List of Serbian flags

This is a list of Serbian flags used in the past and present.

Current flags

National flags

Main article: Flag of Serbia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2010–present	State flag	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia) with the lesser coat of arms left of center
	2010–present	State flag	Vertical display
	2010–present	Civil flag	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white (national colours of Serbia)

Presidential standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2010–present	Standard of the President of the Republic	Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
	2010–present	Standard of the President of the National Assembly	Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2006–present	Flag of the Serbian Armed Forces	Light red square with the emblem of the Armed Forces (Serbian eagle in passive position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords) and motto "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland"
	2006–present	Flag of the Serbian Army	Dark red square with the emblem of the Army (Serbian eagle in passive position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords)
	2006–present	Flag of the Serbian Air Force	Light blue square with the emblem of the Air Force (Serbian eagle in active position with crown and Serbian cross holding two crossed swords)

Provincial flags

Main article: Flag of Vojvodina

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Official flag of Vojvodina	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with larger blue portion, and three yellow stars representing Bačka, Banat, and Syrmia
	2016–present	Traditional flag of Vojvodina	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the traditional coat of arms at the center

Flags of municipalities and cities

Flags of municipalities and cities

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  Arilje
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  Barajevo
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  Belgrade
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  Bor
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  Bosilegrad
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  Čajetina
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  Čukarica
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  Despotovac
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  Golubac
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  Gornji Milanovac
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  Jagodina
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  Kanjiža
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  Knjaževac
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  Koceljeva
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  Kragujevac
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  Kraljevo
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  Lajkovac
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  Lazarevac
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  Leskovac
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  Ljig
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  Mionica
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  Mladenovac
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  Niš
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  Novi Beograd
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  Novi Sad
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  Obrenovac
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  Palilula
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  Pančevo
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  Pirot
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  Požarevac
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  Rakovica
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  Ražanj
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  Ruma
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  Šabac
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  Savski Venac
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  Smederevo
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  Smederevska Palanka
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  Stari Grad
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  Subotica
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  Surčin
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  Surdulica
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  Svilajnac
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  Topola
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  Tutin
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  Velika Plana
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  Valjevo
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  Voždovac
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  Vračar
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  Vranje
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  Vrnjačka Banja
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  Žagubica
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  Zemun
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  Zvezdara

Historical flags

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1835–1882	Principality of Serbia	State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with coat of arms at the center Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1882–1918	Kingdom of Serbia	State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the royal coat of arms at the center Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1945–1992	Socialist Republic of Serbia (SFR Yugoslavia)	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with red star at the center
	1992–2004	Republic of Serbia (FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro)	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	2004–2010 *	Republic of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro until 2006)	State flag (top): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the lesser coat of arms left of center. Civil flag (bottom): horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white.

Royal standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1882–1918	Standard of the King of Serbia	Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
	1882–1903	Standard of the House of Obrenović	Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Obrenović
	1903–present	Standard of the House of Karađorđević	Square horizontal tricolor edged with the lesser coat of arms of the House of Karađorđević

Presidential standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–2010	Standard of the President of the Republic	Square horizontal tricolor edged with the greater coat of arms
	2004–2010	Standard of the President of the National Assembly	Square horizontal tricolor with the greater coat of arms

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1882–1918	Flag of the Royal Serbian Army	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with circled lesser coat of arms and text With faith in God, for the King and the Fatherland (in Serbian)

Flags of Serbian people in other countries

Republika Srpska

Main article: Flag of Republika Srpska

National flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992–present	State flag	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white; Serbian national colours
	2007–present	State flag (unofficial)	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the seal of Republika Srpska at the center

Presidential standards

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2007–present	Standard of the President of the Republic	Red with the seal of Republika Srpska

Flags of municipalities and cities

Flags of municipalities and cities

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  Banja Luka
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  Bijeljina
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  Derventa
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  Doboj
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  Gradiška
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  Istočno Sarajevo
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  Laktaši
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  Mrkonjić Grad
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  Nevesinje
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  Prijedor
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  Trebinje
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  Vukosavlje
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  Zvornik

