List of Surinamese flags

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The following is a list of flags present in Suriname.

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National flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Suriname.svg 1975-TodayFlag of SurinameA horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band. [1]
Flag of Suriname (vertical).svg 1975-TodayFlag of Suriname (Vertical)

Government flag

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the President of Suriname.svg 1975-TodayPresidential Flag of SurinameA horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the coat of arms centered on the red band. [1]
Standard of Prime Minister of Suriname.svg 1975-1988Flag of the Prime Minister of SurinameA white field with a golden border and the coat of arms in the center.

Proposed flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Dutch colony of Suriname.svg 1848Proposed Flag of Dutch SurinameThe Dutch tricolour with the coat of arms in the center.
Flag of Surinam by Jack Pinas.png 1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea red field with a green border and a white bordered red cross with 4 black 5-pointed stars.
Flag of Suriname (proposal 1).svg 1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star centered on a green diamond in the center.
Flag of Suriname (proposal 2).svg 1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star in the center.
Flag of Suriname (proposal 3).svg 1975Proposed Flag of SurinameA horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large black five-pointed star centered on a white disc centered on the red band.
Flag of Suriname (proposal 4).svg 1975Proposed Flag of SurinameA horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large yellow border with the coat of arms centered on the red band.

Historical flags

Spanish rule

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of Cross of Burgundy.svg 1593-1629Flag of Habsburg Spain A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
Royal Flag
Estandarte real de 1580-1668.svg 1593-1629Royal Flag of Philip II of Spain A red field with the royal coat of arms in the center.

British rule

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of the Commonwealth (1649-1651).svg 1650-1651 Flag of the Commonwealth of England St George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed.
Flag of The Commonwealth.svg 1651-1658Flag of the Commonwealth of EnglandSt George's Cross and St Andrew's cross quartered.
Flag of the Commonwealth (1658-1660).svg 1658-1660 Flag of The Protectorate The 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp.
Flag of England.svg 1660-1667
1667-1668
Flag of the Kingdom of England a red cross on a white field.
Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg 1799-1801Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain First version of the Union Jack used in England from 1606 and Scotland from 1707 – the Flags of England and Scotland superimposed.
Flag of the United Kingdom (1-2).svg 1801-1802
1804-1816
flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
Lord Protector's Flag
Standard of Oliver Cromwell (1653-1659).svg 1653-1659Standard of the Lord Protector The cross of St. George quartered with the cross of St. Andrew and the Irish Harp, and surmounted by an escutcheon with Cromwell's personal coat of arms.
Royal Flags
Royal Standard of England (1603-1649).svg 1660-1667
1667-1668
Royal Standard of the House of Stuart A banner of the Royal Coat of Arms of James I, first and fourth quarters representing England and the English claim to the French throne, second quarter representing Scotland, third quarter representing Ireland (This is the first time that Ireland has been represented on the Royal Standard).
Royal standard of Great Britain (1714-1801).svg 1799-1801Royal Standard of Great Britain under the House of HanoverA banner of the Royal Coat of Arms of Great Britain, first quarter representing England and Scotland, second quarter representing the British claim to the French throne, third quarter representing Ireland, fourth quarter representing the Electorate of Hanover.
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg 1801-1802
1804-1816
Royal Standard of the United KingdomA banner of the Royal Arms from the creation of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801; first and fourth quarters for England and Wales, second Scotland, third Ireland, with an inescutcheon for the Electorate of Hanover.

French rule

FlagDateUseDescription
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1974).svg 1795-1799
1802-1804
Flag of the French First Republic a vertical tricolour of blue, white and red.
Netherlands under French Rule
Flag of the Batavian Republic.svg 1795-1799
1802-1804
Flag of the Batavian Republic A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic's emblem in the canton.

Dutch rule

FlagDateUseDescription
Prinsenvlag.svg 1667
1668-1795
The Prince's Flag A horizontal Tricolour of orange, white and blue.
Statenvlag.svg 1667
1668-1796
States Flag A horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current flag.
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1816-1975Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands A horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue.
Royal Flags
Royal Standard of the Netherlands (1815-1908).svg 1816–1908Royal Standard of the MonarchThe colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle).
Royal Standard of the Netherlands (1908-2013).svg 1908–1975Royal Standard of the MonarchA square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross with the small coat of arms of the Kingdom, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of William. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the Principality of Orange.
Colonial Flags
Onderscheidingsvlag Gouverneur overzees gebiedsdeel (1954-1966).svg 1920–1966Governor's standard of Dutch Guyana National tricolour, with in the red stripe three white balls.
Flag of the Governor of Dutch Guyana (1966-1975).svg 1966–1975Standard of the governor of Suriname A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre.
Flag of Suriname (1959-1975).svg 1959-1975Flag of Suriname A White Field with 5 five-pointed stars (black, white, brown, red and yellow) in the center. [2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Mumford, Simon, ed. (2014). Complete Flags of the World: The Ultimate Pocket Guide. DK Publishing. p. 83. ISBN   978-0-7440-4562-8.
  2. Barraclough, Edward Murray Conrad (1971). Flags of the world. London: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. pp. 156–157.