This is a list offlags used inBosnia and Herzegovina. For more information about the national flag, visit the articleFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1998 – present | Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A blue field with a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top edge of the flag. |
.svg) | Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (displayed vertically) | (same as above) |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1995–2007 | Formerflag of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A verticaltricolour of red (for the Bosnian Croats), white, and green (for the Bosniaks), with a coat of arms on the wide central band on which the green arms and golden fleur-de-lys represents the Bosniaks, and the checked shield the Bosnian Croats. The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina voted against the use of the current flag of the Federation declaring it unconstitutional.[1] On 31 March 2007, the Constitutional Court placed its decision into the "Official Gazette of Bosnia and Herzegovina" officially removing the flag and coat of arms of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] |
 | 1995 – present | Flag of Republika Srpska | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white. Based on theflag of Serbia but without the coat of arms and with slightly differently coloured shades[3], and is also used as the ethnic flag of Bosnian Serbs. Can also be compared to the flag of theMisiones Province inArgentina or a reversedflag of Russia. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 – present | Flag ofBrčko District | Uses the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1992 – 1996 | Flag ofArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | This flag of theArmy of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted in 1992. |
 | Flag ofCroatian Defence Council | ||
 | Flag of Police ofHerzeg-Bosnia | ||
 | 2004 – present | Flag ofArmed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Light blue with the flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the canton and the emblem of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the lower fly. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1999 – | Flag ofUna-Sana Canton | A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms near the hoist. |
 | 2000 – | Flag ofPosavina Canton | A horizontal unequal tricolour of red, white and green, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre. |
 | 1999 – | Flag ofTuzla Canton | |
 | 2000 – | Flag ofZenica-Doboj Canton | A horizontal unequal tricolour of green, white and red, charged with the canton’s coat of arms in the centre. |
 | 2001 – | Flag ofBosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde | A vertical bicolour of blue and yellow, charged with the canton's coat of arms in the centre. |
 | 2003 – | Flag ofCentral Bosnia Canton | A horizontal unequal tricolour of red, white and green, charged with the canton's coat of arms in the middle-left of the flag. |
 | 2004 – | Flag ofHerzegovina-Neretva Canton | |
 | 1996–1998 | Formerflag ofWest Herzegovina Canton | Deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court in 1997 because "it only represented one group".[4] Still used as an ethnic flag for Bosnian Croats. |
 | 1999 – | Flag ofSarajevo Canton | |
| 1996–1997 | Formerflag ofCanton 10 | Deemed unconstitutional by the Federation Constitutional Court in 1997 because "it only represented one group".[4] Still used as an ethnic flag for Bosnian Croats. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1997–1999 | Former Flag ofUna-Sana Canton | |
| 1996–2000 | FormerFlag ofPosavina Canton | |
.png) | 1996–1999 | Former Flag ofTuzla Canton | |
 | 1997–2000 | Former Flag ofZenica-Doboj Canton | |
 | 1997–2001 | Former Flag ofBosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde | |
 | 1996–1998 | Former Flag ofSarajevo Canton | |
 | 1998–1999 | Former Flag ofSarajevo Canton |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | Flag ofBosniaks (1) | The main national flag ofBosniaks which was used from 1992 to 1995 as the flag of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The republic remained composed of Bosniaks after the establishment ofRepublika Srpska and theRepublic of Herzeg-Bosnia. | |
 | Flag ofBosniaks (2) | Another flag representing Bosniaks, which is used less than the main ethnic flag. It has the green outline of a crescent moon (the main symbol ofIslam) on a white stripe, with two smaller green stripes on the top and bottom. | |
| Flag ofBosnian Serbs | The flag of the ethnicBosnian Serbs with the Serbian tricolor (red, blue, and white). It's also the flag ofRepublika Srpska and is the traditional Serbian national flag | |
| Flag ofBosnian Croats | The flag of the ethnicBosnian Croats. It's similar to the flag ofCroatia with a difference in the emblem. It was also the flag of theRepublic of Herzeg-Bosnia from 1992 to 1996 |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banate of Bosnia | |||
