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List of Icelandic flags

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The following is a list of Icelandic flags.

National flag and State flag

Flag Date Use Description
1944–present National flag and civil ensign A blue flag with a red Scandinavian Cross, fimbriated white. Used unofficially in 1913-1915, and as a territorial symbol as of 1915 until 1944 when the Republic of Iceland was established. Current color scheme established in 1944. The dimensions of the flag are 7:1:2:1:14 horizontally and 7:1:2:1:7 vertically; ratio: 18:25
1919–present State flag Ratio: 37:18

Governmental flags

Flag Date Use Description
1944–present President's flag The State Emblem charged in the center. Ratio: 37:18
1944–present Customs ensign.

Military flag

Flag Date Use Description
1944–present War flag and Naval ensign used by the Icelandic Coast Guard, Iceland Air Defence System, Icelandic Crisis Response Unit ratio: 37:18

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1809 Flag of Iceland during the reign of King Jörundur Three stockfishes in the first quarter on a blue field
1855-? Standard of the Vestmannaeyjar Battalion (Herfylkingin) A red saltire cross on a white field
until 1915 Flag of Denmark
1915–1944[1] National flag and civil ensign of Iceland It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color.
1915–1944[2] War flag and Naval ensign of Iceland It is almost identical to the newer Icelandic flag but this has a lighter blue color, just like the normal flag, above.
1921–1944[3] Royal Standard of the King of Iceland Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field
1941–1944[4] Standard of the Regent of Iceland State flag of Iceland charged with a capital gold R on a rectangular panel

Unofficial flags

Flag Date Use Description
19th - early 20th century Flag used by the independence movement A Gyrfalcon on a blue field
Flag proposal. White with a sky-blue cross with a white and blue stripe on either side. The flag committee of 1913 presented two proposals, the current flag and this flag.
Republican flag Unofficial flag used by the republicans in the early 1900s. This flag was rejected by the flag committee of 1913 as it was considered too similar to the flag of Sweden and the Greek naval ensign.

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