List of current Knights of the Royal Order of the Seraphim

This is a list of the current Knights (men) and Members (women) of the Royal Order of the Seraphim.

Color Pattern

....................	Living Swedish Royal Knight or Member
....................	Living Foreign Royal Knight or Member
....................	Living Foreign Republican Knight or Member

Europe

Royal family of Sweden

Gustaf V (1907–1950)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
700	30 April 1946 (birth)		Carl XVI Gustaf (born 1946)	Duke of Jämtland (1946–1973) Successor of Sweden (1946–1950) Crown Prince of Sweden (1950–1973) King of Sweden (1973–)	Sweden	För Sverige i tiden
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
714	22 March 1952		Margaretha (born 1934)	Princess of Sweden	Sweden
715	22 March 1952		Birgitta (born 1937)	Princess of Sweden and Hohenzollern	Sweden
716	22 March 1952		Désirée (born 1938)	Princess of Sweden	Sweden
717	22 March 1952		Christina (born 1943)	Princess of Sweden	Sweden
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
782	6 May 1976		Silvia (born 1943)	Queen consort of Sweden (1976–)	Sweden Germany
784	14 July 1995		Victoria (born 1977)	Princess of Sweden (1977-1980) Crown Princess of Sweden (1980–) Duchess of Västergötland	Sweden		Considered from birth
786	13 May 1997		Carl Philip (born 1979)	Crown Prince of Sweden (1979–1980) Prince of Sweden (1980–) Duke of Värmland	Sweden		Considered from birth
797	10 June 2000		Madeleine (born 1982)	Princess of Sweden Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland	Sweden		Considered from birth
858	19 June 2010		Daniel (born 1973)	Prince of Sweden (2010–) Duke of Västergötland (2010–)	Sweden
861	23 February 2012		Estelle (born 2012)	Princess of Sweden Duchess of Östergötland	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 22 May 2012
866	20 February 2014		Leonore (born 2014)	Princess of Sweden Duchess of Gotland	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2014
869	13 June 2015		Sofia (born 1984)	Princess of Sweden (2015–) Duchess of Värmland (2015–)	Sweden
870	15 June 2015		Nicolas (born 2015)	Prince of Sweden Duke of Ångermanland	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 11 October 2015
873	2 March 2016		Oscar (born 2016)	Prince of Sweden Duke of Skåne	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 27 May 2016
874	19 April 2016		Alexander (born 2016)	Prince of Sweden Duke of Södermanland	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 9 September 2016
878	31 August 2017		Gabriel (born 2017)	Prince of Sweden Duke of Dalarna	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 1 December 2017
880	9 March 2018		Adrienne (born 2018)	Princess of Sweden Duchess of Blekinge	Sweden		Considered from birth, got insignia at baptism 8 June 2018

Austria

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
851	20 November 2007		Heinz Fischer (born 1938)	President of Austria (2004–2016)	Austria

Belgium

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
762	31 March 1966		Albert II (born 1934)	King of the Belgians (1993–2013)	Belgium	L'Union fait la Force
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
814	18 March 1994		Paola (born 1937)	Queen consort of the Belgians (1993–2013)	Belgium	L'Union fait la Force
833	26 April 2001		Philippe (born 1960)	King of the Belgians (2013–)	Belgium	L'Union fait la Force

Bulgaria

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
832	27 October 2000		Petar Stoyanov (born 1952)	President of Bulgaria (1997–2002)	Bulgaria
850	25 September 2007		Georgi Parvanov (born 1957)	President of Bulgaria (2002–2012)	Bulgaria

Croatia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
865	8 April 2013		Ivo Josipović (born 1957)	President of Croatia (2010–2015)	Croatia

Denmark

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
735	10 April 1958		Margrethe II (born 1940)	Princess of Denmark (1940–1972) Heir presumptive of Denmark (1953–1972) Queen of Denmark (1972–)	Denmark	Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke	Frederick IX of Denmark's daughter
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
809	2 June 1993		Frederik (born 1968)	Crown Prince of Denmark (1972–)	Denmark

Estonia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
859	18 January 2011		Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born 1953)	President of Estonia (2006–2016)	Estonia

Finland

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
813	12 April 1994		Martti Ahtisaari (born 1937)	President of Finland (1994–2000)	Finland	Se pystyy ken uskaltaa	Got the chain on 23/08/1996
830	10 April 2000		Tarja Halonen (born 1943)	President of Finland (2000–2012)	Finland	Yhteisen kansan puolesta (Photo)
862	17 April 2012		Sauli Niinistö (born 1948)	President of Finland (2012–)	Finland	Juurista voimaa	Photo

