Editing Flag of Slovenia (section)

==Historical development==
===Origins===
[[File:Flag of the Slovene Nation.svg|thumb|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag of the Slovene nation, first flown during the [[spring of nations]] of 1848.]]
The white-blue-red Slovene flag was first raised on 7 April 1848, on a building between [[Congress Square]] and [[Prešeren Square]] in Ljubljana, by a group of nationally minded students led by the prominent [[liberal nationalist]] activist and poet [[Lovro Toman]]. Despite opposition from the local ethnic [[Germans]] it was subsequently recognized by the [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] Government as the official flag of Carniola. This formal recognition, albeit on a regional level, was an exception to the policy of the Austrian Government which tended to persecute [[national symbols]] of the non-German nationalities in the [[Austrian Empire|Empire]].

In addition, Austrian authorities saw all tricolors as basically [[nationalist]] and potentially [[revolutionary]] symbols, so Austrian provinces (as the Empire itself) were only allowed to use [[Gallery of bicolor flags|bicolor]]s (the only exception being the flag of the [[Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia]], since it was interpreted to be a combination of the [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Croatian]] and [[Kingdom of Slavonia|Slavonian]] bicolors). So the official recognition of the Carniolan white-blue-red tricolor instead of the traditional white-blue bicolor was seen as a major achievement by the [[Slovenes]] and it quickly became the symbol representing the idea of [[United Slovenia]]. In the second half of the 19th century, the Slovene national tricolor became the only truly all-Slovene symbol, representing all Slovenes, regardless of the historical region in which they lived.

The tricolor flag continued to be associated with Slovenia during the country's incorporation into [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], although officially the whole kingdom including Slovenia had the same flag, in this case, the blue-white-red. In the [[Interwar period|interwar]] period, it was also used by the Slovenes of the [[Julian March]] that were annexed to [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], where it was prohibited and persecuted by the [[Italian fascism|fascist regime]].

===Slovene flags during and after WWII===
During [[World War II]] The Slovene [[national colors]] were used both by  the [[Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation|Partisan Resistance Movement]] (usually with a red star in the middle) and by the [[Slovene Home Guard]], the voluntary [[anti-Communist]] [[militia]] sponsored and supported by the [[Nazi German]] occupation forces.

In 1945 a red star was officially placed on the flag of the [[Socialist Republic of Slovenia]], a constituent of the [[Socialist Yugoslavia]].
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File:Flag of the Slovene Home Guard.svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag used by [[Slovene Home Guard]] 1941–1945.
File:Slovenian Partisans flag.svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag used by [[Slovene Partisans]] that was adopted on 26 September 1941 at the Stolice meeting of the Yugoslav Partisans.
File:Flag of Slovenia (1945-1991).svg|1:2 {{FIAV|historical}} Flag of SR Slovenia, 1945–1991.
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===Flag of independent Slovenia===
[[File:Civil ensign of Slovenia.svg|thumb|2:3 Civil ensign.]]

Following Slovene independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], the red star was removed and the new coat of arms by [[Marko Pogačnik]] was added. The flag was officially adopted on 27 June 1991, following a long and controversial dispute about the coat of arms of the new Republic.