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Northern Europe

Estonia

A horizontal tricolour of blue, black and white. First used by the Estonian Students’ Society in the 1880s, it became the national flag during Estonia’s first independence in 1918 and was restored in 1990.

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Flag of Estonia

Adopted

1918

Proportion

7:11

Colours

3

Colours & their meaning

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Blue

Commonly interpreted as the sky, sea and lakes, and also loyalty.

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Black

Commonly interpreted as the soil of the homeland and the nation’s difficult past.

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White

Commonly interpreted as light, virtue and the quest for freedom.

Did you know?

The flag was banned during Soviet rule but continued to serve as a strong symbol of national identity among Estonians.