France

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
791	6 June 1980		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (born 1926)	President of France (1974–1981)	France
829	6 April 2000		Jacques Chirac (born 1932)	President of France (1995–2007)	France
868	2 December 2014		François Hollande (born 1954)	President of France (2012–2017)	France

Germany

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
876	5 October 2016		Joachim Gauck (born 1940)	President of Germany (2012–2017)	Germany

Greece

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
758	14 September 1964		Constantine II (born 1940)	King of Greece (1964–1973)	Greece
Rem : Philip : see United Kingdom ; Sophia : see Spain
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
855	20 May 2008		Karolos Papoulias (born 1929)	President of Greece (2005–2015)	Greece

Iceland

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
795	8 October 1981		Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (born 1930)	President of Iceland (1980–1996)	Iceland		Got the chain 11 June 1987.
826	19 November 1998		Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (born 1943)	President of Iceland (1996–2016)	Iceland	Vires Islandiae	^[1]
879	18 January 2018		Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (born 1968)	President of Iceland (2016–)	Iceland

Italy

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
857	13 March 2009		Giorgio Napolitano (born 1925)	President of Italy (2006–2015)	Italy		No Arms painted yet

Latvia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
817	12 October 1995		Guntis Ulmanis (born 1939)	President of Latvia (1993–1999)	Latvia
846	31 March 2005		Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1937)	President of Latvia (1999–2007)	Latvia		No Arms painted yet ^[2]
867	26 March 2014		Andris Bērziņš (born 1944)	President of Latvia (2011–2015)	Latvia

Lithuania

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
871	7 October 2015		Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1956)	President of Lithuania (2009–)	Lithuania

Luxembourg

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
712	18 July 1951		Jean (born 1921)	Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921–1964) Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000)	Luxembourg	Je maintiendrai
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
799	12 September 1983		Henri (born 1955)	Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–)	Luxembourg	Je maintiendrai
853	15 April 2008		Maria Teresa (born 1956)	Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (2000–)	Luxembourg

Netherlands

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
783	6 October 1976		Beatrix (born 1938)	Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013)	Netherlands	Je maintiendrai (Arms)
812	24 November 1993		Willem-Alexander (born 1967)	King of the Netherlands (2013–)	Netherlands	Je maintiendrai

Norway

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
734	10 April 1958		Harald V (born 1937)	Crown Prince of Norway (1957–1991) King of Norway (1991–)	Norway	Alt for Norge
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
776	26 December 1974		Sonja (born 1937)	Queen consort of Norway (1991–)	Norway		1st Member by Carl XVI
810	2 June 1993		Haakon (born 1973)	Crown Prince of Norway (1991–)	Norway	Alt for Norge

Poland

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
811	16 September 1993		Lech Wałęsa (born 1943)	President of Poland (1990–1995)	Poland	Odwaznie roztropnie
860	4 May 2011		Bronisław Komorowski (born 1952)	President of Poland (2010–2015)	Poland	Frangas Non Flectes

Portugal

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
854	5 May 2008		Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939)	President of Portugal (2006–2016)	Portugal

Romania

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
839	25 March 2003		Ion Iliescu (born 1930)	President of Romania (1989–1996)	Romania		No Arms painted yet^[3]
852	11 March 2008		Traian Băsescu (born 1951)	President of Romania (2004–2014)	Romania		No Arms painted yet

Slovakia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
834	21 March 2002		Rudolf Schuster (born 1934)	President of Slovakia (1999–2004)	Slovakia

Spain

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
787	5 October 1979		Juan Carlos I (born 1938)	King of Spain (1975–2014)	Spain	Nec plus ultra
788	5 October 1979		Sophia (born 1938)	Queen consort of Spain (1975–2014) Princess of Greece & Denmark	Spain Kingdom of Greece
808	17 December 1991		Felipe VI (born 1968)	Infante of Spain (1968–2014) Prince of Asturias (1977–2014) Heir apparent to the Spanish throne (1975–2014) King of Spain (2014–)	Spain

Turkey

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
864	11 March 2013		Abdullah Gül (born 1950)	President of Turkey (2007–2014)	Turkey		No arms painted yet

Ukraine

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
827	23 March 1999		Leonid Kuchma (born 1938)	President of Ukraine (1994–2005)	Ukraine
856	October 2008		Viktor Yushchenko (born 1954)	President of Ukraine (2005–2010)	Ukraine		No arms painted yet

United Kingdom

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
722	26 May 1953		Elizabeth II (born 1926)	Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952–)	United Kingdom	Dieu et mon droit
725	23 June 1954		Philip (born 1921)	Prince of Greece & Denmark Duke of Edinburgh (1947–) Prince of the United Kingdom (1957–)	United Kingdom Greece	God Is My Help
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
779	23 May 1975		Charles (born 1948)	Prince of the United Kingdom Heir apparent to the British throne (1952–) Prince of Wales (1958–) Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay (1952–)	United Kingdom	Ich dien

