List of Icelandic flags

Last updated September 29, 2025

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

City flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	6 June 1957-present	Reykjavík, Capital of Iceland flag	White flag with the coat of arms of Reykjavík in the middle.

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

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

Date	Use	Description
1262–1397	Flag of Norway	Banner of arms with golden lion on red canvas.
1397-1523	The "Banner of the realms", flag of the Kalmar Union.	a red cross in a yellow field.
1523-1918	Flag of Denmark	A red field charged with a white Nordic cross that extends to the edges; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
July 11th 1809-August 19th 1809	Proposal for what the flag of Iceland might have looked like during the reign of King Jörundur	It’s not fully known what Jørgen’s flag really looked like. There are no surviving copies and his original description simply read as: “The Icelandic flag shall be blue, with three white stockfishes on it”.^[1] Due to this vague description, there can be multiple different interpretations of what the flag looked like. The example shown here shows three stockfishes in the first quarter on a dark-blue field. The word “stockfishes” in Jørgen’s description could also be interpreted simply as “cods”, so the symbols on his flag might not have been stockfishes
1857-1869	Standard of the Vestmannaeyjar Battalion (Herfylkingin)	A red saltire cross on a white field. In an old drawing of the Herfylking, the flag is shown with seemingly black text at the top and bottom of the flag, although it’s impossible to make out what the text says
1915–1944^[2]	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^[2]	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^[3]	Royal Standard of the King of Iceland	Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field
1940-1944	Flag of the United Kingdom, also commonly known as the Union Jack.	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1940–1944	Flag of the United States	Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 48 white stars on blue field.
1941–1944^[4]	Standard of the Regent of Iceland	State flag of Iceland charged with a capital gold R on a rectangular panel

Unofficial flags

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.