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5 unusual facts about Order of the Polar Star


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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf awarded the Royal Order of the Polar Star to Tan Sri Samsudin Osman Kassim on 16 September 2009, about 34 years later.

Hans Jørgen Darre-Jenssen

He received a Red Cross honorary medal, and was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

Jamsrangiin Sambuu

He was awarded the Order of Sükhbaatar medal four times, the Soviet Order of the Red Banner of Labour twice, the Order of the Polar Star as well as the Order of Lenin and the Lenin Peace Prize in 1966.

Ødegården Verk

Tellef Dahll was known for his work in geological surveying and standing as Stortinget member for Bratsberg (now Telemark), and he was later made a knight in both the Order of St. Olav and the Order of the Polar Star.

Walter Elmer Ekblaw

In 1947, he received the Order of the Polar Star from King Gustav V of Sweden for his work in promoting good relations between Sweden and the United States.


Christian Thams

Thams received various honors including Gold medal for Norway's pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1889), Knight First Class Order of St. Olav, Knight in the Swedish Order of the Polar Star and Knight of the French Legion of Honour.

Christopher O'Neill

Christopher Paul O'Neill, KNO (born 27 June 1974) is a British-American businessman living and working in New York, and the husband of Princess Madeleine of Sweden.

Erling Steen

Steen was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav (1947) and a Knight of the Order of the Crown, the Order of the Dannebrog, the Legion of Honour and the Order of the Polar Star.

H. Arnold Barton

In 2000, he was made Knight-Commander of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

Ludwik Birkenmajer

In 1883 he won the prize of the Kraków Academy in geometry, and later received Swedish Order of the Polar-Star, and Polish Commander Cross of the Republic of Poland (1924).

Mary Lindenstein Walshok

In May 2002, she was decorated with the rank of Knighthood, First Class, of the Order of the Polar Star by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, "in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of entrepreneurship in Sweden".

Paule Gauthier

Also in 2001 she was made an Officer of the Royal Order of the Polar Star, by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and in 2008 she was elevated to Commander of that order.

Robert J. Sinclair

In the 1980s, Sinclair was named a Commander of the Order of the Polar Star by Sweden's King Carl Gustav XVI, the country's highest honor awarded to non-heads of state for contributions to Sweden's economy and culture.


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