The Americas

Argentina

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
825	26 May 1998		Carlos Menem (born 1930)	President of Argentina (1989-1999)	Argentina

Brazil

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Stallplate
849	13 March 2009		Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 1945)	President of Brazil (2003-2011)	Brazil

Chile

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
821	15 November 1996		Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942)	President of Chile (1994–2000)	Chile
875	10 May 2016		Michelle Bachelet (born 1951)	President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018)	Chile

Mexico

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
835	22 October 2002		Vicente Fox (born 1942)	President of Mexico (2000–2006)	Mexico		^[4]

Africa

Egypt

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
803	16 September 1986		Hosni Mubarak (born 1928)	President of Egypt (1981–2011)	Egypt	بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم (In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful^[5])

Ethiopia

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
728	15 November 1954		Sara (born 1929)	Princess consort of Ethiopia Duchess consort of Harar	Ethiopia		Widow of Makonnen
742	19 December 1959		Mahisente (born 1937)	Princess consort of Ethiopia	Ethiopia		Widow of Sahle Selassie

Tunisia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
872	4 November 2015		Beji Caid Essebsi (born 1926)	President of Tunisia (2014–)	Tunisia

Asia

Bhutan

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
	1994		Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 1955)	King of Bhutan (1972–2006)	Bhutan

Brunei

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
843	8 February 2004		Hassanal Bolkiah (born 1946)	Sultan of Brunei (1967–)	Brunei
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Land	Motto	Remarque
844	8 February 2004		Pengiran Anak Saleha (born 1946)	Queen of Brunei (1967–)	Brunei

Indonesia

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
877	22 May 2017		Joko Widodo (born 1961)	President of Indonesia (2014–)	Indonesia

Iran

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
745	29 April 1960		Farah (born 1938)	Shahbanu of Iran (1961–1979)	Iran
769	24 August 1970		Reza Pahlavi (born 1960)	Crown Prince of Iran (1960–1979)	Iran		Current Head of the Imperial House

Japan

Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
721	30 September 1952		Akihito (born 1933)	Crown Prince of Japan (1933–1989) Emperor of Japan (1989–)	Japan
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
831	18 May 2000^[6]		Michiko (born 1934)	Crown Princess Consort of Japan (1959–1989) Empress Consort of Japan (1989–)	Japan		^[7]
848	16 March 2007^[6]		Naruhito (born 1960)	Crown Prince of Japan (1989–)	Japan		^[8]

Jordan

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
806	15 September 1989		Noor (born 1951)	Queen Consort of Jordan (1978–1999)	Jordan		Widow of Hussein
841	26 September 2003		Abdullah II (born 1962)	King of Jordan (1999–)	Jordan
842	26 September 2003		Rania (born 1970)	Queen Consort of Jordan (1999–)	Jordan

South Korea

Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
Nr	Date	Image	Name	Title	Country	Motto	Remarque
863	30 May 2012		Lee Myung-bak (born 1941)	President of South Korea (2008–2013)	South Korea

Thailand

Nr	Date	Name	Title	Country	Remarque
Gustaf VI Adolf (1950–1973)
747	3 September 1960	Sirikit (born 1932)	Queen Consort of Thailand (1950–2016)	Thailand	Widow of Bhumibol Adulyadej
Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–)
836	25 February 2003	Vajiralongkorn (born 1952)	Crown Prince of Thailand (1972–2016) King of Thailand (2016–)	Thailand
837	25 February 2003	Sirindhorn (born 1955)	Princess of Thailand	Thailand
838	25 February 2003	Chulabhorn (born 1957)	Princess of Thailand	Thailand

Sources

Per Nordenvall, Kungliga Serafimerorden 1748-1998 (1998)

References

↑ www.gp.se
↑ www.kungahuset.se
↑ Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2003, sid 8
↑ Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2002, sid 8
↑ Diskussionstråd om serafimersköldar på debatthuset.com
1 2 State visit of Swedish royal couple to Japan in 2007
↑ Getty Images, State visit of Sweden in Japan, March 2007, Group photo
↑ "Noblesse et Royautés" Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. (French), Guests to Victoria of Sweden's wedding, Photo

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[1] www.gp.se

[2] www.kungahuset.se

[Kungliga2003-3] Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2003, sid 8

[4] Kungliga Hovstaternas versamhetsberättelse för år 2002, sid 8

[5] Diskussionstråd om serafimersköldar på debatthuset.com

[SweJap-6] 1 2 State visit of Swedish royal couple to Japan in 2007

[7] Getty Images, State visit of Sweden in Japan, March 2007, Group photo

[8] "Noblesse et Royautés" Archived 2013-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. (French), Guests to Victoria of Sweden's wedding, Photo