National flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1991–present [1] | Flag of Slovenia | A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red; charged with the coat of arms at the hoist side. [2] [3] [4] [5] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of Slovenia (Vertical) |
The following is a list of flags of Slovenia. For more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Slovenia.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 1991–present [1] | Flag of Slovenia | A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red; charged with the coat of arms at the hoist side. [2] [3] [4] [5] |
| | 1991–present | Flag of Slovenia (Vertical) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1991–present | Flag of The President of Slovenia | A white field with a tricolor border in white, blue and red. The national coat of arms is at the center. [6] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of The President of the National Assembly of Slovenia | A red field with a blue border, with the national coat of arms at the center. [7] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of The Prime Minister of Slovenia | A blue field with a red border, with the national coat of arms at the center. [8] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of The Minister of Defence of Slovenia | A crimson field with an azure border, in the center is the Slovenian Army emblem. [9] [10] |
 | 1991–present | Flag of The Chief of the General Staff of Slovenia | An azure field with a crimson border, the center contains the Slovenian Army emblem. [11] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1937–1993 | Flag of The League of Communists of Slovenia | |
 | 1989–present | Flag of The Slovenian Democratic Party | A horizontal triband of yellow, white and yellow charged with the letters “SDS” in blue. [12] |
 | 1993–present | Flag of The Social Democrats of Slovenia | A red field charged with the letters “SD” in white. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1991–present | Flag of the Slovenian Armed Forces | A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red, with the Slovenian Army emblem in the center. Surrounding it in gold (in Slovenian) reads "Republic of Slovenia; Slovene Army". |
 | 1995–1996 | Naval Jack of Slovenia | A navy blue field with the national coat of arms in the center. [13] [14] |
 | 1996–present | Naval Jack of Slovenia | A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, yellow. [15] |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 800-888 | Imperial Orilflamme of Charlemagne | A green 3 pointed field with 8 golden crosses and 6 flowers. |
 | 907–962 | Flag of the Principality of Hungary | A red swallow-tailed flag. [16] [17] |
 | 962–1401 | Banner of the Emperor of the Romans and of the King of Germany | A black eagle on a yellow field |
 | 1077–1420 | Flag of The Patriarchate of Aquileia | A golden eagle on a blue field |
 | 1102–1172 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red flag with a white latin cross in the center. |
 | 1172–1196 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red flag with a white patriarchal cross in the center. |
 | 1196–1301 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red flag with a white patriarchal cross on a green triple mount in the center. |
 | 1196–1301 | Flag of the Árpád dynasty | Eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white. |
 | 1301–1382 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | Eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white with a yellow fleur-de-lis pattern on a vertical blue stripe at the hoist. |
 | 1387–1437 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating white and red in the first and fourth quarters, a white eagle in the second quarter and a white lion in the third quarter. |
 | 1401–1430 | Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor and Flag of The Holy Roman Empire | An Imperial Eagle displayed with a halo sable armed and langued gules. |
 | 1420–1797 | Flag of The Republic of Venice | A gold Lion of St. Mark on a field of dark red accompanied by six sestiere on the fly. [18] |
 | 1430–1804 | Imperial Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor and Flag of The Holy Roman Empire | A black double-headed eagle with haloes on a yellow field. |
 | 1440–1444 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating white and red in the first and fourth quarters and a white eagle in the second and third quarters. |
 | 1458–1490 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red swallow-tailed flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating white and red in the first and fourth quarters, a white patriarchal cross on a green triple mount in the second quarter, a white lion in the third quarter and the coat of arms of the Hunyadi family in the center. |
 | 1458–1490 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red swallow-tailed flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating white and red in the first quarter, a white patriarchal cross on a green triple mount in the second quarter, three crowned golden leopards' heads on a blue field in the third quarter, a white lion in the fourth quarter and the coat of arms of the Hunyadi family in the center. |
 | 1490–1516 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red swallow-tailed flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white in the first and fourth quarters and a white patriarchal cross on a green triple mount in the second and third quarters. |
