List of flags of Latvia

The following is a list of flags of Latvia.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990–present (1940–1990 de jure)	State flag and civil ensign	Dimensions: 10 horizontally and 2:1:2 vertically.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923–1940 1995–present	Presidential standard
	1995–present	Speaker of the Saeima
	1995–present	Prime minister's standard
	2002–present	Defence minister

Date	Use	Description
1991–present 1919–1940	Naval ensign
1991–present 1919–1940	Naval jack
?-present	Flag of the commander-in-chief of the army	Like the naval ensign, but with the naval jack in canton
?–present	Flag of the commander-in-chief of the naval forces	Like the naval ensign, but with the naval ensign in canton
?–present	Flotilla admiral's flag
?–present	Rear admiral's flag
?–present	Border guard

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flotilla commander's pendant
	?–present	Squadron commander's pendant
	?–present	Division commander's pendant
	?–present	Warship pendant

Date	Use	Description
1953–1990	Second flag of the Latvian SSR (obverse and reverse)	All flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side.
1940-1941 1945–1953	First flag of the Latvian SSR	Red flag with the gold hammer and sickle in the top-left corner, with the Latin characters LPSR.
1919–1920	Flag of the short-lived Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic
1919	Flag of the Iron Division
1917–1918	Flag of the Iskolat
1795–1918	Flag of the Courland Governorate
1795–1918	Flag of the Governorate of Livonia
1570–1579	Flag of the Kingdom of Livonia
1562–1795	Flag of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia
1650s–1680s	Merchant ensign of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	Known as "Crab Flag" (Krabju karogs)^{[citation needed]}
1562–1795	Merchant ensign of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

Flag	Date	Party	Description
current
	1990–present	Latvian Green Party
	2010–present	Latgale Party	The flag was created as an unofficial flag of the historical land of Latgale, gaining widespread use and later adopted by the party.
	2003–present	National Power Unity
former
	2006-2011	All for Latvia!
	1946–1949	Communist Party of Latvia	Requires better flag.
	1929–1940s	Mazpulki^lv	Latvia 4-H section.
	1995–2000s	Pērkonkrusts
	1933-1944	Pērkonkrusts

Date	Use	Description
1988–present 1923–1941	Flag of Livonians	A tricolor flag with green at top, a narrow white band at the middle, and blue at the bottom.
2010–present	Flag of Latgalians	A dark blue flag with a narrow white band at the middle. Adopted as official flag of Latgale in April 2023.
2000-present	Flag of Selonians	A tricolor flag with red at top, a narrow white band at the middle, and green at the bottom. Adopted as official flag of Selonia in April 2023.
1991–present 1918-1941	Flag of Baltic Germans	A bicolor flag with blue at the top and white at the bottom.
2005–present	Flag of Latvian Russians (rarely used)	A light purple flag with a narrow white band at the middle.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1917	Jānis Grosvalds' proposal, intended for the Latvian Riflemen in their advance towards Jelgava^[1]
	1917	Diplomat Oļģerts Grosvalds' [lv] proposal, intended for the Latvian Riflemen^[2]^[3]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1836-1947	Flag of Riga Steamship Company^de	Requires better flag.