Svärdsorden

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Svärdsorden is a Swedish royal military order of chivalry historically awarded to officers for bravery, leadership, and long or meritorious service.

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Svärdsorden canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Swedish order of chivalry ⓘ
military order ⓘ
administeredBy Royal Court of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardFor bravery in war ⓘ
long military service ⓘ
meritorious military service ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
awardingBody King of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
canBeAwardedTo foreign citizens after 1975 ⓘ
category Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
eligibility Swedish military officers ⓘ
foreign military officers ⓘ
establishedInCentury 18th century ⓘ
foundedBy Frederick I of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
grandMaster monarch of Sweden ⓘ
hasClass Commander ⓘ
Commander 1st Class ⓘ
Commander Grand Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Knight ⓘ
Knight 1st Class NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDecoration Svärdsmedaljen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Svärdstecken NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMotto Pro Patria NERFINISHED ⓘ
headTitle Grand Master NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1748 ⓘ
mottoLanguage Latin ⓘ
mottoTranslation For the Fatherland NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter the sword as a military symbol ⓘ
nativeName Svärdsorden NERFINISHED ⓘ
orderType military decoration ⓘ
royal order ⓘ
partOf Swedish honours system ⓘ
purpose to reward military merit ⓘ
reform Swedish order reform of 1975 NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Lutheranism ⓘ
ribbonColor yellow with blue stripes ⓘ
status dormant for Swedish citizens after 1975 ⓘ
symbol golden Maltese cross with swords ⓘ
translatedName Order of the Sword NERFINISHED ⓘ
wearingStyle badge on ribbon for knights ⓘ
breast star for grand cross ⓘ
neck decoration for commanders ⓘ

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

Order of the Sword → alsoKnownAs → Svärdsorden ⓘ