List of current knights of the Order of the Seraphim explained

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

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

Europe

Gustaf V (1907–1950)
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70030 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)
För Sverige i tiden
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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71422 March 1952 Margaretha
(born 1934)
Princess of Sweden
71522 March 1952 Birgitta
(born 1937)
71622 March 1952 Désirée
(born 1938)
Princess of Sweden
71722 March 1952 Christina
(born 1943)
Princess of Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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7826 May 1976 Silvia
(born 1943)
Queen consort of Sweden (1976–present)
78414 July 1995 Victoria
(born 1977)
Princess of Sweden (1977-1980)
Crown Princess of Sweden (1980–present)
Duchess of Västergötland
78613 May 1997 Carl Philip
(born 1979)
79710 June 2000 Madeleine
(born 1982)
858 19 June 2010 Daniel
(born 1973)
Prince of Sweden (2010–present)
Duke of Västergötland (2010–present)
861 23 February 2012 Estelle
(born 2012)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 22 May 2012
866 20 February 2014 Leonore
(born 2014)
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)
870 15 June 2015 Nicolas
(born 2015)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 11 October 2015
873 2 March 2016 Oscar
(born 2016)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 27 May 2016
874 19 April 2016 Alexander
(born 2016)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 9 September 2016
878 31 August 2017 Gabriel
(born 2017)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 1 December 2017
880 9 March 2018 Adrienne
(born 2018)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2018
881 26 March 2021 Julian
(born 2021)
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 14 August 2021
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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851 20 November 2007 Heinz Fischer
(born 1938)
President of Austria (2004–2016)
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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762 31 March 1966 Albert II
(born 1934)
King of the Belgians (1993–2013) L'Union fait la Force
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
81418 March 1994 Paola
(born 1937)
Queen consort of the Belgians (1993–2013) L'Union fait la Force
833 26 April 2001 Philippe
(born 1960)
King of the Belgians (2013–present) L'Union fait la Force
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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832 27 October 2000 Petar Stoyanov
(born 1952)
President of Bulgaria (1997–2002)
850 25 September 2007 Georgi Parvanov
(born 1957)
President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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865 8 April 2013 Ivo Josipović
(born 1957)
President of Croatia (2010–2015)
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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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
Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
8092 June 1993 Frederik X
(born 1968)
Crown Prince of Denmark (1972–2024)
King of Denmark
(2024–present)
8906 May 2024 Mary
(born 1972)
Queen consort of Denmark
(2024–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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859 18 January 2011 Toomas Hendrik Ilves
(born 1953)
President of Estonia (2006–2016)
887 2 May 2023 President of Estonia
2021-
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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830 10 April 2000 Tarja Halonen
(born 1943)
President of Finland (2000–2012) Yhteisen kansan puolesta
862 17 April 2012 Sauli Niinistö
(born 1948)
President of Finland (2012–2024) Juurista voimaa
889 23 April 2024 President of Finland
2024-
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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868 2 December 2014 François Hollande
(born 1954)
President of France (2012–2017)
888 30 January 2024 Emmanuel Macron
(born 1977)
President of France (2017−)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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876 5 October 2016 Joachim Gauck
(born 1940)
President of Germany (2012–2017)
884 7 September 2021 Frank-Walter Steinmeier
(born 1956)
President of Germany (2017–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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Rem : Sophia : see Spain
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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7958 October 1981 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
(born 1930)
President of Iceland (1980–1996)
826 19 November 1998 Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
(born 1943)
President of Iceland (1996–2016) Vires Islandiae
879 18 January 2018 Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
(born 1968)
President of Iceland (2016–2024)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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881 13 November 2018 Sergio Mattarella
(born 1941)
President of Italy (2015–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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817 12 October 1995 Guntis Ulmanis
(born 1939)
President of Latvia (1993–1999)
846 31 March 2005 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
(born 1937)
President of Latvia (1999–2007) [1]
867 26 March 2014 Andris Bērziņš
(born 1944)
President of Latvia (2011–2015)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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8717 October 2015 Dalia Grybauskaitė
(born 1956)
President of Lithuania (2009–2019)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
799 12 September 1983 Henri
(born 1955)
Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present) Je maintiendrai
853 15 April 2008 Maria Teresa
(born 1956)
Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (2000–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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7836 October 1976 Beatrix
(born 1938)
Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013), Princess of the Netherlands (1938–1980, 2013–present)Je maintiendrai (Arms)
81224 November 1993 Willem-Alexander
(born 1967)
King of the Netherlands (2013–present) Je maintiendrai
886 11 October 2022 Queen of the Netherlands
(2013–present)
Willem-Alexander's wife
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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734 10 April 1958 Harald V
(born 1937)
Crown Prince of Norway (1957–1991)
King of Norway (1991–present)
Alt for Norge
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
776 26 December 1974 Sonja
(born 1937)
Queen consort of Norway (1991–present)
810 2 June 1993 Haakon
(born 1973)
Crown Prince of Norway (1991–present) Alt for Norge
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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81116 September 1993 Lech Wałęsa
(born 1943)
President of Poland (1990–1995) Odwaznie roztropnie
860 4 May 2011 Bronisław Komorowski
(born 1952)
President of Poland (2010–2015) Frangas Non Flectes
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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854 5 May 2008 Aníbal Cavaco Silva
(born 1939)
President of Portugal (2006–2016)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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839 25 March 2003 Ion Iliescu
(born 1930)
President of Romania (1989–1996) No Arms painted yet[2]
852 11 March 2008 Traian Băsescu
(born 1951)
President of Romania (2004–2014) No Arms painted yet
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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834 21 March 2002 Rudolf Schuster
(born 1934)
President of Slovakia (1999–2004)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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787 5 October 1979 Juan Carlos I
(born 1938)
King of Spain (1975–2014) Nec plus ultra
788 5 October 1979 Sophia
(born 1938)
Queen consort of Spain (1975–2014)
Princess of Greece & Denmark

