List of Dutch flags
This is a list of flags used in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of the Netherlands.
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National flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1813–1815 | Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and blue. |
| 1815–1839 | Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
| 1839–present | Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
See also Flag of the Netherlands. | ||
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Hanging flag | Hanging variant of the national flag | |
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Orange streamer | Orange is the colour of the Royal Family |
Constituent countries
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1839-present | Flag of the Netherlands | |
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18 March 1976 | Flag of Aruba | |
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2 July 1984 | Flag of Curaçao | |
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13 June 1985 | Flag of Sint Maarten |
Provinces and public bodies of the Netherlands
Map illustrating provinces of the Netherlands and their flags
Provinces
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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19 February 1947[1] | Flag of Drenthe | |
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9 January 1986[2] | Flag of Flevoland | |
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Flag of Friesland | ||
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Flag of Gelderland | ||
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Flag of Groningen | ||
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Flag of Limburg | ||
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Flag of North Brabant | ||
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Flag of North Holland | ||
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Flag of Overijssel | ||
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Flag of South Holland | ||
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Flag of Utrecht | ||
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Flag of Zeeland |
Municipal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description of the respective cities |
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5 February 1975 | Flag of the national capital, Amsterdam | Place in which Dutch colonial efforts where centralized |
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1545–1549, 1647–? (1938), 1994–present | Flag of Maastricht, the capital of the province of Limburg | Key place for controlling the Meuse river in the rebellion and war against the Spanish-Habsburg empire |
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10 February 1949 | Flag of Rotterdam, the second city of The Netherlands | The Dutch example of new and old in one city. The center was renovated after WW2 vanquished the old center. Also home to one of the Dutch top Football clubs |
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Flag of Arnhem, the capital city of the largest province of Gelderland | Where operation 'Market Garden' proved that three bridges is one 'bridge too far' | |
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Flag of Eindhoven, the largest city of the province of Noord-Brabant | Historical home of de CD, because of 'Philips' and the city's tech university | |
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Flag of Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland | The youngest state capital in the country and by extension one of the youngest inhabited places is the country. | |
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Flag of Leeuwarden, the capital of the province of Friesland | ||
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1456 | Flag of Sneek, the second city of the province of Friesland | Namesake of one of the biggest sailing events in the country |
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Flag of the City of Utrecht, the capital of the province of Utrecht | The most central big city of the Netherlands | |
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Flag of The Hague, the capital of the province of South Holland | Not the Capital but does house the entire government | |
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Flag of 's-Hertogenbosch, the capital of the province of North Brabant | For about a week a year this place is unofficially known as Oeteldonk | |
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Flag of Zwolle, the capital of the province of Overijssel | ||
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Flag of Enschede, the largest city of the Twente region and the province of Overijssel | Home to one of the three Tech universities of the Netherlands | |
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Flag of Hilversum, the largest city of the Gooi area | The Capital of Dutch television | |
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1879 | Flag of City of Groningen, the capital of the province of Groningen | As the Dutch saying goes: nothing above Groningen, since it's the most northern large city in the entire kingdom. |
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Flag of Haarlem, the capital of the province of North Holland | Terminus of the country's oldest railroad connection | |
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Flag of Middelburg, the capital of the province of Zeeland | City of importance for the America's part of Dutch colonial efforts | |
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Flag of Assen, the capital of the province of Drenthe | As if 2020 the one TT circuit of the Netherlands | |
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Flag of Heerlen, a city in the south of the province of Limburg | ||
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11-04-1949 | Flag of Leiden, The Holland city of the oldest Dutch university Leiden University and Birthplace of Rembrandt Rembrandt | Holding official city status since at least 1266. Also home to the 2019/2020 Rugby champion of the country and the Student Rugby CLub LSRG (1960) |
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30-05-1996 | Flag of Delft, Home of the primary Tech University and the painter Vermeer Delft University of Technology Johannes Vermeer | Home to the oldest university Rugby team of the country D.S.R-C established in 1918. |
Royal family
Royal standard
