1937 Grand Cross Civil Division in gold. (From a private USA collection)
The Grand Cross Civil version has been bestowed to 342 Norwegians and Foreign Nationals for the period 1887 to 2004. (Updates pending for Foreign Grand Cross awards from 1847 until 1887).
A collar was automatically awarded from 1882 to 1905 as part of the insignia for the Grand Cross class, although the collar did not become the highest class of destinction until 1906.
ST. OLAV GRAND CROSS CLASS CIVIL "Storkorset - Sivil Grad"
(Sorted by year of award)
***Norwegian Citizens Awarded the Grand Cross***
NORWAY AND SWEDEN UNION 1847–1905
(66 Grand Cross awarded)
Severin Lovenskiold, Vice King, 1847
Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg, Chief of the Royal Court, 1847 (Military version)
Poul Christian Holst, Minister, 1847
Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie, Customs Inspector, 1847
Edvard Hagerup, Minister, 1849
Carl Von und Zu Mansbach, General Lieutenant, 1850
Frederik Stang, Minister, 1855
Christopher Hansteen, Professor, 1855
Jorgen Herman Vogt, Minister, 1857
Hans Christian Petersen, Minister, 1857
Anton Martin Schweigaard, Professor, 1857
Hans Riddervold, Bishop and Minister, 1859
Fredrik Gottschalk Haxthausen Due, 1858
Georg Christian Sibbern, Prime Minister, 1860
Christian Birch-Reichwald, Minister, 1860
Jens Lauritz Arup, Bishop, 1860
Otto Vincent Lange, Minister, 1863
Christian Zetlitz Bretteville, Minister and Major, 1863
Peder Carl Lasson, Supreme Court Justice, 1864
Hans Jorgen Christian Aall, Amtmann, 1864
Georg Prahl Harbitz, Priest and Minister President, 1864
Frederik Anton Ferdinand Hartvig Wedel-Jarlsberg, Hoffstallmester and Envoye, 1865
Harald Nikolai Wergeland, General Lieutenant, 1868 (Military version)
Thomas Konow, Kontre Admiral, 1869 (Military version)
Erik Roring Moinichen, Minister, 1869
Jacob von der Lippe, Bishop, 1872
Christopher Andreas Holmboe, Professor, 1872
Otto Ricard Kierulf, Prime Minister, 1873
Hans Kirkgaard Fleisher, 1873 (Military version)
Hans Gerhard Colbjornsen Meldahl, Minister and Supreme Court Justice, 1876
August Christian Manthey, Minister and Stiftamtmann, 1876
Henrik Laurentius Helliesen, Minister, 1876
Iver Steen Thomle, Supreme Court Justice, 1879
Ole Jacob Broch, Professor, 1879
Christian August Selmer, Prime Minister, 1882
Johan Sverdrup, Prime Minister, 1885
Ole Jorgensen Richter, Prime Minister, 1887
Fredrik Peter Leganger Naeser, Master of the Royal Court, 1889 (Military version)
Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop, Bishop, 1889
Emil Stang, Prime Minister, 1890
Anders Sandoe Orsted Bull, General War Commissioner, 1890
Morten Didrik Emil Lambrechts, Supreme Court Justice, 1891
Johannes Wilhelm Christian Steen, Politician, 1892
Johan Christian Collett, Amtmann, 1892
Gregers Winther Wulfsberg Gram, Prime Minister, 1893
Svend Foyn, Ship Owner, 1893
Hans Fredrik Gude, Painter, 1893
Henrik Ibsen, Author, 1893
Frederik Georg Knut Due, Envoye, 1894
Christopher Hansteen, Hoiesteretsassessor, 1895
Torkild Halvorsen Aschehoug, Professor, 1895
Elisaeus Sophus Bugge, Professor, 1896
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, Professor, 1896
Georg Francis Hagerup, Professor and Minister, 1897
Otto Albert Blehr, Prime Minister, 1898
Ole Anton Qvam, Minister, 1901
Carl Johan Michelet, Amtmann, 1901
Otto Neumann Sverdrup, Captain and Polar Explorer, 1902
Theodor Christian Brun Frolich, Master of the Royal Court, 1902
Hans Peter L’Orange, General Lieutenant, 1903 (Military version)
Nils Mathias Rye, Stiftamtmann, 1904
Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Composer, 1904
Lauritz Idemill Lie, Poet, 1904
Frederik Hartvig Herman Wedel Jarlsberg, Ambassador, 1904
Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen, Prime Minister, 1905
Carl Christian Berner, Stempletpapirforvalter, 1905
Jorgen Gunnarson Lovland, State and Foreign Minister, 1907
Sofus Anton Birger Arctander, Minister, 1907
Wilhelm Christopher Christophersen, General Consul, 1907
Axel Heiberg, Consul, 1908
Wollert Konow, Prime Minister, 1910
Nicolai Christian Grove, Gesandt, 1910
Ole Hansen, General Lieutenant, 1910
Peter Christophersen, General Consul, Buenos Aires, 1911
Dr. Waldemar Christopher Brøgger, Professor, 1911
Johan Welhaven Sars, Professor, 1911
Abraham Teodore, Prime Minister, 1912
Christian Wilhelm Engel Bredal Olsson, General, 1912 (Military version)
Wollert Konow, Minister, 1912
Carl Otto Lovenskiold, Prime Minister, 1912
Ferdinand Nicolai Roll, Hoyesterettsassessor, 1912
Klaus Hanssen, Medical Doctor, 1914
Thomas Thomassen Heftye, Telegraph Director, 1915
Conrad Mohr, General Consul, 1917
Soren Andreas Christophersen, Minister, 1919
Nils Claus Ihlen, Foreign Minister, 1920
Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Prime Minister, 1921
Paul Benjamin Vogt, Minister, 1923
Fredrik Frantz Michael Wilhelm Rustad, Master of the Royal Court, 1925
Adolf Gustav Vigeland, Sculptor, 1929
Edvard Munch, Painter 1933
Erik Theodor Werenskiold, Painter, 1935
Kristofer Didrik Lehmkuhl, Minister, 1935
Carl Joachim Hambro, red, 1937
Fredrik Stang, Professor, 1938
Christian Sinding, Composer 1938
Frimann Koren Bjerknes, Professor, 1938
*) Fredrik Winter Jakhelln Prytz, Politician/Minister of Finance, 2/19/1945 by N.S. Minister President Vidkun Quisling. *) The award was after WW II never officially recognized due to war crimes committed cooperating with the WW II German occupying force of Norway. Vidkun Quisling was executed on 10/24/1945 after being found guilty of high treason.
Peder Anker Wedel Jarlsberg, Master of the Royal Court, 1945
Didrik Arup Seip, Professor, 1945
Erik Andreas Colban, Ambassador, 1946
Wilhelm Thorleif von Munthe af Morgenstjerne, Ambassador 1946
RolfOtto Andvord, Foreign Minister, 1946
Nils Christian Ditleff, Ambassador, 1946
Per Olav Berg, Supreme Court Justice, 1946
Johan Egeberg Mellbye, Minister 1946
Sigrid Undset, Author 1947, Nobel Prize in Literature 1928 (the first woman awarded the Grand Cross civil version)
Johanne Dybwad, Actress 1947
Eivind J. Berggrav, Bishop 1947
Trygve H. Lie, Govenor of Oslo Akershus County, 1953
Peter Fredrik Broch, Master of the Royal Court, 1955
Rolf Andersen, Foreign Service, 1960
Andreas Schei, Civilombudsman, 1972
Odd Grønvold, Master of the Royal Court, 1982
Rolv Ryssdal, Supreme Court Justice, 1985
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer, 1987
Per Aabel, Actor, 1988
Helge Marcus Ingstad, Recipient of Norwegian State Grant, Archeologist, 1991
Dr. juris Carsten Smith, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway, 2003
Jørgen Hårek Kosmo, former President of the Norwegian Parliament, 2005
*) Fredrik Winter Jakhelln Prytz 1887-1945, Norwegian fascist leader. An army officer, he served as military attaché in Petrograd (1918-19) and Helsinki (1919-21) and later assisted Fridtjof Nansen in relief work in Russia. He was Norwegian minister of defense from 1931 to 1933. He then left the Agrarian party to found the fascist Nasjonal Samling [national unity] party. In 1940 he helped Germany prepare the conquest of Norway. Remaining at the head of the sole party permitted by the Germans, he was made premier in 1942. Despite his unpopularity and difficulties with his German masters and within his own party, he remained in power until May, 1945, when, after the Germans in Norway surrendered, he was arrested. He was convicted of high treason and shot.
