Order of the Polar Star
| Royal Order of the Polar Star Kungliga Nordstjärneorden | |
|---|---|
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| Cross and star of the order | |
| Awarded by the monarch of Sweden | |
| Type | Five grade order of merit |
| Royal house | Bernadotte |
| Motto | Nescit Occasum (It knows no decline) |
| Day | 28 April |
| Eligibility | Swedish and foreign persons |
| Awarded for | Until 1975: Civic merits, for devotion to duty, for science, literary, learned and useful works and for new and beneficial institutions. After 1975: Services to Sweden |
| Status | Currently constituted |
| Sovereign | King Carl XVI Gustaf |
| Chancellor | Svante Lindqvist |
| Grades (w/ post-nominals) | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) Commander (KNO) Knight/Member 1st Class (RNO1kl) Knight/Member (RNO) |
| Established | 1748 |
| First induction | 1748 |
| Last induction | 22 October 2024[2] |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Royal Order of the Sword |
| Next (lower) | Royal Order of Vasa |
 1748–1975 (all recipients) 2013–2023 (Swedish princes only) 2023–present (all recipients)  1975–2023 (foreign recipients) | |
| Ribbon bars of the order | |
The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: Kungliga Nordstjärneorden), sometimes translated as the Royal Order of the North Star, is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Hovkalender". Riksmarskalkämbetet (Office of the Marshal of the Realm). 2019: 23.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Ordnar till tio utländska medborgare". kungligmajestatsorden.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2024.
