Flag of Liechtenstein
Two equal horizontal bands, blue over red, with a gold princely crown in the blue band near the hoist.
What the flag means
The 1982 Coat of Arms Act sets out the design but gives it no meaning. Blue is commonly explained as the sky and red as the glow of evening fires in homes. The crown, added in 1937, marks the country as a principality.
History
Blue and red replaced an earlier gold and red flag in 1852, and the 1921 constitution made the blue and red bicolour the national flag. At the 1936 Summer Olympics the country found that Haiti's flag was the same. The crown was added on 24 June 1937 to tell the two apart, and the Coat of Arms Act of 30 June 1982 brought in a redrawn version.
When the flag is hung vertically, the crown is turned so that it stays upright.
Earlier flags of Liechtenstein
- 1719–1852Gold over red horizontal bicolour
- 1921–1937Blue over red, without the crown
- 1937–1982Blue over red with an older design of the gold crown
Flags that look like this one
Blue over red. Haiti has its coat of arms on a white panel in the centre; Liechtenstein has a gold crown near the flagpole.
Flags of Liechtenstein's neighbours
Sources
- Wikipedia: Flag of Liechtenstein
- Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt: Wappengesetz (LGBl. 1982 Nr. 58)
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Read how we research flags in our editorial policy, or report a mistake.
