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List of flags of Lithuania

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The following is a list of flags of Lithuania.

National flag and State flag

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Flag Date Use Description
2004–present 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

Government flags

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Flag Date Use Description
1993–present Presidential standard The State Emblem charged in the center on a dark red field. Ratio: 5:6
?–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
1998–present Police flag White flag with a blue bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the police badge in the middle, and silver laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1
?–present Customs flag Golden flag with the logo of Customs Department in the middle, surrounding by silver laurels and caduceus. Ratio: 1:1
1994–present Border Guard flag White flag with a green bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the insignia of the State Border Guard Service in the middle, and golden laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1
?–present Flag of the Dignitary Protection Service Dark red with the emblem of the Dignitary Protection Service in the middle. Ratio: 3:5

Military flags

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Flag Date Use Description

?–present Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or Columns of Gediminas (reverse) on the red disc and surrounding by the wreath of laurels. Ratio: 5:6
2005–present Army Flag Red flag with the stylized Columns of Gediminas. Ratio: 1:2

2004–present Flag of Army Command Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or a mace (reverse) in center, an oak-leaf garland parallel to all the sides on the inside, and a Columns of Gediminas in each corner. Ratio: 5:6
1992–present Air Force Flag White flag charged with the national 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
1927–1940 Naval ensign Lithuanian tricolor with a red shield containing a Jagiellonian Double Cross. Ratio: 1:2
1992–present Naval ensign White with a dark blue St. George-style cross throughout and the Lithuanian tricolor in the canton. Ratio: 1:2
1927–1940 Naval jack Green bordered red field with yellow double cross of Jogaila family in the canton.
1992–2004 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
2004–present Naval jack Identical to a historical state flag of Lithuania. Ratio: 3:5
2020–present Special Operations Force flag Green flag with the Jagiellonian Double Cross.
1992–present The Flag of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces White flag with the national tricolour in the canton and three six-pointed stars set in a raising diagonal in the fly half. The stars are six-pointed 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 Masthead Pennant Rectangular pennant with swallow-tail, national tricolour at hoist (1:4) and blue fly. Total flag ratio: 1:20
1991–present Flag of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force Green flag with the emblem of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force in the center.

Historical flags

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Flag Date Use Description
15th century Royal Banner of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (modern reconstruction)
16th century Supposed appearance of the royal (military) banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
17th century Royal Banner of Poland–Lithuania
1917 Flag used during the Vilnius Conference
1918 Flag of the Kingdom of Lithuania (German client state; modern reconstruction)
1918–1940 State flag and civil ensign of Republic of Lithuania Ratio: 2:3
1920–1922 Flag of The Republic of Central Lithuania (Polish puppet state) A red flag with White Eagle and Vytis (Pogonia) in the middle.
1988–2004 State flag and civil ensign Ratio: 1:2

Soviet occupation

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Flag Date Use Description
1918–1919 Soviet puppet state from 1918 to 1919 (Lithuanian SSR and Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia) A plain red flag
1940–1941 Soviet occupation from 3 July 1940 until 22 June 1941 (Lithuanian SSR) A red flag with LIETUVOS TSR and the hammer and sickle in the canton.
1940–1941,
1944–1955
Flag of the Soviet Union A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in the canton. Modified in 1955.
1944–1953 Soviet occupation from 1944 (Lithuanian SSR)

1953–1988 Flag of the Lithuanian SSR A flag based Soviet flag with additional white and green strips. It did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side, like any other flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

County flags

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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

See also

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