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List of current knights of the Order of the Seraphim

This is a list of the current knights (men) and members (women) of the Swedish order of chivalry the Royal Order of the Seraphim.

Colour pattern edit

 ....................  Living Swedish Royal Knight or Member
 ....................  Living Foreign Royal Knight or Member
 ....................  Living Foreign Republican Knight or Member

Europe edit

Royal family of Sweden edit

Gustaf V (1907–1950)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
700 30 April 1946
(birth)		   Carl XVI Gustaf
(born 1946)		 Duke of Jämtland (1946–1973)
Prince of Sweden (1946–1950)
Crown Prince of Sweden (1950–1973)
King of Sweden (1973–present)		   Sweden För Sverige i tiden
 
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
714 22 March 1952   Margaretha
(born 1934)		 Princess of Sweden   Sweden
 
715 22 March 1952   Birgitta
(born 1937)		 Princess of Sweden and Hohenzollern   Sweden
 
716 22 March 1952   Désirée
(born 1938)		 Princess of Sweden   Sweden
 
717 22 March 1952   Christina
(born 1943)		 Princess of Sweden   Sweden
 
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
782 6 May 1976   Silvia
(born 1943)		 Queen consort of Sweden (1976–present)   Sweden
  Germany
 
784 14 July 1995   Victoria
(born 1977)		 Princess of Sweden (1977-1980)
Crown Princess of Sweden (1980–present)
Duchess of Västergötland		   Sweden
 
786 13 May 1997   Carl Philip
(born 1979)		 Crown Prince of Sweden (1979)
Prince of Sweden (1980–present)
Duke of Värmland		   Sweden
 
797 10 June 2000   Madeleine
(born 1982)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland		   Sweden
 
858 19 June 2010   Daniel
(born 1973)		 Prince of Sweden (2010–present)
Duke of Västergötland (2010–present)		   Sweden
 
861 23 February 2012   Estelle
(born 2012)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Östergötland		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 22 May 2012
866 20 February 2014   Leonore
(born 2014)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Gotland		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2014
869 13 June 2015   Sofia
(born 1984)		 Princess of Sweden (2015–present)
Duchess of Värmland (2015–present)		   Sweden
 
870 15 June 2015 Nicolas
(born 2015)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Ångermanland		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 11 October 2015
873 2 March 2016   Oscar
(born 2016)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Skåne		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 27 May 2016
874 19 April 2016 Alexander
(born 2016)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Södermanland		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 9 September 2016
878 31 August 2017 Gabriel
(born 2017)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Dalarna		   Sweden
 
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 1 December 2017
880 9 March 2018 Adrienne
(born 2018)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Blekinge		   Sweden Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2018
881 26 March 2021 Julian
(born 2021)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Halland		   Sweden Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 14 August 2021

Austria edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
851 20 November 2007   Heinz Fischer
(born 1938)		 President of Austria (2004–2016)   Austria
 

Belgium edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
762 31 March 1966   Albert II
(born 1934)		 King of the Belgians (1993–2013)   Belgium L'Union fait la Force
 
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
814 18 March 1994   Paola
(born 1937)		 Queen consort of the Belgians (1993–2013)   Belgium L'Union fait la Force
 
833 26 April 2001   Philippe
(born 1960)		 King of the Belgians (2013–present)   Belgium L'Union fait la Force
 

Bulgaria edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
832 27 October 2000   Petar Stoyanov
(born 1952)		 President of Bulgaria (1997–2002)   Bulgaria
850 25 September 2007   Georgi Parvanov
(born 1957)		 President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)   Bulgaria

Croatia edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
865 8 April 2013   Ivo Josipović
(born 1957)		 President of Croatia (2010–2015)   Croatia

Denmark edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
735 10 April 1958   Margrethe II
(born 1940)		 Princess of Denmark (1940–1972)
Heir presumptive of Denmark (1953–1972)
Queen of Denmark
(1972–2024)
Former Queen
since 2024		   Denmark Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke
 
Frederik IX of Denmark's daughter
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
809 2 June 1993   Frederik X
(born 1968)		 Crown Prince of Denmark (1972–2024)
King of Denmark
(2024–present)		   Denmark
 

Estonia edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
859 18 January 2011   Toomas Hendrik Ilves
(born 1953)		 President of Estonia (2006–2016)   Estonia
 
887 2 May 2023
 
 Alar Karis President of Estonia
2021-		   Estonia

Finland edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
830 10 April 2000   Tarja Halonen
(born 1943)		 President of Finland (2000–2012)   Finland Yhteisen kansan puolesta
 
