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{{short description|National flag}}
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Republic of Slovenia
| Image = Flag of Slovenia.svg
| Nickname = 
| Morenicks = 
| Use = 111001
| Symbol = {{FIAV|Normal}} {{FIAV|111001}}
| Proportion = 1:2
| Adoption = {{Start date and age|1991|06|25|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=A proclamation of The Constitutional Amanademat C to the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia|url=http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/1991/Ur/u1991001.pdf#!/u1991001-pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823023903/https://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/1991/Ur/u1991001.pdf |archive-date=2017-08-23 |url-status=live|work=Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 1/1991|access-date=18 October 2013|location=Ljubljana|date=25 June 1991}}</ref>
| Design = A horizontal [[tricolour (flag)|tricolor]] of [[white]], [[blue]], and [[red]]; charged with the [[Coat of Arms of Slovenia|coat of arms]] at the [[hoist (flag)|hoist side]]
| Designer = [[Marko Pogačnik]]
| Nickname2 = 
| Morenicks2 = 
| Use2 = 000110
| Symbol2 = 
| Adoption2 = 1991
| Designer2 = 
}}
[[File:Slowenien-daenemark-4039-1439.jpg|thumb|Tram in [[Vienna]] decorated with Slovene flag]]
[[File:Defilada Niepodległości z okazji Święta Wojska Polskiego 15 sierpnia 2018 (6).jpg|thumb|Slovenian soldiers parading with flag in [[Warsaw]]]]
The national '''flag of [[Slovenia]]''' ({{langx|sl|zastava Slovenije}}) features three equal horizontal bands of white (top), blue, and red, with the [[coat of arms of Slovenia]] located in the upper hoist side of the flag centred in the white and blue bands. The coat of arms is a shield with the image of Mount [[Triglav]], [[Slovenia]]'s highest peak, in white against a blue background at the centre; beneath it are two wavy blue lines representing the [[Adriatic Sea]] and local rivers, and above it are three six-pointed golden stars arranged in an inverted triangle which are taken from the coat of arms of the [[Counts of Celje]], the great Slovene dynastic house of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slovenija.si/slovenia_in_brief/national_insignia/2007092716294572/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418120414/http://www.slovenija.si/slovenia_in_brief/national_insignia/2007092716294572/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2013|title=In Brief|website=Slovenija.si|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

The Slovenian flag's colours are considered to be [[Pan-Slavism|pan-Slavic]], but they actually come from the [[Middle Ages|medieval]] coat of arms of the [[Holy Roman]] [[duchy of Carniola]], consisting of 3 stars, a mountain, and three colours (red, blue, yellow), [[crescent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/en/Home/PoliticniSistem/DrzavniSimboli/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zivT39gy2dDB0N_C0N3Qw8Q43dTYx9QwzcPQz0wwkpiAJKG-AAjgb6BbmhigDfGj7_/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|title=National symbols|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212604/http://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/en/Home/PoliticniSistem/DrzavniSimboli/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zivT39gy2dDB0N_C0N3Qw8Q43dTYx9QwzcPQz0wwkpiAJKG-AAjgb6BbmhigDfGj7_/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The existing [[Slovene tricolor|Slovene tricolour]] was raised for the first time in history during the [[Revolution of 1848]] by the Slovene [[Romantic nationalist]] activist and poet [[Lovro Toman]] on 7 April 1848, in [[Ljubljana]], in response to a German flag which was raised on top of [[Ljubljana Castle]].<ref name="Slovene_tricolor_RTVSLO">[http://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/praznik-slovenske-trobojnice/227786 Celebration of the Slovene Tricolor] (In Slovene: "Praznik slovenske trobojnice"), MMC [[RTV Slovenia]], 7. april 2013</ref> Similar colors and designs make up other [[Slavic flag]]s, particularly the [[flag of Slovakia]].

