List of Surinamese flags

The following is a list of flags present in Suriname.

National flag

Flag Date Use Description
1975-Today Flag of Suriname A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band.
1975-Today Flag of Suriname (Vertical)

Government flag

Flag Date Use Description
1975-Today Presidential Flag of Suriname A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the coat of arms centered on the red band.
1975-1988 Flag of the Prime Minister of Suriname A white field with a golden border and the coat of arms in the center.

Military flag

Flag Date Use Description
1975-Today Flag of The People's Armed Forces of Suriname a horizontal tricolour of blue, red and blue with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band.

Proposed flags

Flag Date Use Description
1848 Proposed Flag of Dutch Suriname The Dutch tricolour with the coat of arms in the center.
1975 Proposed Flag of Suriname a red field with a green border and a white bordered red cross with 4 black 5-pointed stars.
1975 Proposed Flag of Suriname a green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star centered on a green diamond in the center.
1975 Proposed Flag of Suriname a green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star in the center.
1975 Proposed Flag of Suriname A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large black five-pointed star centered on a white disc centered on the red band.
1975 Proposed Flag of Suriname A horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large yellow border with the coat of arms centered on the red band.

Historical flags

Spanish rule

Flag Date Use Description
1593-1629 Flag of Habsburg Spain A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field.
Royal Flag
1593-1629 Royal Flag of Philip II of Spain A red field with the royal coat of arms in the center.

British rule

Flag Date Use Description
1650-1651 Flag of the Commonwealth of England St George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed.
1651-1658 Flag of the Commonwealth of England St George's Cross and St Andrew's cross quartered.
1658-1660 Flag of The Protectorate The 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp.
1660-1667
1667-1668		 Flag of the Kingdom of England a red cross on a white field.
1799-1801 Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain First version of the Union Jack used in England from 1606 and Scotland from 1707 – the Flags of England and Scotland superimposed.
1801-1802
1804-1816		 flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
Lord Protector's Flag
1653-1659 Standard of the Lord Protector The cross of St. George quartered with the cross of St. Andrew and the Irish Harp, and surmounted by an escutcheon with Cromwell's personal coat of arms.
Royal Flags
1660-1667
1667-1668		 Royal Standard of the House of Stuart A banner of the Royal Coat of Arms of James I, first and fourth quarters representing England and the English claim to the French throne, second quarter representing Scotland, third quarter representing Ireland (This is the first time that Ireland has been represented on the Royal Standard).
1799-1801 Royal Standard of Great Britain under the House of Hanover A banner of the Royal Coat of Arms of Great Britain, first quarter representing England and Scotland, second quarter representing the British claim to the French throne, third quarter representing Ireland, fourth quarter representing the Electorate of Hanover.
1801-1802
1804-1816		 Royal Standard of the United Kingdom A banner of the Royal Arms from the creation of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801; first and fourth quarters for England and Wales, second Scotland, third Ireland, with an inescutcheon for the Electorate of Hanover.

French rule

Flag Date Use Description
1795-1799
1802-1804		 Flag of the French First Republic a vertical tricolour of blue, white and red.
Netherlands under French Rule
1795-1799
1802-1804		 Flag of the Batavian Republic A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic's emblem in the canton.

Dutch rule

Flag Date Use Description
1667
1668-1795		 The Prince's Flag A horizontal Tricolour of orange, white and blue.
1667
1668-1796		 States Flag A horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current flag.
1816-1975 Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the Netherlands A horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue.
Royal Flags
1816–1908 Royal Standard of the Monarch The colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle).
1908–1975 Royal Standard of the Monarch A square orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross with the small coat of arms of the Kingdom, surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by the insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of William. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the Principality of Orange.
Colonial Flags
1920–1966 Governor's standard of Dutch Guyana National tricolour, with in the red stripe three white balls.
1966–1975 Standard of the governor of Suriname A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre.
1959-1975 Flag of Suriname A White Field with 5 five-pointed stars (black, white, brown, red and yellow) in the center.

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