The Norwegian and Swedish Coat of Arms
***Foreign Nationals***
Awarded the Grand Cross 1847 - 1887
Grand Cross Civil Awards
(22 confirmed awarded but more updates pending for 1847-1887)
Denmark
Frants Ernst Bille, 18xx.
His Royal Highness Hans, Prince of Schleswig-Holsten-Sønderborg-Glucksburg, 18xx
His Excellence Niels Frederik Ravn, Vice Admiral, 18xx (military?)
His Excellence Frits Peter Adolph Ulldal, Vice Admiral, 18xx (Military?)
His Excellence Peter August Frederik Vedel, Director of the Foreign Office, 18xx
(update pending)
Sweden
Gustav Albrekt Bror Cederstrom, Sweden, 1848
Johan August Gripenstedt, Sweden, 1858
Carl Fredrik Wilhelm Riben, Vice Admiral, 18xx (Military?)
Eugen Oskar Julius Bjorklund, General Manager, 18xx
Alfred Carl Schonmeyer, Military Attache, 18xx (military?)
Ernst Henning Wachtmeister, Count, 18xx
Nils Fredrik Louis Rudebeck, Havmarskalk, 18xx
Nils Samuel Stadener, Bishop and Member of Government, 18xx
Ahlmann, Hans Jakob Konrad Wilhelmsen, Professor/Ambassadör
Assarsson, Per Vilhelm Gustaf,Envoyé
Aulén, Gustav Emanuel Hildebrand, Biskop
Bagge, Widar J.K. , Envoyé
Beck-Friis, Johan Hugo, Friherre/Ambassadör
Bernadotte, Carl Gustaf Oscar Fredrik Christian (M/kjede), Prins
Cederschiöld, Hugo Montgomery, Generallt./Adjutant
Douglas, Wilhelm Archibald, Greve/Generallt/Adjutant
Dtrssen, Gustav Peder Wilhelm, Generallt
(Update pending)
***Foreign Nationals Awarded the Grand Cross 1887 - 2005***
Grand Cross Civil has been bestowed to 202 Foreign Nationals since 1887
(Sorted alphabetically by last name and year for when the Grand Cross was awarded. The reference to "Kristiania" is the old name until 1924 for the capital of Norway, Oslo. "Minister" is the old diplomatic title for the person ranked 2nd after the ambassador)
Aboul Fath khan, Vakil-ol-Molk, Cabinet Chief with the Shah of Persia, 1907
del Arroyoy Moret, don J. M., Spanish former Minister in Kristiania, 1906
de Aguera y Bayo, F., former Spanish Minister in Kristiania, 1910
de Aguera y Bayo, V. G., former Spanish Minister in Kristiania, 1919
HE Count Preben Ferdinand Ahlefeldt-Laurvig, Danish Minister in London, 1920
Ahmed Tevfik pascha, former Turkish Foreign Minister, 1900
Allart, G, Belgian Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Arguelles, M., former Spanish Trade Minister, 1922
Argyropoulos, P., Greek former Minister in Kristiania, 1920
Arrhenius, S. A., former Swedish Professor, 1919
Bapst, E., former French Minister in Kristiania, 1918
Rear-Admiral Frederik Carl Christian Bardenfleth, Danish, 1905 (military?)
Bauduin, F., Dutch Vice Admiral, chief of staff at the Queen, 1922 (military?)
Bayle, C. J., French Vice Admiral, 1906 (military?)
