Flag of Iceland
Its colour palette includes blue, white, and red.
Current flag
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Iceland
Flag facts
Information about the flag’s design, colours and proportions.
- Proportion
- 18:25 height: width
Flag design
Nordic cross.
- Layout
- Cross
- Cross type
- Nordic cross
- Details
- Offset cross and Fimbriated element
- Colours
- Blue, white, and red
Sources
- Proportion: Government of Iceland – Icelandic national flag
What does Iceland's flag mean?
Iceland's flag has a blue field with a red Nordic cross outlined in white. In the official description the colours are sky blue, fire red and snow white. A common interpretation links blue with the sky, sea or mountains, white with snow and ice, and red with Iceland's volcanic fire.
The cross expresses Iceland's historical and cultural connection with the Nordic countries. The present blue, white and red design developed during the independence process and remained the national flag when Iceland became a republic on 17 June 1944.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Iceland
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Reykjavik
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- IS
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ISL
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 352
- Top-level domain
- .is
- Area
- 103,000 km²
- Population
- 392,404 (2025)
- Currency
- ISK
- Calling code
- +354
Flags with a similar layout
These flags come from the same region and share one or more design characteristics.
Historical flags: Iceland (1536–)
Images are ordered by the years listed in the collection. A listed year may not be the flag’s official adoption year.
About historical flags
Vexilla's historical flag collection includes former flags associated with present-day countries and territories, as well as flags of states, empires, and other authorities that historically governed them.
A flag's inclusion in a country's historical collection does not necessarily mean that the country was independent at the time or that the flag was its own national flag.
The years shown are based on historical records in the dataset and do not always indicate the date of official adoption. The collection is not exhaustive, and historical usage, territorial coverage, and interpretations may vary.