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This is an incomplete list of the recipients of the Royal Order of the Polar Star:
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Year | Name | Citizenship | Main occupation | Grade |
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May 1976 | Johann Beer | Austria | Director | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
December 1976 | Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland | United Kingdom/ Sweden |
Princess of Sweden | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
1981 | Valeriu Munteanu | Romania | Lecturer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
1982 | Tellervo Koivisto | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
2 November 1983 | Greta Garbo | Sweden | Actress | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
9 February 1987 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Portugal | President of Portugal | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
6 October 1987 | Lars-Eric Lindblad | United States/ Sweden |
Entrepreneur and Explorer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
1988 | Henry Segerstrom | United States | Entrepreneur | Commander (KNO) |
Ann-Margret | United States/ Sweden |
Actress, Singer and Dancer | ||
1994 | Eeva Ahtisaari | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
1996 | Göran Wide | Mayor | Commander (KNO) | |
17 February 2005 | Thamnoon Wanglee | Thailand | Director | |
22 May 2006 | Waldemar Schmidt | Denmark | Director | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
10 April 2007 | Mohammed Al-Amoudi | Ethiopia/ Saudi Arabia |
Businessman and Sheikh | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
Mrs. Alice Cheng | China | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) | ||
9 May 2008 | Maria Cavaco Silva | Portugal | First Lady of Portugal | |
25 November 2008 | Jaakko Smolander | Finland | Vice Admiral | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
16 May 2009 | Dan Ekholm | Editor-in-chief | Commander (KNO) | |
20 October 2009 | Marc de Gouvenain | France | Translator | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
1 February 2010 | Jussi Helminen | Finland | Theater manager | |
Mauno Järvelä | Fiddler, Violinist and Music pedagogue. | |||
Helena Edgren | Chief Director | Commander (KNO) | ||
Henry Wiklund | Statesman | |||
Risto Volanen | State Secretary | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) | ||
8 March 2010 | Siggi Loch | Germany | Producer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
17 March 2010 | Tomaz Jervell | Portugal | Honorary Consul | Commander (KNO) |
21 April 2010 | Carlos de Vasconcelos | |||
4 May 2010 | Michael M. Wood | United States | Ambassador | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
1 June 2010 | Yohei Sasakawa | Japan | Director | Commander (KNO) |
23 July 2010 | Choe Chong-pil | South Korea | professor | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
Choe Chong-dae | Chairman | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) | ||
21 October 2010 | Jennifer Granholm | United States | Governor | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
18 January 2011 | Evelin Ilves | Estonia | First Lady of Estonia | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
4 May 2011 | Anna Komorowska | Poland | First Lady of Poland | |
17 April 2012 | Jenni Haukio | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | |
30 May 2012 | Kim Yoon-Ok | South Korea | First Lady of South Korea | |
24 October 2012 | Estela de Carlotto | Argentina | Human rights activist | |
6 June 2013 | Christopher O'Neill | United Kingdom/ United States |
Consort to Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, as well as a Businessman | Commander (KNO) |
27 June 2013 | Colin Carlile | United Kingdom/ Sweden |
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26 September 2013 | Michael M. Kaiser | United States | Chief of the Kennedy Center | |
13 May 2014 | Peter Sutherland | Ireland | UN Special Envoy for Migration and Development | |
9 July 2014 | Antoine Cohen-Potin | France | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) | |
4 March 2015 | Carl Haglund | Finland | Finlands Minister of Defence | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
12 March 2015;
recalled 7 May 2019 |
France | Theatre director and photographer | ||
10 April 2015 | Else Marie Friis | Denmark | professor | Member 1st Class (LNO1kl) |
3 November 2016 | Laura Codruţa Kövesi | Romania | Chief Prosecutor of the Romanian Anti-Corruption Agency | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
14 June 2019 | Kim Jung-sook | South Korea | First Lady of South Korea | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
10 December 2019 | Nivaldo Luis Rossato | Brazil | Chief of the Brazilian Air Force | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
17 September 2021 | Timo Kivinen | Finland | Finnish Army General | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
6 July 2022 | Andrii Plakhotniuk | Ukraine | Ambassador | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
1 September 2022 | Tan Peng Yam | Singapore | Head Researcher of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence | |
29 September 2023 | Sirje Karis | Estonia | First Lady of Estonia | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
30 January 2024 | Brigitte Macron | France | Spouse of the French President | |
21 March 2024 | Svante Pääbo | Sweden | professor and Geneticist | |
Anne L'Huillier | Sweden/ France |
professor | ||
Catarina Wingren | Sweden | Diplomat/Third Embassy Secretary | Knight (RNO) | |
23 April 2024 | Suzanne Innes-Stubb | Finland | First Lady of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
Elina Valtonen | Minister for Foreign Affairs | |||
Anna-Maja Henriksson | Minister for Education | |||
Olli Rehn | Governor of the Bank of Finland |
See also
- Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden
- List of knights of the Order of the Seraphim
- List of recipients of the Order of the Sword (from 2023)
References
- "Statsbesök till Estland". Kungl. Hovstaterna. 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- "Statsbesök från Frankrike". Kungahuset (in Swedish). 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
- "Ordnar till tretton exceptionella svenskar". Retrieved 2024-03-21. (in Swedish) Kungl. Maj:ts Orden
- "Ruotsalainen tyyliasiantuntija HS:lle: "Suzanne Innes-Stubbin puku korkeaa Hollywood-tasoa"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-27.