HE Heinrich Gustav Beck, Sachish (German) Prime Minister, 1913
Bergstrom, D. K., Swedish Minister in Tokyo, 1920
Berntsen, K, Danish Minister, 1913
Vice-Admiral HH Prince Oscar Carl August Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg, 1859
Viscount Berryer, Belgian Minister, member of the Government, 1923
Berti, E., former Italian Minister in Kristiania, 1912
Bilciuresco, Gregoire, former Romanian Minister in Kristiania, 1922
Bollati, R., Italian Minister, General Secretary, Department for Foreign Relations, 1911
Borcel, V. E. A., Dutch Master of Royal Court, 1923
Bourgeois, L., French Senator, former Foreign Minister, 1906
Captain H. E. Count Frands Axel Wilhelm Brockenhuus-Schack, Danish Royal Court, former Captain and Master of the Royal Theater and Chapel, 1909
Captain Otto Bull, Danish Royal Court, Captain, 1912
Phya Burut Ratana Rajavallob, Siamish Court, 1907
Grand Admiral H.E. Wilhelm Gottleib Karl Büchsel, German (military?)
Major-General H.S.H. Bernhard Heinrich Martin Karl, Prince von Bülow,Count and former German Reichskansler, 1906
Bottiger, J. F., Dr. Philos, Swedish Overintendant, 1918
Cabra, Belgian General Lieutenant, 1923 (military?)
The Most Noble Don Giorgio Calvi, Count di Bergolo, Italian Minister, 1905
Castellot, J. former Mexican Minister, Senator, 1911
de Castro y Casaleiz, don A., Spanish Under Secretary in the State Ministry, 1904
Cavaleanti de Lacerda, F. de B., former Brazilian Minister in Christiania, 1922
Charlot, H. M., former French Minister in Khristiania, 1912
Chevalley, A. former French Minister in Kristiania, 1918
HE Jens Christian Christensen, former Danish Minister of the State Church, 1905
Coflyns, Belgian General Lieutenant, 1923 (Military?)
The Rt Hon Edward Arthur (Colebrooke), 1st Baron Colebrooke, PC, GCVO,British Royal Court, 1906
Cramer, F., Danish Minister in Bangkok, 1923
Creel, E., former Mexican Foreign Minister, 1911
Cruppi, J., former French Minister of Trade, 1909
da Cunha, G., Brazilian Ambassador in Lissabon, former Minister in Kristiania, 1918
De la Gardie, R., Count, Swedish Landshovding, 1914
Delavaud, L.C.M., former French Minister in Kristiania, 1906
HE Jalal Djelal Pasha, Turkish Minister for Marine, 1904 (military?)
Doulcet, J. former French Minister in Kristiania, 1920
Dubost, A., President of the French Senate, 1908
Dujardin Beaumetz, H.C.E., French Under State Secretary at the Ministry for the Arts, 1907
von Eckardt, H., German Minister in Mexico, 1916
Colonel-General of Cavalry HE Karl Wilhelm Georg August Gottfried von Einem gen von Rothmaler,Preussen, 1906 (Military)
d’ Estournelles de Constant, Baron, French Senator, 1909
Major-General Sir Henry Peter Ewart, 1st Bart. GCVO, KCB,British Royal Court, 1906 (Military)
de Feitosa, A. A. de B. C. do N., former Brazilian Minister in Kristiania, 1916
Ferid pascha, Tyrkish Grand Vezir, 1904
Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, GBE, KCMG, CB,former British Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Garrido y Cisneros, J., Spanish Minister in Kristiania, 1922
Gonsalves Teixeira, General Secretary at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, 1923
Goulkewitch, C., former Russian Minister in Kristiania, 1917
de Groote, P. A., Baron, former Belgian Minister in Kristiania, 1909
Grosvald, F., former Lativian Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Guerra, J. S., former Spanish Prime Minister, 1922
Gunther, E. A., former Swedish Minister, 1908
Colonel The Rt Hon Gavin George (Hamilton), 2nd Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, KT, CVO, MC,British Royal Court, 1906
Hammarskjold, Knut Hjalmr Leonard, dr. jur., Swedish Landhovding, 1916
Hanna, L.B., American Governor of North Dakota, USA, 1915
Hanoteau, Belgian General Lieutenant, The King’s Adjutant, 1923 (military?)
