List of Estonian flags - Wikipedia
The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism in the beginning of the 20th century and was used as the national flag (riigilipp) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on 24 February 1918. The flag was formally adopted on 21 November 1918.
Flag of Estonia - Wikipedia
The national flag was from 1940 until 1991 continuously used by the Estonian government-in-exile, diplomatic service, and the diaspora of Estonian refugees around the world. In October 1988, the public use of the tricolour flag was officially permitted again by the local authorities.
Flag of Estonia | Meaning, Colors & History | Britannica
May 8, 1990 · flag of Estonia horizontally striped blue-black-white national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 7 to 11. The Estonian students’ association Vironia was founded on September 29, 1881, when the country was part of the Russian Empire.
Feature: First Estonian flag, hidden for decades, turns 140
Jun 4, 2024 · The history of what would become the Estonian flag was tumultuous from the start, but the original flag, kept safely hidden away for evolving reasons over nearly a century and a half, is still around – and since 2016 can be seen up …
How Estonia got its national flag? - Estonian World
Jun 4, 2022 · The origins of the Estonian flag lie within the national movement – the Estonian Students’ Society adopted blue, black and white as the colours of their student fraternity on 4 June 1884. In 1918, the flag officially became the Estonian national flag.
Estonia - History of the Flag - CRW Flags
Jun 3, 2023 · In the late 1860s, Estonia was beginning to assert itself after a long period of German and Russian domination, and the student fraternity Vironia (an old name for Estonia) chose the traditional Estonian colors of black, white and blue as its colors.
National symbols of Estonia - Wikipedia
The Estonian flag represents the Republic of Estonia. It is featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue, black, and white, and use the aspect ratio of 7:11.
Estonia Flag Colors, Meaning & History - World Flags 101
Feb 21, 2024 · The Estonian flag is made of three equal horizontal stripes colored blue on top, black in the middle, and white in the bottom. The blue represents the clear sky, the Baltic Sea, and the freshwater lakes. The black represents the fertile soil and the dark thick forests, and the hardships that the Estonian people faced.
Estonian Flag: History and Colours - SMAPSE
The national flag of the Republic of Estonia is a rectangle in three colors: blue, black and white, from top to bottom. It has a standard size - 105 by 165 centimeters. People call the flag blue-black-white, or sinim uustvalge – in Estonian.
National flag of Estonia. History of the Estonia flag. National …
Flag History In a folk song the colors blue represents the sky, black represents the sky, and white represents the aspiration to freedom and hopt for the future. Another interpretation is blue for mutual confidence and fidelit, black for the supposed ancestors of the Estonians, the black cloaked people mention in Herodotus' Histories and whit ...
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