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | 2013–present | Royal flag (Dutch: koninklijke vlag), or the royal standard, of the kingdom's 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. |
Other members of the royal family
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png.webp) | 1985–present | Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Beatrix) Constantijn and formerly Johan-Friso |
As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white tower) in the lower hoist as difference. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1988–present | Princes of the Netherlands (Sons of Margriet) Maurits, Bernhard, Pieter-Christiaan and Floris |
As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white six pointed star) in the lower hoist as difference. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1960–present | Princesses of the Netherlands (Daughters of Juliana) Irene, Margriet and Christina |
As princesses of the Netherlands use a swallow tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a heraldic rose) in the lower hoist as difference. |
 | 2002–present | Máxima of Orange-Nassau | As queen Máxima uses a swallow tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag changed and her parental arms (a yellow tower) in the lower hoist. |
 | 2003–present | Laurentien of Orange-Nassau | As princess Laurentien uses a swallow-tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag counterchanged and her parental arms (a yellow heraldic lozenge) in the lower hoist. |
Dutch governors
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | Standard of the Governor of Aruba | A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Aruba in the centre. | |
 | Standard of the Governor of Curaçao | A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of the flag of Curaçao in the centre. | |
 | Standard of the Governor of Sint Maarten | A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of Sint Maarten in the centre. |
Military and naval flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png.webp) | Flag of the Ministry of Defence | ||
 | (former) Flag of the Ministry of Defence | ||
 | July 1964 – present | Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force | |
 | Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army | ||
 | Civilian Jack of the Netherlands (unofficial; most common variant) | ||
 | The "Geus", the naval jack of the Netherlands. | ||
 | 1957 - present | Flag of the Secretary of Defence. | |
 | 2002 - present | Flag of the Netherlands Coast Guard. | |
 | 2005 - present | Flag of the Commander in chief of the Dutch Armed Forces. |
Historical
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1572–1795 | The Prince's Flag | A horizontal triband of orange, white and blue. |
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1652–1672 | States Flag | A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. The blue is a lighter shade than that of the current national flag |
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1795–1806 | Flag of the Batavian Republic | A horizontal triband of red, white and blue with the Republic’s emblem in the canton. |
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1813–1815 | Flag of Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands | A horizontal triband of red, white and blue. |
| 1815–1839 | Flag of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
| 1839–present | Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | ||
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1959–1975 | Flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname) | A white flag with white, black, brown, red and yellow five-pointed stars, connected by a black ellipse |
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1959–1986 | Flag of the Netherlands Antilles | white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten |
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1986–2010 | Flag of the Netherlands Antilles after the secession of Aruba | white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The five stars represented the five main islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten. |
Royal standards
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png.webp) | 1908–2013 | 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. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1815–1908 | Royal Standard of the Monarch | The colours of the flag of the Netherlands with the royal coat of arms (without the mantle). |
Other members of the Royal Family
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png.webp) | 1898–1908 | Standard of a Prince | A flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1898–1908 | Standard of a Princess | A swallow tailed flag with the colours of the historical Royal Standard with the Royal coat of arms in an orange rectangle at the central band. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1980–2004 | Standard of Juliana of Orange-Nassau | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1908–1934 | Standard of Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1908–1910 | Standard of Marie of Orange-Nassau | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1980–2002 | Standard of the Prince Consort | |
.svg.png.webp) | 1948–1980 | Standard of the Prince Consort | |
_standaard.svg.png.webp) | 1908–1934 | Standard of the Prince Consort |
Dutch governors
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.svg.png.webp) | 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. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1966–1986 | Standard of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles | A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1986–2010 | Standard of the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles | A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Netherlands Antilles in the centre. |
Historical flags of the Dutch East India Company & Dutch East Indies
First Flag of the Dutch East India Company
Second Flag of the Dutch East India Company, adopted with red stripe around 1630 or to 1663 and beyond, for the purpose of better visibility at sea against a light sky
Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East Indies Company
References
- "Provincie Drenthe - Hoe ziet de vlag van Drenthe er uit?". Provincie.drenthe.nl. 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- "Provincie Flevoland - Vlag en Wapen". Flevoland.nl. 2010-01-12. Archived from the original on 2013-08-01. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
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