This is a list of flags used in Slovakia.

Current flags

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State flag

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Flag From   Description Ratio
  3 September 1992 flag   A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red; charged with coat of arms at the hoist side.

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  3 September 1992 flag (vertical version)    
  1 January 1993 Flag of the President [6] 1:1

Governmental flags

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Subnational flags

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Regional flags

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Flag Administrative division Adopted
  Bratislava Region
  Trnava Region
  Trenčín Region
  Nitra Region
  Žilina Region
  Banská Bystrica Region
  Prešov Region
  Košice Region

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use
  1848 Flag from Demands of the Slovak Nation from 11 May 1848.
  1848–1849 Flag used by the Slovak volunteer corps during the Slovak Uprising in 1848/1849. Later it became the flag of the Slovak National Council.
  1848 One of the flags, where the double cross was no longer green, but blue three-peaked, first used in 1848 during the autumn campaign.
  1848–1849 Another Slovak flag used during the revolution.
  1868
1919–1938
1938–1939
1939–1945
1990–1992
The flag with this order of colors was used from 1848/1849 and was officially established in 1868 as the flag of the Slovaks.[7] It was widely used by Slovaks living in the United States and American Slovak associations. In the years 1919–1938 it was the unofficial flag of Slovakia, and in the years 1938–1939 the official flag of the autonomous Slovak Country. In the years 1939–1945 the official flag of the Slovak Republic[8][9] and in the period 1990–1992 the official flag of the Slovak Republic within the Czech Republic.
  Czecho-Slovak flag from the design of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, which was later used as the flag of the Czechoslovak National Council.
  1918–1920 The flag of the First Czechoslovak Republic in the years 1918–1920, which was based on the national flag of Bohemia. According to the CNR Act 67/1990 Coll. was also the official but practically unused flag of the Czech Republic within the Czechoslovakia from 13 March 1990 to 31 December 1992.
  1919 The flag of the Slovak Soviet Republic, which existed only for a short time (from 16 June to 7 July 1919) .
  1920–1992 The flag of Czechoslovakia in the years 1920 to 1992 and also the official flag of Czech Republic from 1 January 1993.[10][11]
  1939–1945 War flag Slovak Republic (1939–1945).
  1944 The flag of Platoon 535 used during the Warsaw Uprising.
  1917-1918 The obverse side of the flag of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia, with the reverse side being the russian flag.
  1914-1915
1917-1918
The flag used by the Czechoslovak units in the French Foreign Legion, with the legion being disbanded in 1915 due to heavy casualties and then reestablished again in 1917.
  1918 The flag used by the Czechoslovak Legion in Italy.
  1917-1918 The obverse side of the flag used by the First Assault Battalion of the Czechoslovak Legions in Russia.
  1960-1990 The reverse side of the flag of the Czechoslovak People's Army, with the obverse side using various military flags.
  1944 The obverse side of the flag used by the Second independent parachute brigade in the USSR during the Slovak National Uprising with the flag being lost in December 1944 and only a replica existing.
  1917-1920 The flag of the 2nd Czechoslovak regiment Tatranský of the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia. The other side has a bohemian lion on a red background instead.

Political flags

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Flag Date Party Description
current
  2021–present Republic Movement
  2019–present For the People
 
 
2018–present
2015–2018
People's Party Our Slovakia
  1992–present Communist Party of Slovakia
  1990–present Christian Democratic Movement
  1990–present Slovak National Party
former
  2005–2006 Slovak Togetherness
Link to file 1990–2004 Party of the Democratic Left
  1938–1945 German Party
 
 
1913–1945 Slovak People's Party and Hlinka Guard
  ?–1990 Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Ethnic Group Flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  ?-Present Flag of the Carpathian Germans.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Zomrel autor výtvarného spracovania štátnych symbolov SR". News Agency of the Slovak Republic. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. ^ a.s, SITA Slovenská tlačová agentúra (3 June 2011). "NOVÁK: Nie Tatra, Matra, Fatra, ale gotické oblúky". Webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ a.s, SITA Slovenská tlačová agentúra (31 December 2015). "Obrazom: Bratislavský hrad vysvietili farbami štátnej vlajky". Webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ Slov-lex. "460/1992 Zb. – Ústava Slovenskej republiky". Slov-lex (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  5. ^ Slov-lex. "63/1993 Z.z. – Zákon Národnej rady Slovenskej repu..." Slov-lex (in Slovak). Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Slovakian Coat of Arms". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Slovakia – 1848 Flag". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Slovakia before and during World War II". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  9. ^ "S SR 1939–1945, tisk 55". www.psp.cz. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Czechoslovakia". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  11. ^ "NS RČS 1960–1964, tisk 24". www.psp.cz. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
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