What the Slovenian flag looks like<\/h2>\n
The flag has three horizontal stripes of equal width: white at the top, blue in the middle and red at the bottom. Its width-to-length ratio is 1:2. The Slovenian constitution describes it in a single line: the flag of Slovenia is the white-blue-red Slovenian national flag bearing the coat of arms of Slovenia.<\/p>\n
The coat of arms sits in the upper hoist corner, next to the pole. According to the annex to the law, its centre lies on the border between the white and blue stripes, a quarter of the flag’s length from the hoist, and it is one third of the flag’s height. The upper half of the shield therefore rests on white and the lower half on blue.<\/p>\n
| Colour<\/th>\n | Where it appears<\/th>\n | Official CMYK value<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|
| White<\/td>\n | top stripe, Triglav in the arms<\/td>\n | C0 M0 Y0 K0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blue<\/td>\n | middle stripe, shield field, wavy lines<\/td>\n | C100 M60 Y0 K10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Red<\/td>\n | bottom stripe, border of the shield<\/td>\n | C0 M100 Y100 K0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Golden yellow<\/td>\n | three stars in the arms<\/td>\n | C0 M10 Y100 K0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The law also defines a Slovenian national flag<\/strong>: the same tricolour without the coat of arms. Because it is almost identical to the Russian flag, it is rarely seen in practice. The coat of arms is what clearly sets the Slovenian flag apart from other white, blue and red tricolours.<\/p>\n Slovenes took their colours from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Carniola, which showed a blue eagle. The shield was originally gold, but in 1836 the gold was replaced with silver, giving the white and blue combination, while red also appears in the Carniolan arms. In March 1848 Slovene students in Vienna were the first to fly the tricolour.<\/p>\n It appeared in Ljubljana on 7 April 1848, when student Lovro Toman and his friends hung it on a house in Wolfova Street. They were responding to a German flag that members of the German-leaning National Guard had raised on the tower of Ljubljana Castle. The Austrian Ministry of the Interior confirmed the Carniolan provincial colours on 23 September 1848.<\/p>\n After the Second World War the tricolour remained the basis for the flag of Slovenia as a republic within the Yugoslav federation, with a red star added in the centre. Older Slovenes still remember it from public buildings and official celebrations.<\/p>\n The Slovenian Assembly adopted the new flag and coat of arms on 24 June 1991 through an amendment to the 1974 constitution, just before independence was declared. The flag with the new arms was first ceremonially raised on 26 June 1991 on Republic Square in Ljubljana, one of the defining images of Slovenian independence. The constitution of 23 December 1991 confirmed the flag, arms and anthem in Article 6, and the details are set out in the 1994 Act on the Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem of the Republic of Slovenia and on the Slovenian National Flag.<\/p>\n The coat of arms came out of a public competition announced on 8 April 1991. The jury assessed 87 entries, and the winner was the sculptor Marko Poga\u010dnik. It is a shield with a red border, and on its blue field you will find:<\/p>\n Poga\u010dnik called the design a cosmogram uniting the four elements: air (the blue sky), fire (the golden stars), water (the waves) and earth (the mountain). Heraldry experts point out that by strict heraldic rules it is more an emblem than a classic coat of arms, which is why proposals to change it resurface in Slovenia from time to time.<\/p>\n The national anthem is the seventh stanza of France Pre\u0161eren’s poem Zdravljica<\/em> (A Toast), set to music by Stanko Premrl. Premrl wrote the choral piece in 1905 and it was published on 1 January 1906. The Assembly made it the anthem by constitutional amendment on 27 September 1989, the anthem law followed on 29 March 1990, and the constitution confirmed it in December 1991.<\/p>\n What makes Zdravljica unusual is that it celebrates neither battles nor rulers but the hope that all nations will live in peace, without war or strife. On 31 March 2020 the European Union awarded it the European Heritage Label. The law forbids using the anthem in advertising and requires it to be performed with dignity.<\/p>\n The rules are set by the Slovenian law on the coat of arms, flag and anthem. The key points for public institutions and private individuals are:<\/p>\n |
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