Order of the Lion of Finland

E49596

order of merit state order

The Order of the Lion of Finland is a Finnish state order of merit awarded for distinguished civilian and military service to the nation.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland	2
Finlands Lejons orden	1
Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland	1
Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland	1
Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland	1
Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland with golden cross	1
Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland	1
Pro Finlandia Medal with golden cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of merit ⓘ state order ⓘ
administeredBy	Chancery of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland ⓘ
awardedFor	distinguished civilian service ⓘ distinguished military service ⓘ
awardedOnOccasion	Independence Day of Finland ⓘ
awardingBody	President of Finland ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
dateOfFirstAwards	1942 ⓘ
eligibility	Finnish citizens ⓘ foreign nationals ⓘ
established	1942-09-11 ⓘ
establishedBy	Risto Ryti ⓘ
FinnishName	Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta ⓘ
hasCentralMotif	Finnish coat of arms ⓘ surface form: Finnish lion coat of arms
hasClass	Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Knight First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland with golden cross Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pro Finlandia Medal with golden cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
hasDecorationType	badge ⓘ breast star ⓘ collar ⓘ medal ⓘ
hasInsigniaShape	cross ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
higherRank	Order of the White Rose of Finland ⓘ
lowerRank	Order of the Cross of Liberty ⓘ
motto	Pro Finlandia ⓘ
partOf	Finnish honors system ⓘ
purpose	to reward civilian and military merit ⓘ
relatedOrder	Order of the Cross of Liberty ⓘ Order of the White Rose of Finland ⓘ
ribbonColor	dark red ⓘ
SwedishName	Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Finlands Lejons orden
symbol	Finnish lion ⓘ surface form: lion of Finland
typeOfRecipients	civilians ⓘ foreign dignitaries ⓘ military personnel ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Order of the Lion of Finland → SwedishName → Order of the Lion of Finland self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Finlands Lejons orden

Arvo Ylppö → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Hjalmar Siilasvuo → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Lauri Kristian Relander → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Martti Ahtisaari → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Risto Ryti → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Sauli Niinistö → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Tove Jansson → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ

Urho Kekkonen → awardReceived → Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