A medium blue field with and white fimbriated (bordered) red four-pointed star in its upper hoist corner and two narrow horizontal yellow stripes in its lower half. The light blue color represents the sea surrounding the island, symbolizing its strong connection to the ocean. Yellow signifies abundance and solidarity. The horizontal lines symbolize the economic prosperity derived from industries like gold mining and Aloe Vera production in the past, as well as the current reliance on tourism. The horizontal yellow stripes on the flag symbolize Aruba's freedom and distinct status within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Additionally, the color white on the flag symbolizes peace and carries symbolic meaning. It represents the island's pristine beaches and signifies the purity of the hearts of the Aruban people, who strive for justice, order, and liberty. The red star on the flag symbolizes the four points of the compass, symbolizing the diverse origins of the Aruban population, which attracts people from around the world.[1][2]
A blue field with a horizontal yellow stripe slightly below the midline and two white, five-pointed stars in the canton. The blue symbolises the sea and sky (the bottom and top blue sections, respectively), divided by a yellow stroke representing the bright sun which bathes the island. The two stars represent Curaçao and Klein Curaçao, with the five points on each star symbolise the five continents from which Curaçao's people descend.[3]
A white triangle situated at the hoist charged with the constituent country's coat of arms, along with two horizontal bands of red and blue. Adopted in 1985 shortly after the territory was granted a coat of arms, it has been the flag of Sint Maarten since 13 June of that year. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010, it has been the sole flag used in the constituent country. The blue represents the sea and the sky, while the red epitomises the blood of Sint Maarteners. The green on the coat of arms stands for the fertility of the land, while the yellow represents the energy of the islanders. The orange encircling the shield, along with its light blue field, allude to the colours of the Dutch monarchy. The shield depicts a garland of yellow sage – the official flower of the territory – as well as the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten in Philipsburg and (top right) the Dutch–French friendship monument delineating the boundary between the Dutch and French sections of the island. The crest consists of a pelican in front of a yellow sun, while the motto in Latin on a ribbon scroll under the escutcheon – Semper progrediens – means 'always progressing'. Taken altogether, the flag's dominant colours of red, white, and blue evoke the flag of the Netherlands, Sint Maarten's mother country. They are also identical to the colours of the flag of France, which has sovereignty over the northern part of the island of Saint Martin.
Four colors blue, red, white, gold and green, and divided in four five-sided blue polygons, each fimbriated red. In its center is a diamond-form white field; in the diamond is the silhouette of the island in green. In the center in the top of the diamond is a five-pointed golden/yellow star.
The flag is very similar to the Frisian flag, but shows red heart shapes instead of pompeblêden. Both flags are regularly mixed up and are so similar due to the common past of Ommelanden and Friesland. However, the Ommelanden flag is older.
The flag has a modern design and consists of five colours: light blue, green, yellow, dark blue and white. The light blue band at the top represents the sky, while the yellow and green at the bottom symbolize the fields and meadows. The green triangular area at the top right represents the Sallandse ridge. The color areas are mutually separated by white lines. The horizontal white line represents the horizon. On the right side of the flag is a vertical wavy blue band that represents both the letter S of Salland and the rivers that cross Salland.
The flag depicts a prancing white steed on a red background. The flag (designed by J.J. van Deinse) represents the so-called Saksenros (German: Sachsenross), and shows great similarity with the flag of Lower Saxony and the flag of North Rhine-Westphalia, two federal states in Germany, the flag of the British County of Kent and many other English and German towns and cities with an Anglo-Saxon origin.
The flag has different stripes with the colors light green and white. The lanes are serrated, so that they resemble the shape of the greenhouses, which are common in Westland (the glass city). The green stands for the plants that are frequently grown there, and the white for the greenhouses themselves. The bottom of the coat of arms of the municipality of Westland shows the same pattern with white and green.
