Northern Europe
Latvia
A dark carmine flag with a narrow white horizontal stripe between two broader carmine stripes. The design has medieval roots and was restored as the national flag in 1990 before independence was fully regained in 1991.
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Adopted
1990
Proportion
1:2
Colours
2
Colours & their meaning
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Carmine
No official symbolism.
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White
No official symbolism.
Did you know?
Latvia’s distinctive dark red shade is traditionally called 'Latvian red' or carmine.