Hansen, O., former Danish Minister, 1907
Hansson, N., former Swedish member of Government, 1921
The Rt Hon Charles (Hardinge), 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, KG, PC, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, ISO,former British Ambassador, 1908
Hata, Ryotaro, Japanese Minister in Kristiania, 1922
van Heeckeren vom Kell, I. D. C., Baron, former Dutch Minister in Kristiania, 1909
Hegermann-Lindenerone, J. F., Danish Kammerherre, General Major, 1906 (military?)
Hellner, Johannes, dr. jur., former Swedish Foreign Minister, 1917
von Hintze, P. W. C., former German Foreign Minister, 1913
Holstein, F.C.C.C., Count of Holsteinborg, Danish Hoffjegermester., 1913 (military?)
Honorat, A., French Minister of Education, 1920
Mirza Hussein khan, Motamen-ol-Molk, Cabinet Chief for the Shah of Persia, 1907
Colonel The Rt Hon Richard George Penn (Curzon-Howe), 4th Earl Howe, GCVO, TD,Overkammerherre at the widow Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1908
Husberg, K. S., dr. jur., Swedish Landshovding, 1904
HE Mons. Paul Louis Adrien Henri Hymans, Belgium, 1910
Admiral Ernst Heinrich Friedrich von Ingenobl, German, 1913 (military)
Isaac khan, Mofakham-ed-Dovleh, Persian General, 1907 (military)
HE Mons. Henri Jaspar, Belgian Foreign Minister, 1923
de Jonquires, F. I. G., Danish Kammerherre, Overpresident in Copenhagen, 1913
Juel, C.J.E., Danish, 2nd Hoffmarskalk for the King, Kammerherre, Master of Cermony, Captain, 1913 (military?)
Juhlin, A. J. dr. philos, Swedish General Postal Director, 1920
van Karnnebeek, H. A., jonkheer Meester, dr., Dutch Foreign Minister, 1922
Colonel Axel Otto Tage Niels Basse von Kauffmann, Danish Oberst, Kammerherre, 1917 (military?)
Kraetke, R.A., German, Chef for Reichspostamt, 1907
Krag, O., former Danish Minister in Kristiania, 1913
Count Julius Benedictus Krag Juel Vind-Frijs, Danish Rittmester, 1913
Krieger, A. M. N., Danish Cabinet Secretary for the King.
Lago, R. L., Spanish Trade Director, 1922
Sir Francis Henry Laking, 1st Bart. GCVO, KCB,British Court Medical Doctor, 1908
HE Mons. Jean Joseph Edmond Lanes, French Secretary General for the Presidency, 1907
Lanza diScalea, P., fyrste, former Italian Understate Secretary at the Foreign Ministry, 1911
Vice-Admiral Auguste Emmanuel Hubert Gaston Marie Boué de Lepeyrère, French, 1908 (military)
von Leyden, K. K. M., Count, former German Minister, 1905
Liebaert, J. A. M. J., Belgian Minister of Finance, 1911
Carl Johan Fredrik Malcolm Lilliehöök,Swedish 1st Hoffmarskalk, 1918
HE Count Johan Paulvan Limburg-Stirum, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), 1915
General HE Alfred von Loewenfeld, Preussia, 1906
Louis, G., French Minister, Director at the Foreign Ministry, 1908
Luzatti, L., former Italien Prime Minister, 1911
van Lynden van Sandenburg, F. A. C., Count, Dutch Main Kammerherre, 1923
Lieutenant-General HE Maximilian, Baron von Lyncker, German Hoffmarskalk, 1906
Marks von Wurtemberg, Erik Teodor, dr. jur., Swedish Foreign Minister, 1919
Adolphe Eugène Henri Jean Max,Belgian Mayor of Brussels, 1923
de Mello Barreto, J. C., Portuguese Foreign Minister, 1920
Major-General HE Count Arthur August von Mensdorf-Pouilly,Austrian Ambassador, 1917
HSH Prince Jean Charles Victorien Ghislain de Merode, Belgian Overhoffmarskalk, 1923
