List of Serbian flags

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This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Serbia or by Serbs.

For more information on these flags see article: Flag of Serbia

[edit] Republic of Serbia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004 –	National Flag of Serbia	Serbian tricolour. National and ethnic flag of [the] Serb(ia)
	2004 –	State Flag of Serbia	Serbian tricolour, Serbian Coat of arms in the center.

[edit] Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2003 –	Flag of Vojvodina	The flag of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.

[edit] Historical

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1848 – 1849	Flag of Serbian Vojvodina	Serbian tricolour with Austrian doubleheaded eagle and Serbian coat of arms.

[edit] Presidential

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004 -	Flag of the President of Serbia	Standard of the President of Serbia
	2004 -	Flag of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia	Standard of the President of the National Assembly of Serbia

[edit] Historical

Date	Use	Description
1992 – 2006	Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later Serbia and Montenegro	A tricolour of blue, white, and red.
1992 – 2004	Flag of the Republic of Serbia	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, blue in the middle and white on the bottom.
1945 – 1992	Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	A tricolour of blue, white, and red with a red five-pointed star in the white band.
1945 – 1992	Flag of Socialist Republic of Serbia	Three equal horizontal fields, red on the top, blue in the middle and white on the bottom, Communist Red Star in the center. Used as the flat of the Republic of Serbia (federal) 1990-1992
1941 – 1945	Flag of Partizan Serbia	A tricolour of blue, white, and red with red star.
1918 – 1941	Flag of Kingdom of Yugoslavia	A tricolour of blue, white, and red.
1882 – 1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Serbia	A tricolour of red, white, and blue with coat of arms.
1830 – 1882	Flag of the Principality of Serbia	A Serbian tricolour.
1815 –	Flag of the Second Serbian Uprising in Takovo	A red cross on white background.
1807 –	Flag of the First Serbian Uprising	Red and white with cross, moon, sun and sword.
Medieval; 1513-1524	Stag of the Crnojevićs	White bicephalic eagle of the House of Nemanjić on traditional red background. Used since Lord Ivan-bey the Black as a mark of successorship to the Serbian Empire; used by convert Scanderbey during the autonomous Sanjak of Montenegro. Mythic replica hangs on the Cetinje Monastery for centuries as its banner.
12th – 14th century	Flag of the Serbian Empire	red two-headed eagle on yellow field.
1281 – ?	Flag of the medieval Serbia	Red and blue bicolour
1045 – 1204	Flag of the Byzantine Empire	Used in the Byzantine Empire.

[edit] Serbian Orthodox Church

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	/ -	Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church	Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church

[edit] Montenegro

Main article: List of flags of Montenegro

Montenegro was a nation-state of the Serbs before its incorporation into Yugoslavia in 1918 as seen clearly in the adaptions of flags.

[edit] Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
1993-2004	State Flag of Montenegro	Red-bluish-white with equal width, with "bluish" (plavetna) meaning light-blue. Ratio 3:1. Returned the original official Montenegrin state flag
1946-1992	Republican Flag of the People's/Socialist Republic of Montenegro	Serbian tricolor with the communist red star
1905-1918	State (national) Flag of Montenegro	Serbian tricolour, with "bluish" (plavetna) meaning light-blue. Ratio 3:2. To differ from the flag of Serbia which was identical, the only official state flag, according to the first 1905 Constitution of the Princedom of Montenegro. Created after mythically the blue in the tricolor faded in the light of the sun, so Nicholas adopted it. Used temporarily in the fascist WWII Montenegrin State (officially Kingdom).
1876-1905	National Flag of Montenegro	Serb flag used throughout the existence of Montenegro to the present, recognized state flag until the one sanctioned by the 1905 Constitution. Mass-used by the Montenegrins since the 1880s. The Slavic tricolor versions proposed by Prince Danilo (based on the French liberal flag) were finally stabilized by adopting the Serbian tricolor in 1859. The flag was temporary used by Montenegrin institutions after multiparliamentarism in 1991, until the old flag was restored in 1993.
1881-1916	National Flag of Montenegro (unofficial)	National tricolor with Nicholas' insignia

[edit] Archaic

Date	Use	Description
while the Petrovic-Njegos family held the seat of Cetinje Metropolitans	Martial Banner of Serb clans	Flags signifying a Serb clan, to differ from the authority of the Scander Metropolitan. Where created by ripping and resewing captured Ottoman flags.
while the Petrovic-Njegos family held the seat of Cetinje Metropolitans	Banner of the Metropolitanate of Cetinje of the House of Petrović-Njegoš	Orthodox red cross in a white field with a red border. Represents the highly Christian virtue of subjected peoples and the desire to fight against invading Islam. Used by the Serbian Army at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 and after the defeat brought to Montenegro. Adopted in during the Great Turkish War at the end of the 17th century.
Medieval; 1513-1524	Stag of the Crnojevićs	White bicephalic eagle of the House of Nemanjić on traditional red background. Used since Lord Ivan-bey the Black as a mark of succession to the Serbian Empire; used by convert Scanderbey during the autonomous Sanjak of Montenegro. Mythic replica hangs on the Cetinje Monastery for centuries as its banner.

[edit] Entities Outside Serbia

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1992 –	Flag of Republika Srpska	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white.
	1991 – 1995	Flag of the Republic of Serbian Krajina	A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white.

[edit] Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Serbia

Belgrade	Niš	Novi Sad	Subotica
Šabac	Zemun	Arilje	Barajevo
Bosilegrad	Despotovac	Golubac	Gornji Milanovac
Istok	Jagodina	Kanjiža	Kačanik
Knjaževac	Koceljeva	Kraljevo	Lajkovac
Lazarevac	Leskovac	Ljig	Mionica
Mladenovac	Novi Beograd	Obrenovac	Palilula
Pirot	Rakovica	Ražanj	Ruma
Savski Venac	Smederevska Palanka	Stari Grad	Surdulica
Surčin	Svilajnac	Topola	Tutin
Velika Plana	Voždovac	Vranje	Vračar
Zvezdara	Čajetina	Čukarica	Žagubica
Bor	Kragujevac	Požarevac	Vrnjačka Banja