.png) | c. 1354 | Flag of the Bosnian Banate. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a whitecross pattée in the center. |
| Kingdom of Bosnia | |||
 | 1377 - 1463 | Royal Flag ofTvrtko I of Bosnia. | A white field with 5 sestiere on the fly and the arms of Bosnia in the center. |
| Duchy of Saint Sava | |||
 | 1448 - 1482 | Flag ofHerzegovina | A red field with 2 white crosses pattée off-centred toward the hoist and 3 sestiere on the fly. |
| Rama | |||
_at_Ferdinand_II%2527s_coronation_(1618).svg) | 1618 | Banner used for "Rama" atFerdinand II's coronation asKing of Hungary. | Swallow-tailed, a blue field with a shield in the center. |
| Ottoman Bosnia | |||
.svg) | 1831 - 1832 | Flag used during theBosnian uprising against the Ottomans. | During the struggle for Bosnia's autonomy from September 1831 to June 1832, a new Bosnian flag was adopted under the leadership of Husein-Captain Gradašćević. At the beginning of 1832, Bosnia and Herzegovina was freed from Ottoman rule for a short time and independence was declared. The flag used from 1831 to 1832 was green with a yellow moon and a five-pointed star in the middle. The flag began to be used with the beginning of the struggle against the Ottoman authorities on September 14, 1830. |
| Austro-Hungarian Bosnia | |||
.svg) | 1878 - 1908 | Flag of theAustro-Hungarian-occupied Province of Bosnia | A red and yellow horizontal bicolour with a shield. The Province of Herzegovina used a similar flag but with the colors reversed (a yellow and red bicolour). |
.svg) | 1908 - 1918 | Flag of theCondominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Bosnia in Yugoslavia | |||
 | 1944 | Flag ofBosnian-Herzegovinian Partisans | |
.svg) | 1946 - 1992 | Flag of the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina withinYugoslavia | A red field (symbolizing thenational liberation movements) with the Yugoslav flag in thecanton. |
| Independent Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||
 | 1993 - 1995 | Flag ofAutonomous Province of Western Bosnia andRepublic of Western Bosnia | |
| 1992 - 1998 | Flag of theRepublic of Bosnia and Herzegovina | A white field with a blue shield bearing six BosnianGolden Lilies in the centre. It also was and it still is the mainBosniak national flag. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Proposed, never used | First proposal of a flag for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15 November 1946.[5] | Federal flag of Yugoslavia with an additional five-pointed golden star imposed behind the existingred star, with their rays interchangeably positioned. |
 | Proposed, used in real life | Second proposal of a flag for the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1947.[5] | Variant of the flag adopted on 31 December 1946 with a much larger Yugoslav canton flag and amargin. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Proposed, never used | Bosnian Tricolor Proposal | |
 | Bosnian Democratic Union Proposal | ||
 | Defenders of Sarajevo Proposal |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | Proposed, never used | First alternative in the first set of proposals. | Similar to theflag of the Czech Republic. A green and red horizontal bicolour with a blue triangle in the hoist. |
.svg) | Second alternative in the first set of proposals. | Similar to theflag of the United Nations. A light blue field with a branch of wheat. | |
.svg) | Third alternative in the first set of proposals. | A blue field with an outline of the map of Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Proposed, never used | First alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of10 gold 5-pointed stars. |
 | Second alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina within a circle of12 gold 5-pointed stars. | |
 | Third alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue diagonal tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches. | |
 | Fourth alternative in the second set of proposals. | A red, white, and blue tricolour with a yellow silhouette map of Bosnia and Herzegovina outlined in green within two green olive branches. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Proposed, used briefly in 1998 | First alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | Identical to the national flag that was adopted, but with a field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses. |
 | Proposed, never used | Second alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with three gold and two white stripes, interleaved so as to form a rectangle in the centre. |
.svg) | Third alternative in the third set of proposals (the Westendorp proposals). | A field of light blue that the flag of the United Nations uses with five gold and five white stripes, interleaved so as to form a triangle in the centre. |
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