List of flags of Iceland

The following is a list of Icelandic flags.

[edit] 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

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1944—Present	President's flag	The State Emblem charged in the center. Ratio: 37:1
	1944—Present	Customs ensign.

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

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
until 1944	National flag and civil ensign of Iceland
1918-1944	Royal standard of Iceland	Crowned Gyrfalcon on a blue field

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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