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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

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

Europe

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Royal family of Sweden

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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 Birgitta
(born 1937)		 Princess of Sweden and Hohenzollern
716 Désirée
(born 1938)		 Princess of Sweden
717 Christina
(born 1943)
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
797 10 June 2000 Madeleine
(born 1982)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
858 19 June 2010 Daniel
(born 1973)		 Prince of Sweden (2010–present)
Duke of Västergötland (2010–present)
861 23 February 2012 Estelle
(born 2012)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Östergötland
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 22 May 2012
866 20 February 2014 Leonore
(born 2014)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Gotland
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)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Ångermanland
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 11 October 2015
873 2 March 2016 Oscar
(born 2016)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Skåne
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 27 May 2016
874 19 April 2016 Alexander
(born 2016)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Södermanland
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 9 September 2016
878 31 August 2017 Gabriel
(born 2017)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Dalarna
Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 1 December 2017
880 9 March 2018 Adrienne
(born 2018)		 Princess of Sweden
Duchess of Blekinge		 Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2018
881 26 March 2021 Julian
(born 2021)		 Prince of Sweden
Duke of Halland		 Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 14 August 2021

Austria

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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

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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)

Bulgaria

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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)

Croatia

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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

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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
890 6 May 2024 Mary
(born 1972)		 Queen consort of Denmark
(2024–present)		  Denmark

Estonia

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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

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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) Juurista voimaa
889 23 April 2024
Alexander Stubb President of Finland
2024-

France

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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−)

Germany

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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

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

Iceland

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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) Vires Islandiae
879 18 January 2018 Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson
(born 1968)		 President of Iceland (2016–2024)

Italy

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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

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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)
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867 26 March 2014 Andris Bērziņš
(born 1944)		 President of Latvia (2011–2015)

Lithuania

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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

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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)

Netherlands

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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) Je maintiendrai
886 11 October 2022 Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Queen of the Netherlands
(2013–present)		  Netherlands Willem-Alexander's wife

Norway

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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) Alt for Norge

Poland

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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) Frangas Non Flectes

Portugal

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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

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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) No Arms painted yet

Slovakia

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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

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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)

Turkey

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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

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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)
 No arms painted yet

United Kingdom

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Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)
779 23 May 1975 Charles III
(born 1948)		 Prince of the United Kingdom (1948–2022)
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

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Brazil

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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

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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) Incluir para crecer

Mexico

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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
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Africa

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Ethiopia

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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

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Bhutan

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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

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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
844 8 February 2004 Pengiran Anak Saleha
(born 1946)		 Queen consort of Brunei (1967–present)  Brunei

Indonesia

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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

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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) Current head of the Imperial House

Japan

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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)

Jordan

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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

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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

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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)
838 25 February 2003 Chulabhorn
(born 1957)		 Princess of Thailand
Princess Srisavangavadhana (2019–present)

See also

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Sources

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

References

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  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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