List of flags of Lithuania

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The following is a list of flags of Lithuania.

[edit] National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1989–Present 1918–1940	National flag and civil ensign	Current version adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5
	2004–Present	State flag (historical)	The flag displays the national emblem in a banner form, flag was adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5

[edit] Governmental flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–Present	Presidential standard	The State Emblem charged in the center on a purple background. Ratio: 1:1.2
	?–Present	Defence Minister	White flag with the national flag in canton and a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field in the center. Ratio: 1:2

[edit] Military flag

Date	Use	Description
1992–Present	Naval ensign	White with a dark blue St. George-style cross throughout and the Lithuanian tricolor in the canton. Ratio: 1:2
1992–Present	Naval jack	White with a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field, with a dark blue anchor behind the badge. Ratio: 1:2
1992–Present	The Flag of CinC of the Armed Forces	White flag with the national tricolour in the canton and three sixpointed stars set in rasing diagonal in the fly half. The stars are sixpointed segmented with black lines and with white border fimbriated with red
1992–Present	Chief of Staff's Flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with two stars only.
1992–Present	Commander Naval Armed Forces	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with a single star only.
?–Present	Brigade Commander's flag	Pennat consisting of the national flag at hoist and tapering swallow-tailed white part at fly, continuing two red stars (of the same shape as in the previous flags) next to each other. Ratio: 1:5
?–Present	Division Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but with single star. Ratio: 1:5
?–Present	Group Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but without the stars. Ratio: 1:5
?–Present	Airforce Flag	White flag charged with the State flag in the canton and with stylized azure wings and double cross of Jogaila family in lower right quarter. The cross of Jogaila family is white bordered with two black bends. Ratio: 1:2
?–Present	Masthead Pennant	Rectangular pennant with swallow-tail, national tricolour at hoist (1:4) and blue fly. Total flag ratio: 1:20

[edit] Historical flags

Date	Use	Description
1988–2004	State flag and civil ensign	Ratio: 1:2
1953–1988	Flag of the Lithuanian SSR
1944–1953	Soviet occupation (Lithuanian SSR)	Alternate: above the hammer and sickle were the gold Latin characters LTSR above them in gold in sans-serif lettering.
1941–1944	German occupation
1940 August 3 - 1941	Soviet occupation from July 3, 1940 till June 22, 1941 (Lithuanian SSR)
1918–1940	State flag and civil ensign

[edit] County flags

Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the central designs were adapted from the counties' coat of arms.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–Present	Alytus County
	2004–Present	Kaunas County
	2004–Present	Klaipėda County
	2004–Present	Marijampolė County
	2004–Present	Panevėžys County
	2004–Present	Šiauliai County
	2004–Present	Tauragė County
	2004–Present	Telšiai County
	2004–Present	Utena County
	2004–Present	Vilnius County