This is a list of Serbian flags used in the past and present.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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) | |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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) |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2004–present | Flag of Vojvodina | Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white (with larger blue portion) and three yellow stars representing Srem, Banat, and Bačka | |
2016–present | Traditional flag of Vojvodina | Horizontal tricolor of red, blue and white, with the traditional coat of arms at the center |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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) |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 | |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2007–present | Standard of the President of the Republic | Red with the seal of Republika Srpska |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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| 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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1931–present | Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church | Horizontal tricolor of red, blue, and white with centered Serbian cross |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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. [2] | |
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. [3] | |
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. [4] | |
| 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. [5] [6] [7] |
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. [8] [9] [8] |
The Serbian Empire was a medieval Serbian state that emerged from the Kingdom of Serbia. It was established in 1346 by Dušan the Mighty, who significantly expanded the state.
Stefan Vladislav was the King of Serbia from 1234 to 1243. He was the middle son of Stefan the First-Crowned of the Nemanjić dynasty, who ruled Serbia from 1196 to 1228. Radoslav, the eldest son of Stefan the First-Crowned, was ousted by the Serbian nobility due to increasing Epirote influence through his marriage alliance to Theodore Komnenos Doukas; thus Vladislav became his successor. He is celebrated as Saint Vladislav by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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