Editing Flag of Suriname (section)

=== Flag used in 1815–1959 ===
After the establishment of the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]] in 1815, the [[Flag of the Netherlands|Dutch tricolor]] was used in the Dutch colony of Suriname. There was talk of a design for a colony flag with the Dutch tricolor with the [[coat of arms of Suriname]] in the white area, but in practice this was not used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sr-nl.html|title=Colonial Flags of Surinam|access-date=13 November 2020|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108010545/https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/sr-nl.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The governor's flag before 1959 was the flag of the Netherlands with white circles in the top left corner.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Flaggenbuch|year=2014|publisher=Melchior Historischer Verlag|isbn=978-3-944289-66-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Suriname.htm|title=Hubert Herald|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210003250/http://www.hubert-herald.nl/Suriname.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The same governor's flag was also used by the governors of the [[Netherlands Antilles]] and [[Netherlands New Guinea]] respectively.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Vlaggen, standaarden en wapens|first=Preben|last=Kannik|language=nl|publisher=HJW Becht Amsterdam}}</ref>