Official, Old, and Minority Flags and Symbols of Europe, Including Unrecognized States

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Austria's shield, used by the Habsburg Empire

Belarus' Shield, based on the Soviet model

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic/Bohemia

Finland

France

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Lithuania

Serbia

Spain

Sweden

British Empire/United Kingdom

Albania

Official flag of Muslim Kosovo

Bayern/Bavaria (Southeast Catholic Germany)

European Union

Unofficial flag of the Volga Germans of Russia, brought by Catherine the Great and expelled en masse to Kazakhstan by Stalin (read our article)

Greenland (part of Danish crown)

Andalusia (southern Spain, autonomous sub-culture)

Galicia (northwest Spain, intensely autonomous "Celts")

Shetland Islands (Scotland)

Roma/Gypsy Flag (not a nation; in use by
US human rights groups)

Andorra

Euskadi/Basque Country (Spain)

Austria (modern)

Austria-Hungarian Empire (pre-1918)

Belarus/Beyelorusia

Belgium

Bosnia (modern)

Bosnia during Islamic occupation (Ottomans)

Medieval flag of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Elsaß-Lothringen (Alsace-Lorraine), part of France, formerly Germany

England

Estonia

Faroe Islands/Foroyar (Danish island)

Finland

Vlaanderen/Flanders (Dutch Belgium)

Post-Revolution France

Pre-Revolution France

Teutonic Order Monastic State flag (click to enlarge)

German Eagle (and West Germany)

Preußen/Prussia (Germany)


Teutonic Order Monastic State (vassal of First Reich)

Axis Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Northern Ireland (UK)

Italy

Karelija (Finns under Russian rule)

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxemburg

Macedonia

Malta

Moldova

Transnistria (breakaway state of Moldova)

Poland (modern & historical)

Isle of Man (UK)

Norway

Netherlands

Gibraltar (UK)

Aland Islands (legally Finland, Swedish-speaking population)

Orkney Islands (Scotland)

Portugal

Greece

Romania

Russia (modern)

Soviet Union/USSR

Imperial Russia (pre-1917)

Sardinia (Italy, flag of beheaded Moors)

Saami flag (Laplander Finns)

Scotland (UK)

Serbia

Yugoslavia

Montenegro

Sicily (Italy)

Schlesien/Silesia (today Poland, formerly German)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Tirol (Germans in North Italy)

Transylvania/Siebenbürgen (today Romania, previously Hungary and Austria)

United Kingdom (and colonies)

Ukraine

Wales (UK)

Wallonia (French Belgium)

Friesland (between Germany & Netherlands)

A Venetian imperial flag
 

Catalonia/Flag of Catalans (Spain)
 

 

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