Is flag burning illegal in Estonia?
Criminal offense
Desecrating national flags or symbols in Estonia is punishable by up to one year imprisonment.
Estonia is one of 53 countries classified “Criminal offense” for flag desecration — 79% of the 67 with data. (Also searched as flag burning.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Flag desecration
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Lithuania
- Criminal offense Desecration of Lithuania's national flag is punishable by arrest or up to 2 years in prison.
- Sweden
- Legal / protected speech Sweden decriminalized flag desecration in 1971, though modifying the national flag is forbidden.
- Finland
- Criminal offense It is illegal to desecrate the Finnish flag or treat it in a disrespectful manner.
- Norway
- Only foreign flags protected Only desecration of foreign flags was banned, but the law was lifted in 2008.
- Denmark
- Legal / protected speech It is legal to burn or desecrate the Danish national flag, but not foreign flags.
- Ukraine
- Criminal offense Ukraine punishes flag desecration with up to one year imprisonment.
Other laws in Estonia
- Holocaust Denial
- No specific law
- Conversion Therapy
- No ban
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