Lieutenant-General Victor Constant Michel, French Division General, 1907 (military)
Millet, R., former French Ambassador, 1894
von Mirbach, E. O. C. L. A., Prussen Overhoffmester, 1906
Hadji Mohsin khan, Muin-ol-Molk, Persian Marskalk, Ambassador in Konstantinopel, 1889
Armand Mollard, French Minister, 1907
Count Joachim Ludvig Moltke, Danish Kammerherre, 1906
du Moceau, J. H. F., Count, Dutch Over Cermony Master, 1922
Montagna, G. C., former Italian Minister in Krisitiania, 1920
Colonel HSH Alfred Adam Wilhelm Johan Maria (von Neiperg), 2nd Prince von Montenuovo,former Austrian-Hungarian Hoffmester, 1904
Admiral Sir Arthur Willam Moore, GCB, GCVO, CMG, 1905
Morris, I. N., former American Minister in Stockholm, USA, 1921
Moyersoen, Belgian member of Parliament, 1923
Munoz, D. former Uruguayan Minister in Krisitiania, 1909
von Muhlberg, O., German Minister, 1906
Vice-Admiral H.E. Georg Alexander von Müller, Germany, 1906 military)
Nilson, E. A. former Swedish Statsrad, 1918
de Novellis, F., former Italian Minister in Kristiania, 1914
von Oberndorff, A., Count, former German Minister in Kristiania, 1916
Ocantos, C. M., former Argentinean Minister in Kristiania, 1918
Odelberg, A. T., former Swedish Landhovding, 1904
De Olivcira Soares, General Director at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, 1923
HE Oscar Siegfried Christian O'Neil Oxholm, Danish Overkammerherre, 1923
de Palacios y Fau, E., Spanish Understate Secretary, 1922
Mons. Stéphan Jean Marie Pichon,former French Foreign Minister, 1907
Pinay Millet, R., the Chancery of the Spanish Order The Golden Vlies, 1910
HE The Most Illustrious and Excellent Señor Dom Luís Augusto Pinto de Soveral, 1st Marquis de Soveral,former Portuguese Foreign Minister, 1897
Field Marshal-General HE Hans Georg Hermann von Plessen, Preussia, 1906 (military)
Pralon, E. L., French Minister in Kristiania, 1921
De Prat de Nantouillet, P., Marki, Spanish Minister, 1901
Prida, J. F., Spanish Foreign Minister, 1922
Pricto, M. G., former Spanish Foreign Minister, 1910
Dr Otto Hack Roland Printzköld,Swedish Riksmarskalk, 1918
General Sir Dighton Macnaghton Probyn,VC, PC, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, ISO, Great Britain, 1906
von Prollius, A. I. V. V., former Polish Minister in Kristiania, 1921
HE Frederik Christofer Otto (Raben), 8th Count Raben-Levetzau of Christiansholm, Ordensskattmester, 1905
Rakitch, M., former Serbian Minister in Kristiania, 1921
Ramel, S. G. F. T., Swedish Minister in Berlin, 1914
Ramstedt, J. O., former Swedish Overstattholder, 1918
van Rappard, W. L. F. C., Dutch Minister in Kristiania, 1922
Major-General HE Baron Hugo von Reischarch, Prussian Overstallmester, 1906
Riano y Gayangos, J., former Spanish Minister in Kristiania, 1910
Rosen, F., dr., former German Minister, 1910
Major-General Baron Carl Ludwig Mathias Rosenblad, Swedish Overkammerherre, 1918 (military)
Baron Eberhard Rosenblad, Swedish 1st Hoffstallmester, 1918
HE Wilhelm Carlton de Rothe, Danish Hoffmarskalk at the Royal Court, 1909
Ruys de Beerenbrouck, C. J. M., Dutch Statsrad, 1923
HE Cläes Erik, Baron Rålamb,Swedish 1st Hoffmarskalk, 1918
Saenz Valiente, J. P., former Argentinean Admiral and Navy Minister, 1913 (military)
