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List of recipients of the Order of the Polar Star

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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
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
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

Jean-Claude Arnault  France Theatre director and photographer Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl)
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

References

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  2. "Statsbesök från Frankrike". Kungahuset (in Swedish). 2024-01-31. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  3. "Ordnar till tretton exceptionella svenskar". Retrieved 2024-03-21. (in Swedish) Kungl. Maj:ts Orden
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