862 17 April 2012   Sauli Niinistö
(born 1948)		 President of Finland (2012–2024)   Finland Juurista voimaa
 
889 23 April 2024
 
 Alexander Stubb President of Finland
2024- 		  Finland

France edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
868 2 December 2014   François Hollande
(born 1954)		 President of France (2012–2017)   France
 
888 30 January 2024   Emmanuel Macron
(born 1977)		 President of France (2017−)   France

Germany edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
876 5 October 2016   Joachim Gauck
(born 1940)		 President of Germany (2012–2017)   Germany
884 7 September 2021   Frank-Walter Steinmeier
(born 1956)		 President of Germany (2017–present)   Germany

Greece edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
Rem :   Sophia : see   Spain

Iceland edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
795 8 October 1981   Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
(born 1930)		 President of Iceland (1980–1996)   Iceland
 
Got the chain 11 June 1987.
826 19 November 1998   Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
(born 1943)		 President of Iceland (1996–2016)   Iceland Vires Islandiae
 
879 18 January 2018   Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
(born 1968)		 President of Iceland (2016–present)   Iceland

Italy edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
881 13 November 2018   Sergio Mattarella
(born 1941)		 President of Italy (2015–present)   Italy
 

Latvia edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
817 12 October 1995   Guntis Ulmanis
(born 1939)		 President of Latvia (1993–1999)   Latvia
846 31 March 2005   Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
(born 1937)		 President of Latvia (1999–2007)   Latvia
 
[1]
867 26 March 2014   Andris Bērziņš
(born 1944)		 President of Latvia (2011–2015)   Latvia

Lithuania edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
871 7 October 2015 Dalia Grybauskaitė
(born 1956)		 President of Lithuania (2009–2019)   Lithuania

Luxembourg edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
799 12 September 1983   Henri
(born 1955)		 Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present)   Luxembourg Je maintiendrai
 
853 15 April 2008   Maria Teresa
(born 1956)		 Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (2000–present)   Luxembourg
 

Netherlands edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
783 6 October 1976   Beatrix
(born 1938)		 Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013), Princess of the Netherlands (1938–1980, 2013–present)   Netherlands Je maintiendrai (Arms[dead link])
 
812 24 November 1993   Willem-Alexander
(born 1967)		 King of the Netherlands (2013–present)   Netherlands Je maintiendrai
 
886 11 October 2022   Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Queen of the Netherlands
(2013–present)		   Netherlands Willem-Alexander's wife

Norway edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
734 10 April 1958   Harald V
(born 1937)		 Crown Prince of Norway (1957–1991)
King of Norway (1991–present)		   Norway Alt for Norge
 
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
776 26 December 1974   Sonja
(born 1937)		 Queen consort of Norway (1991–present)   Norway
 
1st Member by Carl XVI Gustaf
810 2 June 1993   Haakon
(born 1973)		 Crown Prince of Norway (1991–present)   Norway Alt for Norge
 

Poland edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
811 16 September 1993   Lech Wałęsa
(born 1943)		 President of Poland (1990–1995)   Poland Odwaznie roztropnie
 
860 4 May 2011   Bronisław Komorowski
(born 1952)		 President of Poland (2010–2015)   Poland Frangas Non Flectes

Portugal edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
854 5 May 2008   Aníbal Cavaco Silva
(born 1939)		 President of Portugal (2006–2016)   Portugal

Romania edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
839 25 March 2003   Ion Iliescu
(born 1930)		 President of Romania (1989–1996)   Romania No Arms painted yet[2]
852 11 March 2008   Traian Băsescu
(born 1951)		 President of Romania (2004–2014)   Romania No Arms painted yet

Slovakia edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
834 21 March 2002   Rudolf Schuster
(born 1934)		 President of Slovakia (1999–2004)   Slovakia

Spain edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
787 5 October 1979   Juan Carlos I
(born 1938)		 King of Spain (1975–2014)   Spain Nec plus ultra
 
788 5 October 1979   Sophia
(born 1938)		 Queen consort of Spain (1975–2014)
Princess of Greece & Denmark		   Spain
  Kingdom of Greece
 
808 17 December 1991   Felipe VI
(born 1968)		 Infante of Spain (1968–2014)
Prince of Asturias (1977–2014)
Heir apparent to the Spanish throne (1975–2014)
King of Spain (2014–present)		   Spain
 
885 24 November 2021   Letizia
(born 1972)		 Queen consort of Spain
(2014–present)		   Spain