Montenegro, Croatia, North Macedonia, and Romania

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2008–present	Flags of Serbs of Montenegro	Top: horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the Krstaš-barjak; flag of the Serb National Council of Montenegro. Bottom: horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the coat of arms of Montenegro; nowadays in mass usage by Serbs of Montenegro.
	2005–present	Flag of Serbs of Croatia Flag of Serbs of North Macedonia Flag of Serbs of Romania	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white

Religious flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1931–present	Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with centered Serbian cross
		Flag of the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white; with red-blue-white chekered bordure and with centered coat of arms of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Other historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1995–1998	Flag of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1992–1995	Flag of Republic of Serbian Krajina	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1991	Flag of SAO Krajina, SAO Western Slavonia, SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1943–1945	Flag of Communist Serbian Partisans	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with red star in the center. Flag of Serbian Partisans used in the German-occupied Serbia and in areas of the Independent State of Croatia where Serbs lived.
	1941–1944	Flag (alleged) of Government of National Salvation (Nazi German-occupied Serbia)	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1905–1918	Civil flag of the Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of Montenegro	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white
	1905–1918	State flag of the Principality of Montenegro and Kingdom of Montenegro	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with the coat of arms of Montenegro.
	1848–1849	Flag of Serbian Vojvodina	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with the Austrian Habsburg imperial arms and the Serbian cross on the chest of the black eagle
	1869–1872	War flag of the Principality of Serbia	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with Serbian cross escutcheoned and three six-pointed stars at the top
	1838–1869	War flag of the Principality of Serbia	Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white, with coat of arms and four six-pointed stars in the upper left
	1835	Flag of the Principality of Serbia	Horizontal tricolor of red, white, and blue (disputed), with Serbian cross flanked by oak and olive branches, according to the Sretenje Constitution.
	1815	War flag during the Second Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Red cross on white background
	1807	War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Red and white with cross, moon, sun, and sword.
	1804–1813	War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Red and blue with sword and Serbian cross
	1804–1813	War flag during the First Serbian Uprising (Serbian Revolution)	Red background with two coat of arms (the Serbian cross and Triballian boar) at the centre, Serbian Crown Jewels on the top and two Voivode flags on the bottom.
	1790–1792	Flag of Habsburg-occupied Serbia	Flag used at the coronation of the Emperor Leopold II (1790). [1]
	1345–1355	Imperial Cavalry flag (Serbian Empire)	Triangular bicoloured flag of red and yellow. Emperor Stefan Dušan's Imperial cavalry flag, kept at the Hilandar on Mount Athos.[ citation needed ]
	1345–1355	Banner of Emperor Stefan Dušan (Serbian Empire)	Square, purple, with golden cross at the center. Emperor Stefan Dušan adopted the divellion from the Byzantines. [2]
	1345–1355	Flag (alleged) of Emperor Stefan Dušan (Serbian Empire)	Triband of red at top and bottom and white at the center. Found at Hilandar by Dimitrije Avramović, alleged by the monastic brotherhood to have been a flag of Emperor Dušan. [3]
	fl. 1339	Flag of Emperor Stefan Dušan (Serbian Empire)	Yellow flag with red bicephalic eagle. Angelino Dulcert's 1339 map included the flag of the Serbian Kingdom (Serbian Empire after 1345) under Stefan Dušan. [4] [5] [6]
	fl. 1234–1243	Flag (alleged) of King Stefan Vladislav (Serbian Kingdom)	Bicolour of red and blue. Listed in the treasury of King Stefan Vladislav in Ragusa. Oldest described Serbian flag. [7] [8] [7]

See also

• Serbia portal

• List of flags of Montenegro
• National symbols of Serbia

References

1. Pálffy 2011, p. 7.
2. Milićević 1995, p. 22.
3. Stanojević 1934.
4. Solovjev 1958, pp. 134–135.
5. Škrivanić 1979.
6. Tomović 1979.
7. Stanojević 1934, pp. 78–80.
8. Samardžić 1983.

^* Still in some limited use

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External links

• Media related to Flags of Serbia at Wikimedia Commons
• Media related to Historical flags of Serbia at Wikimedia Commons