List of Surinamese flags

The following is a list of flags present in Suriname.

National Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1975-TodayFlag of SurinameA 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-TodayFlag of Suriname (Vertical)

Government Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1975-TodayPresidential Flag of SurinameA 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.
1975-1988Flag of the Prime Minister of SurinameA white field with a golden border and the coat of arms in the center.

Military Flag

FlagDateUseDescription
1975-TodayFlag of The People's Armed Forces of Surinamea horizontal tricolour of blue, red and blue with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band.

Proposed Flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1848Proposed Flag of Dutch SurinameThe Dutch tricolour with the coat of arms in the center.
1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea red field with a green border and a white bordered red cross with 4 black 5-pointed stars.
1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star centered on a green diamond in the center.
1975Proposed Flag of Surinamea green field with a red triangle with a yellow 5-pointed star in the center.
1975Proposed Flag of SurinameA 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.
1975Proposed Flag of SurinameA 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

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

British Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1650-1651Flag of the Commonwealth of EnglandSt George's Cross and an Irish Harp juxtaposed.
1651-1658Flag of the Commonwealth of EnglandSt George's Cross and St Andrew's cross quartered.
1658-1660Flag of The ProtectorateThe 1606 Union Jack defaced with an Irish Harp.
1660-1667
1667-1668
Flag of the Kingdom of Englanda red cross on a white field.
1799-1801Flag of the Kingdom of Great BritainFirst 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 KingdomA superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
Lord Protector's Flag
1653-1659Standard of the Lord ProtectorThe 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 StuartA 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).
1799-1801Royal Standard of Great Britain under the House of HanoverA 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 KingdomA 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

FlagDateUseDescription
1795-1799
1802-1804
Flag of the French First Republica vertical tricolour of blue, white and red.
Netherlands under French Rule
1795-1799
1802-1804
Flag of the Batavian RepublicA horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic's emblem in the canton.

Dutch Rule

FlagDateUseDescription
1667
1668-1795
The Prince's FlagA horizontal Tricolour of orange, white and blue.
1667
1668-1796
States FlagA horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current flag.
1816-1975Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kingdom of the NetherlandsA horizontal Tricolour of Red, White and Blue.
Royal Flags
1816–1908Royal Standard of the MonarchThe colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle).
1908–1975Royal Standard of the MonarchA 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
1920–1966Governor's standard of Dutch GuyanaNational tricolour, with in the red stripe three white balls.
1966–1975Standard of the governor of SurinameA white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre.
1959-1975Flag of SurinameA White Field with 5 five-pointed stars (black, white, brown, red and yellow) in the center.

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