Order of the Sword

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Swedish order of chivalry

The Order of the Sword is a Swedish military order of chivalry historically awarded to officers for bravery, leadership, and long or distinguished service.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Order of the Sword canonical	5
Knight of the Order of the Sword	1
Kungliga Svärdsorden	1
Order of the Sword (Sweden)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swedish order of chivalry ⓘ
administeredBy	Swedish Royal Court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Order of the Sword ⓘ surface form: Kungliga Svärdsorden Svärdsorden ⓘ
awardedBy	King of Sweden ⓘ surface form: King in Council of Sweden
awardedFor	bravery ⓘ distinguished service ⓘ leadership ⓘ long service ⓘ
awardingBody	Monarch of Sweden ⓘ
classOf	Swedish royal orders ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
domain	Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ
eligibility	Swedish military officers ⓘ foreign military officers ⓘ
field	military decorations ⓘ
foundedBy	King Frederick I of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Frederick I of Sweden
grade	Commander 1st Class of the Order of the Sword ⓘ Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword ⓘ Commander of the Order of the Sword ⓘ Knight 1st Class of the Order of the Sword ⓘ Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword ⓘ Order of the Sword self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Knight of the Order of the Sword
hasCollar	Collar of the Order of the Sword ⓘ
hasInsignia	badge of the Order of the Sword ⓘ sash of the Order of the Sword ⓘ star of the Order of the Sword ⓘ
headOfOrder	King of Sweden ⓘ
higherAward	Royal Order of the Seraphim ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUse	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
inception	1748 ⓘ
insigniaFeature	crossed swords ⓘ
insigniaShape	Maltese cross ⓘ
motto	Pro Patria ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation	For the Fatherland ⓘ
notableFor	recognition of Swedish military merit ⓘ
orderOf	Swedish honours system ⓘ
relatedAward	Order of Vasa ⓘ Order of the Polar Star ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Lutheranism ⓘ
ribbonColor	yellow with blue stripes ⓘ
status	dormant ⓘ
suspended	1975 ⓘ
symbol	golden sword ⓘ
type	military order ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Order of the Polar Star → relatedOrder → Order of the Sword ⓘ

Sidney Smith → awardReceived → Order of the Sword ⓘ

Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden → honor → Order of the Sword ⓘ

Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine → awardReceived → Order of the Sword ⓘ

subject surface form: Patrick Hine

this entity surface form: Order of the Sword (Sweden)

Order of Vasa → distinctFrom → Order of the Sword ⓘ

Order of the Sword → alsoKnownAs → Order of the Sword ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kungliga Svärdsorden

Order of the Sword → grade → Order of the Sword self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knight of the Order of the Sword

King Frederick I of Sweden → founded → Order of the Sword ⓘ