The [[civil ensign|civil and state ensign]] for ships has the same design as the national flag, but a different shape (2:3 instead of 1:2). Boats up to {{convert|24|m}} use the national flag as an ensign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/si~civ.html|title=Slovenia: Civil and state ensigns|website=Crwflags.com|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref> The [[naval jack]] uses colours of the coat of arms, a white, blue, and yellow horizontal tricolour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uradni-list.si/1/objava.jsp?urlid=2007116&stevilka=5808|title=Uradni list - Vsebina Uradnega lista|website=Uradni-list.si|access-date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

==Historical development==
===Origins===
[[File:Flag of the Slovene Nation.svg|thumb|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag of the Slovene nation, first flown during the [[spring of nations]] of 1848.]]
The white-blue-red Slovene flag was first raised on 7 April 1848, on a building between [[Congress Square]] and [[Prešeren Square]] in Ljubljana, by a group of nationally minded students led by the prominent [[liberal nationalist]] activist and poet [[Lovro Toman]]. Despite opposition from the local ethnic [[Germans]] it was subsequently recognized by the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] Government as the official flag of Carniola. This formal recognition, albeit on a regional level, was an exception to the policy of the Austrian Government which tended to persecute [[national symbols]] of the non-German nationalities in the [[Austrian Empire|Empire]].

In addition, Austrian authorities saw all tricolors as basically [[nationalist]] and potentially [[revolutionary]] symbols, so Austrian provinces (as the Empire itself) were only allowed to use [[Gallery of bicolor flags|bicolor]]s (the only exception being the flag of the [[Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia]], since it was interpreted to be a combination of the [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Croatian]] and [[Kingdom of Slavonia|Slavonian]] bicolors). So the official recognition of the Carniolan white-blue-red tricolor instead of the traditional white-blue bicolor was seen as a major achievement by the [[Slovenes]] and it quickly became the symbol representing the idea of [[United Slovenia]]. In the second half of the 19th century, the Slovene national tricolor became the only truly all-Slovene symbol, representing all Slovenes, regardless of the historical region in which they lived.

The tricolor flag continued to be associated with Slovenia during the country's incorporation into [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], although officially the whole kingdom including Slovenia had the same flag, in this case, the blue-white-red. In the [[Interwar period|interwar]] period, it was also used by the Slovenes of the [[Julian March]] that were annexed to [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], where it was prohibited and persecuted by the [[Italian fascism|fascist regime]].

===Slovene flags during and after WWII===
During [[World War II]] The Slovene [[national colors]] were used both by  the [[Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation|Partisan Resistance Movement]] (usually with a red star in the middle) and by the [[Slovene Home Guard]], the voluntary [[anti-Communist]] [[militia]] sponsored and supported by the [[Nazi German]] occupation forces.

In 1945 a red star was officially placed on the flag of the [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia]], a constituent of the [[Socialist Yugoslavia]].
<gallery widths="150" heights="75">
File:Flag of the Slovene Home Guard.svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag used by [[Slovene Home Guard]] 1941–1945.
File:Slovenian Partisans flag.svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag used by [[Slovene Partisans]] that was adopted on 26 September 1941 at the Stolice meeting of the Yugoslav Partisans.
File:Flag of Slovenia (1945-1991).svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag of SR Slovenia, 1945–1991.
</gallery>

===Flag of independent Slovenia===
[[File:Civil ensign of Slovenia.svg|thumb|2:3 Civil ensign.]]

Following Slovene independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], the red star was removed and the new coat of arms by [[Marko Pogačnik]] was added. The flag was officially adopted on 27 June 1991, following a long and controversial dispute about the coat of arms of the new Republic.

