Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

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order of chivalry order of merit

The Royal Norwegian Order of Merit is a Norwegian order of chivalry awarded to foreign and Norwegian citizens living abroad for outstanding service in the interests of Norway.

Aliases (1)

Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of chivalry → order of merit →
administeredBy	The Royal Court of Norway →
awardedBy	Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs →
awardedFor	outstanding service in the interests of Norway →
awardingAuthority	King of Norway →
awardingCountry	Kingdom of Norway →
country	Norway →
currentSovereign	King Harald V of Norway →
dateEstablished	June 14, 1985 →
eligibleRecipients	Norwegian citizens living abroad → foreign citizens →
established	1985 →
establishedBy	King Olav V of Norway →
firstInductions	1985 →
grantingBody	Norwegian monarchy →
hasAbbreviation	RNoM →
hasDesignFeature	monogram of the reigning monarch → royal crown →
hasGrade	Commander → Commander with Star → Grand Cross → Knight → Knight First Class →
hasPostNominalLetters	RNoM →
headOfOrder	King of Norway →
insigniaIncludes	badge → sash → star →
isPartOf	Norwegian honours system →
languageOfName	Norwegian →
motto	Merit and good will →
namedAfter	merit →
officialNameInNorwegian	Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden →
orderOfPrecedenceInNorway	below the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav →
primaryUse	foreign relations →
purpose	to reward services in the interests of Norway →
ranksAbove	Order of St. Olav Medal →
ranksBelow	Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav →
religiousAffiliation	secular →
ribbonColor	blue with red and white edges →
status	currently constituted →
type	state order →
usedFor	diplomatic recognition → honouring expatriate Norwegians → honouring foreign officials →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
King of Norway →	confers
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav →	lower
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit ("Den Kongelige Norske Fortjenstorden") →	officialNameInNorwegian
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav →	relatedOrder