Croatian nationalism is nationalism that asserts the nationality of Croats and promotes the cultural unity of Croats.
An early version of the Croatian šahovnica as the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Croatia in 1495
Statue in Zagreb of King Tomislav, the first Croatian king (r. c. 925 – 928)
Ante Starčević, nicknamed Father of the Nation, considered to be father of Croatian nationalism, 1859
Stjepan Radić, 1928, a leader of Croatian peasantry class and ideology
The concept of Greater Croatia describes the irredentist belief in the equivalence between the territorial scope of the Croat people and that of the country of Croatia. It is a foundational tenet with
Croatian nationalism
…and the Croatian War of Independence of 1991 to 1995. In its more extreme form, Croatian nationalism is marked by the desire for the establishment of a Greater Croatian state, by the idealization of peasant and of patriarchal values, as well as by anti-Serb sentiment. In the 19th century, opposition by Croats to…
Croat-populated areas Territorial ethnic changes before and after the Bosnian War from 1992 to 1995