Flag of Estonia

Continent

Europe

Capital

Tallinn

Estonia is a country in Europe; its capital is Tallinn.

Meaning & history of the Estonia flag

Estonia's flag is a horizontal tricolour of blue, black and white. Blue represents the sky, sea and lakes and loyalty; black the dark past of oppression and the native soil; and white the snow, birch bark and the people's striving for freedom and enlightenment. First used by a student society in the 1880s, it became the national flag in 1918.