The national flag of Estonia is a tricolour (flag), tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black, and white. The normal size is 105 × 165 cm. In Estonian language, Estonian it is colloquially called the "''sinimustvalge''" (literally "blue-black-white"), after the colours of the bands. The flag became associated with Estonians, Estonian nationalism in the beginning of the 20th century and was used as the national flag (''riigilipp'') when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on 24 February 1918. The flag was formally adopted on 21 November 1918. On 12 December 1918 the flag was raised for the first time as the national symbol atop of the Pikk Hermann tower in Tallinn.
The following is a list of flags of Estonia.
National flag
Standards
Head of state
Ministers
Estonian Defense Forces, Military flags
Estonian Land Forces, Army
Estonian Navy, Navy
Air Force
Estonian Defence League, Defence League
Government flags
Sporting flags
Postal flag
County flags
Each county of Estonia has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a white half at the top bearing the county's coat of arms in the middle, and a green half at the bottom.
History
File:Flag of Petserimaa.svg, Petseri County (1939
Municipal flags
Political flags
Flags of ethnic groups
Historical flags
Proposed flags
Other flags
See also
* Flag of Estonia
* National symbols of Estonia
References
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Flags of Estonia, *
Lists and galleries of flags
Estonia-related lists, Flags