Order of the Norwegian Lion

The Order of the Norwegian Lion was a Norwegian order of knighthood established by King Oscar II on 21 January 1904, "in memory of the glorious events associated with Norway’s venerable Coat of Arms".[1]

Order of the Norwegian Lion Den norske løve
Star of the Order of the Norwegian Lion
Type	Single grade Order of knighthood
Country	Norway
Ribbon
Status	repealed by Court resolution 11 March 1952
Statistics
Last induction	10 September 1904
Total inductees	11
Precedence
Next (higher)	none
Next (lower)	Order of St. Olav
Related	Order of the Seraphim
Badge of the order

The order was established as an equivalent in rank to the Swedish Order of the Seraphim as knights of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav ranked below the knights of the Seraphim in the shared Swedish-Norwegian royal court. However the expansion of the Norwegian honours system received mixed reactions amongst Norwegian politicians.

The Union between Sweden and Norway was dissolved in 1905 before any Norwegian knights had been appointed and King Haakon VII chose not to appoint any new knights. He formally repealed the order in a Court resolution on 11 March 1952. The last living knight was King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden who died in 1973.

King Oscar II with the ribbon and star of the order