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Slovakia Flag

Slovakia’s state flag is a white, blue and red horizontal tricolour with the national arms in the front, or hoist-side, half. The Constitution names it...

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About Slovakia and its flag

Slovakia’s state flag is a white, blue and red horizontal tricolour with the national arms in the front, or hoist-side, half. The Constitution names it among the state symbols, while the detailed statutory specification gives the flag a 2:3 proportion and controls the emblem’s placement.

Flag design and meaning

Three equal horizontal stripes run white, blue and red from top to bottom. A red early-Gothic shield, bearing a white double cross above three blue hills, sits in the hoist half. The shield is half the flag’s height; a narrow white trim separates it from non-white fields, and the emblem has no outline.

Double cross in the state arms: The Government Office explains the double cross as referring to Christianity in Slovakia and to the tradition of Saints Cyril and Methodius, who brought Christianity to Great Moravia in the ninth century.
Three blue hills in the state arms: The Government Office identifies the three hills with the Tatra, Fatra and Mátra mountain ranges; Mátra is now in Hungary.

History and adoption

The Government Office dates the flag’s origins to 1848 and says it was officially introduced on 1 January 1993. The Constitution defines the tricolour and places the state emblem in its front half, while the 1993 state-symbols act supplies the detailed construction and rules for use.

How to recognise this flag

Look for the red shield with a white double cross and three blue hills, rather than a small blue shield showing a mountain.
The flag is proportioned 2:3, and the shield has a visible white edge where it meets the blue and red bands.
Although its stripe order matches Slovenia’s, Slovakia’s larger red shield is placed in the hoist half rather than straddling the white and blue bands.