Flag of Suriname

Suriname
UseNational flag and ensign
Proportion2:3
Adopted25 November 1975; 48 years ago (1975-11-25)
DesignA horizontal triband of green (top and bottom) and red (double width) with large white border with the large yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band.
Designed byJack Pinas[1]
Surinamese team with flag at the 2019 International Physics Olympiad in Israel
Surinamese flag painted on a tree
Flag of Suriname on a pole

The flag of Suriname (Dutch: Vlag van Suriname) was legally adopted on 25 November 1975, upon the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands.

The flag was designed as a result of a national competition.[2] It was raised for the first time on the Independence Day of the Republic of Suriname.[3] There is a legal requirement for vessels to raise the flag of Suriname when visiting another country to reduce miscommunication between other countries.[4]

  1. ^ "Oorspronkelijke ontwerper Surinaamse vlag overleden". Waterkant.net (in Dutch). 17 September 2016. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ Meel, Peter (1998). "Towards a typology of Suriname nationalism". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 72 ((3-4)): 257–281. doi:10.1163/13822373-90002593. S2CID 128539085. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  3. ^ Hoefte, Rosemarijn (January 2014). Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century: Domination, Contestation, Globalization. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 136. doi:10.1057/9781137360137. ISBN 978-1-349-47183-6. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  4. ^ Bouterse, Desire. D (2017). "Bulletin of Acts and Decrees the Republic of Suriname" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2020.