di San Martino di Valpisjo, E., Count, Italian Senator, 1912
San Pedro, don F. Rodriguez, Spanish Prime Minister, 1904
HE Harald Roger Erik Julius Christian de Scavenius,former Danish Foreign Minister, 1914
Schmedemann, A. G., former American Minister in Kristiania, USA, 1921
von Schoen, W. E., German Ambassador, 1908
von Seckendorff, German Minister, 1910
Colonel The Rt Hon Osbert Cecil (Molyneaux), 6th Earl of Sefton, PC, GCVO,British Overhoffstallmester, 1906
Serlachius, C. A., former Finish Minister in Kristiania, 1919
HE Konstanty Skirmunt, Polish Minister, 1923
Major HSH Friedrich Hermann Johann Georg, Prince zu Solms-Baruth,Prussean Chief Kammerherre, 1906
Smit, W. C. J., former Dutch Vice Admiral, 1923 (military)
Steeg, C. L., former French Minister in Kristiania, 1913
Stub, H. G., dr., President of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America, USA, 1922
Stuebel, W. O., dr. former German Minister in Kristiania, 1906
De Sturler, J. E., dr., Dutch Minister in Athens, 1919
Phya Sudham Maitri, former Siamean Minister in Krisitiania, 1914
Swenson, L. S., American Minister in Kristiania, USA, 1913
Sydow, R., former German Prime Minister, 1907
Szechenyi, D., Count, former Austrian – Hungarian Minister in Krisitiania, 1918
Tamm, C. G. A., former Swedish Overstattholder, 1898
Tchang, Tsou Seng, former Chinese Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Thesleff, R., dr., Finish Minister in Kristiania, 1921
Colonel HE Georges Émile Pierre Léonard Théunis,Belgian Prime Minister, 1923
Thomson, G. A. M., former French Navy Minister (military?)
Grand Admiral HE Alfred Peter Friedrich von Tirpitz, Germany, 1906 (military)
HE Cavaliere Tommaso Tittoni, Italian Ambassador, 1906
De Tovar, Marki, Grande of Spain, Senator, 1904
Captain Karl Georg Christoph Joachim Rickard Hans von Treutler,former German Minister in Kristiania, 1908
HE Yasuya, Count Uchida, Japanese Foreign Minister, 1922
Admiral HE Ernst Adolf Julius Guido von Usedom, Germany, 1908
de Vasconcellos, General Director at the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, 1923
de Valdivia y Sisay de Andrade, A., former Cuban Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Phya Visutr Kosa, former Siamese Minister in Kristiania, 1906
Von Vredenburch, C. G. W. F., former Dutch Minister in Kristiania, 1919
Wallenberg, K. A., Swedish Bank Director, 1914
Wandel, C. F., former Danish Vice Admiral, 1905
de Welderen Rengers, W. B. R., Baron, former Dutch Minister in Kristiania, 1914
Westerveld, E. P., Dutch Statsrad, 1923
Xydakis, N., former Greek Minister in Kristiania, 1923
Vice-Admiral Georg Hugo Robert Zacharie, G. H. R., former Danish Vice Admiral, 1906 (military?)
HE Alexandros Thrasyvoulous Zaimis, former Greek Minister President, 1913
Mr. Sofus Anton Birger Arctander
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Den Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden ble stiftet av Kong Oscar I i 1847, og tildeles som «belønning for utmerkede fortjenster av fedrelandet og menneskeheten». St. Olavs Orden er oppkalt etter Norges helgenkonge, Olav den Hellige, og er inndelt i fem grader: Storkors, Kommandør med Stjerne, Kommandør, Ridder av 1. klasse og Ridder. Til ordenen hører det også et Kjede som H.M. Kongen kan tildele innehavere av Storkorset - in Norwegian.
