Flag Day


A flag day is a flag-related holiday, a day designated for flying a certain flag or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag.
Flag days are usually codified in national statutes passed by legislative bodies or parliaments; however, in some countries a decree or proclamation by the head of state or chief executive can also order a flag day. The statute, or the proclamation or decree, may specify locations where flags are to be flown and how ; alternatively, custom may prevail.

Specific flag days

CountryDateDetails
August 19Independence day, 1919.
November 28Albanian Flag Day. Independence day, 1443, then again, 1912.
April 17Commemorates the date American Samoa became a US territory and first flew the US flag in 1900, as well as the date of adoption of the American Samoan flag in 1960.
June 20Flag Day. Anniversary of the death of Manuel Belgrano, who created the current flag.
June 15Commemoration of the Armenian tri-colour flag. Though the flag dates back to 1918, a revamped Law on the Flag of the Republic of Armenia was passed by the National Assembly on June 15, 2006.
March 18Flag day. Adoption of the national flag on March 18, 1976.
September 3Australian National Flag Day commemorates the first flying of the Australian National Flag in 1901.
November 9State Flag Day, was officially established on November 9, 2009, for the commemoration of the adoption of the Flag of Azerbaijan on November 9, 1918.
Last Sunday of AprilCommemorates adoption of the Åland flag.
August 17Flag Day in Bolivia. Commemorates of the creation of the first national flag.
November 19Flag Day in Brazil; adopted in 1889


India does not have a Flag Day dedicated to the National Flag. Prior to 2004, Indians were allowed to display the National Flag only on select days like the Independence day and Republic day. Industrialist Naveen Jindal fought a decade long battle and won the Fundamental Right to fly the National Flag. Many Indians have been arguing to observe 23rd January as the Flag Day as the landmark Supreme Court judgement allowing all Indians to display the National Flag on all days of the year was deivered on 23rd January 2004.
August 17Indonesian independence proclamation Commemoration of the Proclamation of Independence day of Indonesia every year on August 17.
April 24 / Easter MondayThe 'Easter Rising Commemoration' commemorates the beginning of the Easter Rising of 1916. An army parade on O'Connell Street in Dublin is attended by the President of Ireland, the Taoiseach and other government ministers. The Irish 'tricolour' was adopted by the rebels of 1916.
January 7Festa del tricolore commemorates adoption of the Italian flag in 1797.
December 17Kurdish flag day is an unofficial holiday associated with the Kurdish independence movement.
August 24Flag day The holiday was first observed in an 1847 convention, when the founding fathers approved the flag's design along with establishing the new republic.
January 1Vėliavos diena commemorates raising of the Lithuanian flag on Gediminas' Tower in 1919.
February 24First celebrated in 1934, commemorates the Plan de Iguala that was the turning of the Independence War of Mexico in 1821
April 27The flag was officially designated as the state flag on April 27, 1990 by the members of the first post-Communist Parliament. After the decision, Gheorghe Ghimpu went up to the roof of the Parliament building and took off the Soviet flag, raising the tricolor.
Every 1st and 15th day of each month.Ден на македонското знаме. Every 1st and 15th day of each month, the flag is changed in special ceremony. This celebrates the adoption of the flag.
May 17Celebration of the Norwegian Constitution, signed on 17 May 1814. Now the national day of Norway. Norway has a total of 16 official flag days - see Flag flying days in Norway.
August 11The National Assembly adopted the country's flag on this day.
November 4An annual public holiday in Panama that forms a bridge holiday between Separation Day and Colon Day.
May 14The real date of the independence of Paraguay from Spain in 1811. Celebration continues the next main day, Independence Day.
June 7Commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arica and the sacrifice of Alfonso Ugarte.
May 28Araw ng Watawat, the anniversary of the 1898 Battle of Alapan where the flag was first used. Display of the flag in all places until Independence Day is encouraged, provided it follows Republic Act 8491, currently the period extends till June 30.
May 2A holiday introduced in 2004, a day between the feasts of the 1st and 3rd May. Commemorates raising the flag over the Berlin Victory Column after the Battle of Berlin in 1945.
December 1A holiday introduced in 1910, it commemorates raising the flag on Restauradores Square on the anniversary of Restoration of Independence.
June 26A holiday introduced in 1998, it celebrates Decree No. 1 of the Wallachian Provisional Government, which made the blue-yellow-red tricolour the national flag.
August 22Commemorates raising of the present flag over the Russian Supreme Soviet building after a 1991 coup attempt.
April 7Commemorates the anniversary of the first raising of the national flag in 1848 at Wolfova Street 8, Ljubljana.
June 6Svenska flaggans dag, observed since the late 19th century. Also the National Day of Sweden since 1983. Sweden has a total of 18 official flag days - see Flag days in Sweden.
February 4Independence Day, The independence day of Sri Lanka is a great national occasion celebrated with parades and pageants combined with the spirit of patriotism and national pride. National Day of Sri Lanka since 1948.
September 28วันพระราชทานธงชาติไทย The day of King Vajiravudh adopted to use the flag in 1917. Announce on September 20, 2016 by cabinet of Thailand
February 19Commemorates the adoption of the nation's first flag after gaining independence from the Soviet Union.
August 23День Державного прапора commemorates the adoption of the Ukrainian flag; observed since 2004.
November 3Flag Day is celebrated on the day Sheikh Khalifa became President in 2004. It also commemorates the founders of the state, Sheikh Zayed and Sheikh Rashid. The UAE flag was adopted in a different day on December 2, 1971.

  • April 23
  • November 30
  • March 1
  • March 17
All Saints' Day
  • St. George's Day
  • St. Andrew's Day
  • St. David's Day
    • June 14Flag Day; commemorates adoption of the U.S. flag on June 14, 1777 and the Bear Flag Revolt in California on June 14, 1846.
    August 3Commemorates the first raising of the flag by Francisco de Miranda in Venezuelan soil, 1806. Formerly on March 12.