The proportions of the stripes are 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 and the border between the colored stripes and the yellow stripe is wavy. The top red stripes are from the flag of Sluis, while the bottom blue stripes are from the flag of Terneuzen. The stripes represent the North Sea, the Zwin and Westerschelde. The yellow stripe in the middle of the flag is charged with a black lion, recalling the flags of Flanders and Hulst, albeit without the red tongue and claws. The special design of the lion is not directly copied from existing weapons, but was specially designed so that it looks like a "young, robust and dynamic lion". The colors of the flag also recall the region's ties to both the Netherlands and Belgium.
Flag of Sânwâlden
The flag consists of fifteen equal blocks in white and green. Together they form a checkered pattern.
The flag consists of a cream-coloured diagonally slightly curved cross that is bordered with a dark green border, and outside it two medium green and two light green triangles. The flag is inspired by the Achterhoek bocage landscape. The different shades of green represent the meadows and forests in the Achterhoek; the slightly curved white cross represents the winding roads of the Achterhoek with rows of trees along them.
2020
Flag of the Land van Maas en Waal
Horizontal tricolor flag of sky blue, blue and green. In the center he carries a yellow field shield.[8]
The flag is yellow in color and has never been officially recognized. A blue horizontal band is included at the top and bottom. In the middle of the flag is a black silhouette of a jumping (red) deer. This is a common part in the Veluwe woods. The flag elements all originate from the flags of several municipalities that are (partly) located in the Veluwe.
2021
Flag of De Liemers
The flag of De Liemers looks modern, is dark red in color and shows a red twisted Y-shape with white outline. This Y-shape is based on the regional borders and the connection to the rivers IJssel and Rhine. It is, as it were, a simplified form of this geographical whole. The red color has several meanings. For example, it stands for the designation 'to stand out', which is often attributed to this bright color. It also stands for enthusiasm, strength, love, passion and warmth. The Liemer flag is slightly similar to the Achterhoek regional flag. The white lines and the curved shape are reminiscent of it.
The flag has a green background with three narrow vertical bands in red and blue on the mast side. These jobs are derived from the coat of arms of the noble family de Cocq van Haeften. They played an important role in the region during the Middle Ages. This coat of arms has also often been used as a source of inspiration for coats of arms of various (abolished) villages and towns in Batavia. The stripes symbolize all these places. The green background refers to the landscape of the region: lots of forest, heathland and other nature. Two wavy horizontal bands have been placed on this, which refer to the rivers Waal and Rhine. In the center of the flag are three silhouettes of apples. These refer to the three Batavia regions that make up the area: De Tielerwaard, Lower Batavia and Upper Batavia.
14 October 1987
Flag of Noord-Limburg
The flag basically consists of two white bands and a narrower blue band. The blue stripe is split by a green shape that resembles both the capital letter G and the small letter E. It is unclear exactly how the flag came about.
Flag of Stellingwarfs
White field with two red horizontal bands touching the upper and lower ends, and two grays of the same color in the middle, one facing and the other guarding.[9]
As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white tower) in the lower hoist as difference.
As princes of the Netherlands use a 5:6 rectangular flag with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a white six pointed star) in the lower hoist as difference.
As princesses of the Netherlands use a swallow tailed flag, with the Royal standard colours and their parental arms (a heraldic rose) in the lower hoist as difference.
As queen Máxima uses a swallow tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag changed and her parental arms (a yellow tower) in the lower hoist.
As princess Laurentien uses a swallow-tailed standard, with the colours of her husband's flag counterchanged and her parental arms (a yellow heraldic lozenge) in the lower hoist.
Governmental flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
2011-present
Flag of the Dutch Government (used for all agencies except ministries and the armed forces)
Light blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Dutch Government and its agencies.
A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and a badge of Sint Maarten in the centre.
Military and naval flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1974-present
Flag of a Minister, except the Minister of Defence
Seven horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue in the ratio 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 with a crowned lion with a sword and a bundle of arrows in the middle.
2023-present
Flag of the Minister of Defence
Seven horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue in the ratio 1:1:1:6:1:1:1 with two crossed yellow swords topped by a yellow crown.
1957–present
Flag of the Secretary of Defence
Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue.
Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle a green circle with three swords representing the armed forces, with the exception of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
1982–present
Flag of the Inspector General of the Dutch Armed Forces
Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle the coat of arms of the Inspector General of the Armed Forces.
