Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav

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chivalric order order of merit

The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav is a Norwegian chivalric order established in 1847 to honor individuals for distinguished services to the country and humanity.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav	3
Order of St. Olav	2
Order of St. Olav Medal	1
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with Collar	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chivalric order ⓘ order of merit ⓘ
associatedWith	Norwegian throne ⓘ surface form: Norwegian monarchy
awardedFor	distinguished services to humanity ⓘ distinguished services to the country ⓘ
awardedTo	Norwegian citizens ⓘ foreign nationals ⓘ
awardingAuthority	King of Norway ⓘ
ceremonialCity	Trondheim ⓘ
chanceryLocation	Oslo ⓘ
collarUsedBy	King of Norway ⓘ
collarUsedOnOccasions	great state occasions ⓘ
country	Norway ⓘ
eligibility	civilian ⓘ military ⓘ
established	1847 ⓘ
firstInduction	1847 ⓘ
foundedBy	Oscar I of Norway and Sweden ⓘ
grades	Commander ⓘ Commander with Star ⓘ Grand Cross ⓘ Knight ⓘ Knight First Class ⓘ
grandMaster	Harald V of Norway ⓘ
hasChapel	Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim ⓘ surface form: Nidaros Cathedral
hasCollar	yes ⓘ
headTitle	Grand Master ⓘ
higher	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with Collar
insigniaFeature	central medallion with Saint Olav ⓘ royal crown ⓘ white enamelled cross ⓘ
languageOfMotto	Danish ⓘ
lower	Royal Norwegian Order of Merit ⓘ
motto	Ret og Sandhed ⓘ
mottoInEnglish	Justice and Truth ⓘ
namedAfter	Olaf II of Norway ⓘ surface form: Olav II of Norway Olaf II of Norway ⓘ surface form: Saint Olav
nationalOrder	yes ⓘ
orderOfPrecedenceInNorway	one of the highest ⓘ
postNominals	O.N.S. ⓘ Saint Olaf ⓘ surface form: St. Olav
relatedOrder	Royal Norwegian Order of Merit ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
ribbonColor	red ⓘ
sovereign	King of Norway ⓘ
status	currently constituted ⓘ
type	state order ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Einar Gerhardsen → awardReceived → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

Sigrid Undset → awardReceived → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

King of Norway → confers → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of St. Olav

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav → higher → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with Collar

Haakon VII of Norway → honor → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of St. Olav

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway → honour → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit → ranksAbove → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ

this entity surface form: Order of St. Olav Medal

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit → ranksBelow → Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav ⓘ