List of flags of Kosovo
Republic of Kosovo
State flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 2008–present | National flag | Blue with six white stars in an arc above a gold-colored map of Kosovo in the center. Dimensions: 5:7 |
Government flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1999–present | Flag of the Kosovo Police Service | White with two blue stripes, and a yellow-blue emblem of the KP in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3. |
![]() | 2001–present | Presidential standard | Flag based on Ibrahim Rugova's "Dardania" flag proposal. Features the eagle of the flag of Albania. Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | 2009–present | Flag of the Kosovo Security Force | Red field, with the KSF emblem featuring an eagle and six stars. Dimensions: 2:3. |
Ethnic flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1999–present | Flag used by Kosovo Albanians | A red field charged with a double-headed eagle. Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | 2010–present | Flag used by Kosovo Serbs | A horizontal tricolour of red, blue, and white; charged with the lesser Coat of arms left of center. Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | 2008–present | Flag used by Kosovo Bosniaks | A blue escutcheon charged with a white bend between six gold fleurs-de-lis displayed on a white field. Dimensions: 1:2[1] |
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2008–present | Flag used by Kosovo Turks | A red field with a white star and crescent slightly left of center. Dimensions: 2:3 |
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2008–present | Flag used by Romani people in Kosovo | The flag consists of a background of blue and green, representing the heavens and earth, respectively; it also contains a 16-spoke red dharmachakra, or cartwheel, in the center. Dimensions: 2:3 |
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2008–present | Flag used by Ashkali people in Kosovo | A horizontally divided green-white-red flag with a golden eagle in the center. Dimensions: 1:2 |
Municipal flags
The "Law on use of State Symbols of Kosovo" grants the municipalities of Kosovo the right to adopt and use their own distinctive flags.[2]
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of Drenas Municipality[3] | White with the emblem of Drenas in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Ferizaj Municipality[4][5] | White with the emblem of Ferizaj in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Fushë Kosova / Kosovo Polje Municipality[6] | White with the emblem of Fushë Kosova in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Gjilan Municipality[7] | White with the emblem of Gjilan in the centre with the date "1600" above and the name of the municipality in Albanian below. | |
![]() | Flag of Gračanica Municipality[8] | Dark blue with the emblem of Gračanica in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Hani i Elezit Municipality[9] | Red with the emblem of Hani i Elezit in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Kaçanik Municipality[10] | Green with the emblem of Kaçanik in the centre with the name of the municipality written above in Albanian. | |
![]() | Flag of Leposavić Municipality[11] | Light blue with the emblem of Leposavic in the centre with the name of the municipality written in Serbian in an arc above. | |
![]() | Flag of Lipjan Municipality[12] | White with the coat of arms of Lipjan in the centre | |
![]() | Flag of Malisheva Municipality[13] | White with the coat of arms of Malisheva in the centre with the name of the municipality written below in Albanian and Engliah. | |
![]() | Flag of North Mitrovica Municipality[14] | White with the coat of arms of North Mitrovica in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Obiliq Municipality[15] | White with the emblem of Obiliq in the centre and the name of the municipality written below in Albanian, Serbian (Latin script) and English. | |
![]() | Flag of Pristina Municipality[16][17] | Light blue with the emblem of Pristina in the centre. The emblem features a statuette known as Goddess on the Throne. | |
![]() | Flag of Prizren Municipality[18] | White with the emblem of Prizren in the centre. The emblem features the House of the League of Prizren. | |
![]() | Flag of Podujevo Municipality[19] | White with the emblem of Podujevo in the centre and the name written below in Albanian. The emblem depicts the Orpheus mosaic found in the Dardanian city of Vendenis. | |
![]() | Flag of Shtime Municipality[20] | White with the emblem of Shtime in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Skenderaj Municipality[21] | White with the emblem of Skenderaj in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Štrpce Municipality[22] | Light blue with the emblem of Štrpce in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Suva Reka Municipality[23] | Banner of the arms of Suva Reka Municipality. | |
![]() | Flag of Viti Municipality[24] | White with the emblem of Vitina in the centre. | |
![]() | Flag of Vushtrri Municipality[25][26] | Light blue with the emblem of Vushtrri in the centre with the Latin name of the municipality written above. | |
![]() | Flag of Zubin Potok Municipality[27] | Light blue with the emblem of Zubin Potok and the name of the municipality written below in red in Serbian. |
Political parties' flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | Flag of Vetëvendosje[28] | Red with the motto of the party Vetëvendosje (Self Determination). | |
![]() | Flag of Democratic Party of Kosovo[29] | White with the logo of the Democratic Party of Kosovo. | |
![]() | Flag of Democratic League of Kosovo[30] | White with the logo of the Democratic League of Kosovo. | |
Flag of Alliance for the Future of Kosovo[31] | White with the logo of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. | ||
![]() | Flag of Social Democratic Initiative | Purple with the four letters of the party NISMA. |
Historical flags
Flags of Kosovo under UN administration
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | 1999–2008 | Flag of the United Nations | The Flag of the United Nations was used for official and government purposes in Kosovo until 17 February 2008. |
![]() | 2003–2008 | Flag of the Kosovo Olympic Committee | An outline map of Kosovo containing the symbol of the Provisional Institutions of Self Government, the Olympic rings and a pictogram of an athlete. |
![]() | 1999–2009 | Kosovo Protection Corps | Red with a black emblem of the KPC in the centre. Dimensions: 2:3.[32] |
![]() | 1999–present | Kosovo Force | Blue with the emblem of KFOR in the centre.[33] |
Ethnic Albanian flags in Kosovo during Yugoslav rule
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | c.1918 | National Defence of Kosovo | The flag was used by Committee "National Defence of Kosovo" |
![]() | c.1950–c.1990 | Albanian Minority flag | The flag was the official flag of the Albanian ethnic minority of Socialist Yugoslavia from the late 1940s to the late 1980s |
![]() | c.1991 | Demonstrations Flag | The flag used by the Albanian ethnic minority of Socialist Yugoslavia in 1991 during Demonstrations |
Flag proposals
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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![]() | never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 1" Dimensions: 2:3. Winning proposal and inspiration for the current flag. |
![]() | never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 2". Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | never used | State flag | "Competition Candidate 3". Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | never used | State flag | Rejected Competition Candidate. Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | never used | State flag | Joseph J. DioGuardi's proposal for a new flag for Kosovo based on the Albanian and US flags. Dimensions: 2:3 |
![]() | never used | State flag | 2005 proposal for a new flag for Kosovo based on the United Nations’ flag and the Albanian eagle. Dimensions: 2:3 |
See also
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