Blue flag, divided in three by an orange point coming from the breech side. Originally loaded with the decorations of the Military William Order, but since 1965 with the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
Twelve segments in the colors of the kingdom flag; in the ratio 2:3.
before 1933–present
Flag of the officer of the Royal Netherlands Navy Reserve
The Dutch flag, of which the center of the white band is semi-circularly widened to halfway between the red and the blue band, on which broadening with black thread is embroidered an unready anchor, covered by a crown.
The Award Flag of the Dutch Coastguard consists of three stripes, the heights of which are in proportion as 54:10:13, with the colors orange, white and blue. The emblem of the Dutch Coastguard is depicted on the orange stripe, near the breeches.
A long, very narrow, split ship's vane in the colors of the kingdom flag.
Marechausseegeus
Triangular flag, the mast side of which has the white color and the tip is nassau blue. The white area is loaded with an orange Dutch lion, the blue area with the logo of the Marechaussee (the grenade with closed flame).[10]
Navy blue field with a white one-third width post next to the post and containing at the top the emblem of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee in orange.
white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten
white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a pentagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. The five stars represented the five main islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.
As princess, Juliana used a swallow tailed orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross. In the centre of the flag is a small arms of the Netherlands without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle. in the upper hoist her maternal arms (the horn of Orange) and her paternal arms (a black bull with white horns, a red tongue and a golden crown, from the arms of Mecklenburg) in the lower hoist.
She used a square and swallow tailed orange flag, divided in four quarters by a nassau-blue cross. In the centre of the flag is a small arms of the Netherlands without the insignia of the Order of Willem within an orange circle. Each quarter shows a bugle-horn which originates in arms of the principality of Orange.
An oblong flag of orange color, the height of which is 5/6 of the length, triangularly cut over 1/3 of the length of the flag; divided into four sections by a standing four-armed cross of Nassau blue, the width of 1/5 of the height of the flag; the center of the cross located at 5/12 of the length of the flag, counted from the pants side; in the center of the cross a medallion of orange color, at the diameter of 3/14 of the length of the flag, placed below it the coat of arms, as mentioned in article 1 of this decree, covered by the royal crown; in each of the orange boxes, located on the trouser side of the flag, a horn, as defined in Article 1.
A quadrangle in Nassau blue bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters adorned by the Dutch Lion of the coat of arms of The Netherlands. Second and fourth quarters adorned by the white castle tower from the coat of arms of the House of Amsberg. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.
A quadrangle bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters in Nassau blue, adorned by the Dutch Lion from the national coat of arms. Second and fourth quarters are white, adorned by the five-leafed rose with golden sepals from the coat of arms of the House of Lippe. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.
A quadrangle bearing an orange cross. First and third quarters in Nassau blue, adorned by the Dutch Lion from the national coat of arms. Second and fourth quarters are Azure, adorned by a griffin passant Or langed Gules of the House of Mecklenburg. Centered upon the cross is the coat of arms of The Netherlands, topped by a royal crown.
Dutch governors
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1920–1966
Governor's standard of Dutch Guyana
National tricolour, with in the red stripe three white balls.
Seven equally high horizontal bands in the color combination red-white-blue-white-red-white-blue. In the middle a green circle with four swords representing the four armed forces.
2001-2010
Flag of the Ministry of Defence
Dark purple flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete.
2001-2010
Flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy
Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Navy.
2001-2010
Flag of the Royal Netherlands Army
Dark green flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Army.
2001-2010
Flag of the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
2001-2010
Flag of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
Dark blue flag with 4 orange bands on the hoist side; the right lane is not complete. On the other side is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
Pilot flag
A flag of three equally wide bands of red, white and blue with a ratio of 3:2, bordered on all sides in white with a width equal to the width of the band.
Flag divided diagonally into four parts, with the upper part being orange, the flight sky blue, the lower part white and the mast red. In the center loads the initial of the company name in black.[11]
Flag divided diagonally into four parts, the top and bottom being red, and the other two white. In the center is a black chimney with two white stripes.[12]