Turkey edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
864 11 March 2013   Abdullah Gül
(born 1950)		 President of Turkey (2007–2014)   Turkey No arms painted yet

Ukraine edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
827 23 March 1999   Leonid Kuchma
(born 1938)		 President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
   Ukraine
856 October 2008   Viktor Yushchenko
(born 1954)		 President of Ukraine (2005–2010)
   Ukraine No arms painted yet

United Kingdom edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
779 23 May 1975   Charles III
(born 1948)		 Prince of the United Kingdom (1948–present)
Heir apparent to the British throne (1952–2022)
Prince of Wales (1958–2022)
Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay (1952–2022)
Duke of Edinburgh (2021–2022)
King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (2022–present) 		  United Kingdom Dieu et mon droit
 

The Americas edit

Brazil edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
849 13 March 2009   Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
(born 1945)		 President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)   Brazil

Chile edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Stallplate
821 15 November 1996   Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(born 1942)		 President of Chile (1994–2000)   Chile Por la razón o la fuerza
 
875 9 May 2016   Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951)		 President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018)   Chile Incluir para crecer
 

Mexico edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
835 22 October 2002   Vicente Fox
(born 1942)		 President of Mexico (2000–2006)   Mexico
 
[3]

Africa edit

Ethiopia edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
742 19 December 1959 Mahisente
(born 1937)		 Princess consort of Ethiopia   Ethiopia Widow of Sahle Selassie

Asia edit

Bhutan edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
1994   Jigme Singye Wangchuck
(born 1955)		 King of Bhutan (1972–2006)   Bhutan

Brunei edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
843 8 February 2004   Hassanal Bolkiah
(born 1946)		 Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)   Brunei
Nr Date Image Name Title Land Motto Remarque
844 8 February 2004   Pengiran Anak Saleha
(born 1946)		 Queen consort of Brunei (1967–present)   Brunei

Indonesia edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
877 22 May 2017   Joko Widodo
(born 1961)		 President of Indonesia (2014–present)   Indonesia Bhinneka Tunggal Ika
 

Iran edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
745 29 April 1960   Farah
(born 1938)		 Shahbanu of Iran (1961–1979)   Iran
769 24 August 1970   Reza Pahlavi
(born 1960)		 Crown Prince of Iran (1960–1979)   Iran Current head of the Imperial House

Japan edit

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
721 30 September 1952   Akihito
(born 1933)		 Crown Prince of Japan (1933–1989)
Emperor of Japan (1989–2019)
Emperor Emeritus of Japan
(2019–present)
  Japan
 
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
831 18 May 2000   Michiko
(born 1934)		 Crown Princess consort of Japan (1959–1989)
Empress consort of Japan (1989–2019)
Empress Emerita of Japan
(2019–present)
  Japan
848 16 March 2007   Naruhito
(born 1960)		 Crown Prince of Japan (1989–2019) Emperor of Japan
(2019–present)		   Japan
 

Jordan edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
806 15 September 1989   Noor
(born 1951)		 Queen consort of Jordan (1978–1999)   Jordan Widow of Hussein
841 26 September 2003   Abdullah II
(born 1962)		 King of Jordan(1999–present)   Jordan
 
842 26 September 2003   Rania
(born 1970)		 Queen consort of Jordan (1999–present)   Jordan Abdullah II's wife

South Korea edit

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
863 30 May 2012   Lee Myung-bak
(born 1941)		 President of South Korea (2008–2013)   South Korea
 
881 14 June 2019   Moon Jae-in
(born 1953)		 President of South Korea
(2017–2022)		   South Korea

Thailand edit

Nr Date Image Name Title Country Motto Remarque
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
747 3 September 1960   Sirikit
(born 1932)		 Queen Consort of Thailand (1950–2016)
Queen Mother of Thailand (2016–)		   Thailand
 

Widow of Bhumibol Adulyadej
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
836 25 February 2003   Vajiralongkorn
(born 1952)		 Crown Prince of Thailand (1972–2016)
King of Thailand (2016–present)		   Thailand
 
837 25 February 2003   Sirindhorn
(born 1955)		 Princess Royal of Thailand (1977–present)   Thailand
838 25 February 2003   Chulabhorn
(born 1957)		 Princess of Thailand
Princess Srisavangavadhana (2019–present)		   Thailand

See also edit

Sources edit

  • Per Nordenvall, Kungliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998 (1998)

References edit

  1. ^ www.kungahuset.se
  2. ^ Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2003, sid 8
  3. ^ Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2002, sid 8
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