 | 1516–1526 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A red swallow-tailed flag divided into four quarters: eight horizontal stripes alternating red and white in the first quarter, a white patriarchal cross on a green triple mount in the second quarter, three crowned golden leopards' heads on a blue field in the third quarter, a white lion in the fourth quarter and a white eagle on a red escutcheon in the center. |
 | 1754–1815 | Flag of the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca | A horizontal bicolour of white and red. |
 | 1804–1918 | Flag of the Habsburg monarchy and also the flag of the Austrian Empire. Sometimes used as the unofficial national flag of Austria-Hungary. | A horizontal bicolour of black and yellow. |
 | 1809–1813 | Flag of the First French Empire | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
 | 1809–1813 | Flag of the Napoleonic Italy | A composition formed by a green rectangle inserted in a white diamond, in turn included in a red box, with an imperial eagle in the center. |
 | 1815–1866 | Flag of the German Confederation | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom). |
 | 1815–1816 | Flag of The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | A Yellow Field bordered with black triangles and with the Austrian Eagle in the center. [19] |
 | 1816–1848 | Flag of The Kingdom of Illyria | A horizontal bicolour of white and red with the Austrian eagle in the center. [20] |
 | 1848–1918 | Flag of The Duchy of Carniola | A horizontal tricolour of white, blue and red. |
 | 1849 | Flag of The Hungarian State | A horizontal tricolor of red, white, and green with the state coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1849–1918 | Flag of The Austrian Littoral | a horizontal tricolour of yellow, red, and blue with the coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1850–1918 | Flag of The Imperial Free City of Trieste | A horizontal tricolour of red (top), white, and red with a golden spear in the center. |
 | 1869–1918 | Merchant Flag of Austria-Hungary | A horizontal triband of red, white and red / green with the Austrian escutcheon on the hoist side and the crowned small coat of arms of Hungary on the fly side. [21] [22] |
 | 1869–1874 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms in the center. [23] |
 | 1874–1896 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1896–1915 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms flanked by two angels in the center. |
 | 1896–1915 | Civil Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the combined coat of arms of the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown in the center. |
 | 1915–1918 1941–1944 | Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the crowned small coat of arms in the center. |
 | 1915–1918 | Civil Flag of the Kingdom of Hungary | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with the combined coat of arms of the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown in the center. |
 | 1918 | Flag of The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and blue. |
 | 1918–1941 | Flag of The Kingdom of Yugoslavia | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red. |
 | 1941–1943 1945–1947 | Flag of The Kingdom of Italy | An Italian tricolour with Savoy shield and Royal crown in the middle. [24] |
 | 1941–1945 | Flag of The Independent State of Croatia | 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 | Flag of Nazi Germany | A red field, with a white disc with a black swastika at a 45-degree angle. Disk and swastika are slightly off-centre. [25] [26] |
 | 1941–1946 | Flag of The Slovene Partisans | Three equal horizontal bands, white (top), blue, and red, with a red star in the central white band. |
 | 1945–1946 | Flag of The Democratic Federal Yugoslavia | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a red star in the central white band. [27] |
 | 1946–1991 | Flag of The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Three equal horizontal bands in the pan-Slavic colors, blue (top), white, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. [28] [29] [30] |
 | 1946–1991 | Flag of The Socialist Republic of Slovenia | Three equal horizontal bands, white (top), blue, and red, with a yellow-bordered red star at the flag's center. [31] |
 | 1947–1954 | Flag of The Free Territory of Trieste | A red field with a white spear in the center. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1990 | Flag proposal in 1990 before independence by the Party of Democratic Reform. | A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red; charged with a yellow star at the middle. |
In 2003, a campaign was started[ by whom? ] to partially or completely alter the flag in order to enhance Slovenia's international recognition, and especially to differentiate it from those of Russia and Slovakia. An eleven-striped design won the official contest. [32] However, public opinion seems[ by whom? ] to be strongly against changing the flag at the moment.[ when? ]
The national flag of Slovenia features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the coat of arms of Slovenia located in the upper hoist side of the flag centred in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount Triglav, Slovenia's highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the Adriatic Sea and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Celje, the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.
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