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)
- bgcolor="#FFFFAA"885 24 November 2021 Letizia
(born 1972)
Queen consort of Spain
(2014–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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864 11 March 2013 Abdullah Gül
(born 1950)
President of Turkey (2007–2014) No arms painted yet
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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82723 March 1999 Leonid Kuchma
(born 1938)
President of Ukraine (1994–2005)
856October 2008 Viktor Yushchenko
(born 1954)
President of Ukraine (2005–2010)
No arms painted yet

The Americas

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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84913 March 2009Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
(born 1945)
President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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82115 November 1996 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
(born 1942)
President of Chile (1994–2000) Por la razón o la fuerza
875 9 May 2016 Michelle Bachelet
(born 1951)
President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018) Incluir para crecer
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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835 22 October 2002 Vicente Fox
(born 1942)
President of Mexico (2000–2006) [3]

Africa

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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742 19 December 1959 Mahisente
(born 1937)
Widow of Sahle Selassie

Asia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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1994Jigme Singye Wangchuck
(born 1955)
King of Bhutan (1972–2006)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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843 8 February 2004 Hassanal Bolkiah
(born 1946)
Sultan of Brunei (1967–present)
844 8 February 2004 Pengiran Anak Saleha
(born 1946)
Queen consort of Brunei (1967–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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877 22 May 2017 Joko Widodo
(born 1961)
President of Indonesia (2014–present) Bhinneka Tunggal Ika
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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745 29 April 1960 Farah
(born 1938)
Shahbanu of Iran (1961–1979)
769 24 August 1970 Reza Pahlavi
(born 1960)
Crown Prince of Iran (1960–1979) Current head of the Imperial House
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
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721 30 September 1952 Akihito
(born 1933)
Crown Prince of Japan (1933–1989)
Emperor of Japan (1989–2019)
Emperor Emeritus of Japan
(2019–present)
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)
848 16 March 2007 Naruhito
(born 1960)
Crown Prince of Japan (1989–2019) Emperor of Japan
(2019–present)
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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80615 September 1989 Noor
(born 1951)
Queen consort of Jordan (1978–1999) Widow of Hussein
841 26 September 2003 Abdullah II
(born 1962)
King of Jordan(1999–present)
842 26 September 2003 Rania
(born 1970)
Queen consort of Jordan (1999–present) Abdullah II's wife
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
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863 30 May 2012 Lee Myung-bak
(born 1941)
President of South Korea (2008–2013)
881 14 June 2019 Moon Jae-in
(born 1953)
President of South Korea
(2017–2022)
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Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
747 3 September 1960 Sirikit
(born 1932)
Queen Consort of Thailand (1950–2016)
Queen Mother of Thailand (2016–)

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)
837 25 February 2003 Sirindhorn
(born 1955)
Princess Royal of Thailand (1977–present)
838 25 February 2003 Chulabhorn
(born 1957)
Princess of Thailand
Princess Srisavangavadhana (2019–present)

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kungahuset.se/kungafamiljen/aktuellahandelser/2005/2005aktuellt/galamiddagforlettlandspresidentpastockholmsslott31mars2005.5.19ae493103f9816b708000416.html www.kungahuset.se
  2. Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2003, sid 8
  3. Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2002, sid 8