==Design==
[[File:Flag of Slovenia (construction sheet).svg|thumb|none|600px|Flag construction sheet]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Scheme
!style="background:#FFFFFF; color:black"| White
!style="background:#0000FF; color:white"| Blue
!style="background:#FF0000; color:black"| Red
!style="background:#FFFF00; color:black"| Yellow
|-
| [[CMYK]]
| 0, 0, 0, 0
| 100, 60, 0, 10
| 0, 100, 100, 0
| 0, 10, 100, 0
|-
| [[RGB]] 
| 255, 255, 255 (#FFFFFF)
| 0, 92, 230 (#005CE6)
| 255, 0, 0 (#FF0000)
| 255, 230, 0 (#FFE600)
|-
| SCOTDIC Code 777 — Int'l Colour Codification System (2034)
| N1 N95
| N46 N722509
| N23 N074014
| N6 N197512
|-
|colspan ="5"|Source: 
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/1994/Ur/u1994067.pdf |title=Uradni list Republike Slovenije |access-date=2010-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619210427/http://www.uradni-list.si/_pdf/1994/Ur/u1994067.pdf |archive-date=2009-06-19 |url-status=dead }}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.gov.si/en/topics/national-symbols/ |title=National symbols |publisher=Government of Slovenia |access-date=2024-08-26}}
|}

==Government (maritime) flags==
These flags are used on naval vessels only.
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Flag!! width="250" |Use!! width="250" |Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of the President of Slovenia.svg|border|100px]]||| [[President of Slovenia]] || A white field with a tricolor border in white, blue and red. The [[Coat of arms of Slovenia|national coat of arms]] is at the center.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the President of the Parliament of Slovenia.svg|100px]]||| President of the [[National Assembly (Slovenia)|National Assembly of Slovenia]] || A red field with a blue border, with the national coat of arms at the center.
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Prime Minister of Slovenia.svg|100px]]||| [[Prime Minister of Slovenia]] ||A blue field with a red border, with the national coat of arms at the center.
|-
|[[File:Flag of Minister of Defense of Slovenia.svg|100px]]||| [[Ministry of Defence (Slovenia)|Minister of Defence of Slovenia]] ||A crimson field with an azure border, in the center is the [[Slovenian Armed Forces|Slovenian Army emblem]].
|-
|[[File:Flag of Chief of General Staff of the Slovenian Army.svg|100px]]||| [[Chief of the General Staff (Slovenia)|Chief of the General Staff of Slovenia]] ||An azure field with a crimson border, the center contains the Slovenian Army emblem.
|}

===Naval jacks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-  
! Flag!!width="100"|Date!!width="320" align="center"|Use!!width="400" align="center"|Description
|-
| [[File:Naval jack of Slovenia (1995–1996).svg|100px|border]] || 1995–1996<ref>{{cite web|title=Article 42 Paragraph 3 of the Rules on the Registration and Marking of Vehicles, Aircraft and Vessels of Ministry of Defence|url=http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=16891#!/Pravilnik-o-registraciji-in-oznacevanju-vozil-zrakoplovov-in-vodnih-plovil-Ministrstva-za-obrambo|work=The Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 67/1995, 23. 11. 1995}}</ref> || Naval jack of Slovenia||A navy blue field with the national coat of arms in the center
|-
| [[File:Naval Jack of Slovenia.svg|100px|border]] || 1996–present<ref>{{cite web|title=Article 1 of the Rules amending Rules on the Registration and Marking of Vehicles, Aircraft and Vessels of the Ministry of Defence|url=http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=11106|work=The Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 34/1996, 29. 6. 1996|access-date=18 October 2013}}</ref> || Naval jack of Slovenia ||A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, yellow.
|}

==Other flags==
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! Flag!! width="250" |Use!! width="250" |Description
|-
|[[File:Flag of the Slovenian Armed Forces.svg |border|100px]]||| Flag of the [[Slovenian Armed Forces]] || A horizontal tricolor of white, blue, and red, with the Slovenian Army emblem in the center. Surrounding it in gold (in [[Slovene language|Slovenian]]) reads ''"Republic of Slovenia; Slovene Army"''.
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[List of Slovenian flags]]
*[[Flag of Slovakia]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|National flag of Slovenia}}
* {{FOTW|id=si|title=Slovenia}}
* [http://zeljko-heimer-fame.from.hr/descr/si-prop.html Slovene flag proposals]
* [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1355511/flag-of-Slovenia Britannica.com]

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