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The following is a list of flags of Lithuania.

National flag and State flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	National flag and civil ensign	Current version adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5
	2004–present	State flag (historical)	The flag displays the national emblem in a banner form, flag was adopted in 2004. Ratio: 3:5

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1993–present	Presidential standard	The State Emblem charged in the center on a dark red field. Ratio: 5:6
	?–present	Defence Minister	White flag with the national flag in canton and a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field in the center. Ratio: 1:2
	1998–present	Police flag	White flag with a blue bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the police badge in the middle, and silver laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1
	?–present	Customs flag	Golden flag with the logo of Customs Department in the middle, surrounding by silver laurels and caduceus. Ratio: 1:1
	1994–present	Border Guard flag	White flag with a green bend crossing the flag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right, the insignia of the State Border Guard Service in the middle, and golden laurels near all the sides. Ratio: 1:1
	?–present	Flag of the Dignitary Protection Service	Dark red with the emblem of the Dignitary Protection Service in the middle. Ratio: 3:5

Military flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Lithuanian Armed Forces	Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or Columns of Gediminas (reverse) on the red disc and surrounding by the wreath of laurels. Ratio: 5:6
	2005–present	Army Flag	Red flag with the stylized Columns of Gediminas. Ratio: 1:2
	2004–present	Flag of Army Command	Dark red flag with Vytis (obverse) or a mace (reverse) in center, an oak-leaf garland parallel to all the sides on the inside, and a Columns of Gediminas in each corner. Ratio: 5:6
	1992–present	Air Force Flag	White flag charged with the national flag in the canton and with stylized azure wings and double cross of Jogaila family in lower right quarter. The cross of Jogaila family is white bordered with two black bends. Ratio: 1:2
	1927–1940	Naval ensign	Lithuanian tricolor with a red shield containing a Jagiellonian Double Cross. Ratio: 1:2
	1992–present	Naval ensign	White with a dark blue St. George-style cross throughout and the Lithuanian tricolor in the canton. Ratio: 1:2
	1927–1940	Naval jack	Green bordered red field with yellow double cross of Jogaila family in the canton.
	1992–2004	Naval jack	White with a circular badge showing the stylized Columns of Gediminas on a red field, with a dark blue anchor behind the badge. Ratio: 1:2
	2004–present	Naval jack	Identical to a historical state flag of Lithuania. Ratio: 3:5
	2020–present	Special Operations Force flag	Green flag with the Jagiellonian Double Cross.
	1992–present	The Flag of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces	White flag with the national tricolour in the canton and three six-pointed stars set in a raising diagonal in the fly half. The stars are six-pointed segmented with black lines and with white border fimbriated with red
	1992–present	Chief of Staff's Flag	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with two stars only.
	1992–present	Commander Naval Armed Forces	Flag similar to CinC Armed Forces, but with a single star only.
	?–present	Brigade Commander's flag	Pennat consisting of the national flag at hoist and tapering swallow-tailed white part at fly, continuing two red stars (of the same shape as in the previous flags) next to each other. Ratio: 1:5
	?–present	Division Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but with single star. Ratio: 1:5
	?–present	Group Commander	Same as Brigade Commander's flag, but without the stars. Ratio: 1:5
	?–present	Masthead Pennant	Rectangular pennant with swallow-tail, national tricolour at hoist (1:4) and blue fly. Total flag ratio: 1:20
	1991–present	Flag of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force	Green flag with the emblem of the Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Force in the center.

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	15th century	Royal Banner of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (modern reconstruction)
	16th century	Supposed appearance of the royal (military) banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
	17th century	Royal Banner of Poland–Lithuania
	1917	Flag used during the Vilnius Conference
	1918	Flag of the Kingdom of Lithuania (German client state; modern reconstruction)
	1918–1940	State flag and civil ensign of Republic of Lithuania	Ratio: 2:3
	1920–1922	Flag of The Republic of Central Lithuania (Polish puppet state)	A red flag with White Eagle and Vytis (Pogonia) in the middle.
	1988–2004	State flag and civil ensign	Ratio: 1:2

Soviet occupation

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1918–1919	Soviet puppet state from 1918 to 1919 (Lithuanian SSR and Socialist Soviet Republic of Lithuania and Belorussia)	A plain red flag
	1940–1941	Soviet occupation from 3 July 1940 until 22 June 1941 (Lithuanian SSR)	A red flag with LIETUVOS TSR and the hammer and sickle in the canton.
	1940–1941, 1944–1955	Flag of the Soviet Union	A plain red flag with a golden hammer and sickle and a gold-bordered red star in the canton. Modified in 1955.
	1944–1953	Soviet occupation from 1944 (Lithuanian SSR)
	1953–1988	Flag of the Lithuanian SSR	A flag based Soviet flag with additional white and green strips. It did not bear the hammer and sickle on their reverse side, like any other flags of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union.

County flags

Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gold, acts as a fringe to the central feature of the flag, which is chosen by the county itself. Most of the central designs were adapted from the counties' coat of arms.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2004–present	Alytus County
	2004–present	Kaunas County
	2004–present	Klaipėda County
	2004–present	Marijampolė County
	2004–present	Panevėžys County
	2004–present	Šiauliai County
	2004–present	Tauragė County
	2004–present	Telšiai County
	2004–present	Utena County
	2004–present	Vilnius County

See also

• Flag of Lithuania
• List of city flags in Europe § Lithuania
• Armorial of Lithuania

• Flags of Lithuania
• Lists and galleries of flags
• Lithuania-related lists