Flag of Estonia
The flag of Estonia has three colours and is made of three equal horizontal bands coloured blue (top), black, and white (bottom). Blue mirrors the sky, black the colour of the soil and national coat, and white the peoples' happiness and light. In Estonian language it is called the "sinimustvalge" (literally "blue-black-white"), after the colours of the bands. The flag was designed in the 1880s and adopted when Estonia became independent in 1918.
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The flag of Estonia waving above the Pikk Hermann tower of Toompea Castle in Tallinn.
Flags of Estonia on display after the proclamation of the Estonian Declaration of Independence in Pärnu on 23 February 1918. One of the first images of the Republic of Estonia.
Vexillological symbol When the Estonian flag is displayed vertically, it should be so that the blue appears on the left of the flag when viewed by an observer.
An Estonian cross flag proposal from 1919.
Design used in the past, but now abandonedWar flag of the State of the Teutonic Order (1226–1561)
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Flag of Tallinn (former Hanseatic city of Reval), since 13th century, based on the three blue lions of the coats of arms of Tallinn and Estonia
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Design used in the past, but now abandoned Flag of the Kingdom of Sweden and its Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)
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Design used in the past, but now abandonedLandesfarben tricolour of German-speaking student society Estonia (1821–1939), an unofficial regional symbol (banned by Russian authorities 1821–1862, 1887–1904, 1915–1918)
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Design used in the past, but now abandonedTricolour of Romanov dynasty (Emperor of Russia, Prince of Estonia, 1721–1917), national flag of the Russian Empire (1858–1896)
