Tricolor, swallowtail, defaced with the shield of the state arms off-set towards hoist.
The national flag of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti lipp) is a tricolour featuring three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), black (middle), and white (bottom). In Estonian it is colloquially called the sinimustvalge (lit.'blue-black-white').
The tricolour was already in wide use as the symbol of Estonia and Estonians when the Republic of Estonia became a fully independent country in 1918. Formally, the sinimustvalge became the national flag by the decision of the national government on 21 November 1918, and the Estonian parliament later reconfirmed the flag's official status with a law in 1922.[2]
The tricolour was publicly used as the national flag until the first year of World War II when the Soviet Red Army invaded Estonia in June 1940. Following the occupation and annexation of Estonia by the USSR in August 1940, the new Stalinist regime banned the Estonian flag, and its use as well as any use of its blue, black and white colour combination became punishable by laws of the Soviet Union.[3] 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 usage of the blue-black-white flag was officially permitted again by the local authorities. On 23 February 1989, the Soviet flag was taken down permanently from the Pikk Hermann tower of the Toompea Castle in the capital city Tallinn. It was replaced with the blue-black-white flag on the next morning, 24 February, upon the 70th anniversary of the Estonian Declaration of Independence (1918). The national flag was officially re-adopted by the Estonian authorities 7 August 1990, one year before the nation's full restoration of independence.
When the Estonian flag is displayed vertically, it should be so that the blue appears on the left of the flag when viewed by an observer.[4]
^Cite error: The named reference Riigigantselei-lipp was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Riigi Teataja 6 juuli 1922 — DIGAR Eesti artiklid".
^"Minevikuminutid: sinimustvalge oli okupatsioonivastane sümbol". ERR (in Estonian). 21 February 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
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When the Estonian flag is displayed vertically, it should be so that the blue appears on the left of the flag when viewed by an observer.[4]