdom of France and The French First Republic | A vertical tricolour of red, white, and blue. |
| | 1794-1804 | Flag of The French First Republic | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red. |
| | 1798–1803 | Flag of The Helvetic Republic (German) | a green-red-yellow tricolour with the name of the country in German. |
| | 1798–1803 | Flag of The Helvetic Republic (French) | a green-red-yellow tricolour with the name of the country in French. |
| | 1802–1804 | Flag of The Rhodanic Republic | A square field with 2 horizontal stripes of red and white and 12 5-pointed Stars. |
| Napoleonic Era ||||
| | 1804-1814 | Flag of The First French Empire | |
| | 1804–1814 | Flag of The Napoleonic Valais | |

### Swiss Territories Under Italian States

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1093-1329 | Flag of The Commune of Milan | A White Field with a Red Maltese cross in the center with 3 sestiere on the fly. |
| 1329–1395 | Flag of The Lordship of Milan | A white field with a blue snake devouring a man in the center. |
| 1395-1512 | Flag of The Duchy of Milan | A white field with centred red cross, similar to The Flag of England. |
| 1395-1447 1450-1499 | Flag of Milan under The Holy Roman Empire | the Imperial Eagle of the Holy Roman Empire in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters. |
| 1447–1450 | Flag of The Golden Ambrosian Republic | A white field with centred red cross, with the republic's seal. |
| 1499-1512 | Flag of Milan under The Kingdom of France | the French royal flag in the first and fourth quarters and the Snake of Milan in the second and third quarters. |
| 1416-1536 | Flag of The Duchy of Savoy | A red field with centred white cross. |

## Yacht club flags

* Club
* Burgee of Club Nautico Morcote
* Burgee of Cruising Club der Schweiz
* Société Nautique de Genève
* Cruising Club der Schweiz