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The Royal Order of Vasa (Swedish: Kungliga Vasaorden) is a Swedish order of chivalry founded on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It is awarded to Swedish citizens for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce.
On 20 December 2022, the Swedish Government published a new regulation that repealed the 1974 regulation, and once again opened the Royal Orders to Swedish citizens and reactivated the Order of the Sword, Order of the Polar Star and Order of Vasa, which came into effect from 1 February 2023. [3] [4]
The main purpose is to preserve the records of the Vasa Order of America and its members. The Vasa National Archives is a 501(c)3 and its parent organization the Vasa Order of America is a 501(c)8. The Vasa National Archives term of office is four years. The Vasa National Archives president position is held by the outgoing grand lodge grand ...
They were knighted by Swedish royalty, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. “The order you get today is Sweden’s thanks for your exceptional efforts,” the king, 78, said, according to Sky ...
The particular knighthood that the four members were being honored with in Stockholm had been dormant for a half-century, until the granting of knighthoods to ordinary Swedish citizens was revived ...
In addition to the royal regalia, the Royal Treasury also includes some jeweled insignia of the Swedish royal orders of chivalry, especially of the Order of the Seraphim. [12] [13] [14] The Order of Charles XIII, the Order of Vasa, the Order of the Polar Star and the Order of the Sword.
Charles X Gustav's Order of the Name of Jesus took the form of a similar circular medallion bearing the letters IHS in diamonds surrounded by a border of diamonds in the center of a cross formed of four enameled Vasa sheaves and hanging from a pink ribbon worn around the neck, of which one example survives in the collections of the Royal Armory ...
Membership of the order can only be conferred on Freemasons of the Protestant faith. The membership of the order comprises: Thirty lay members and never more than seven non-Swedish members, each holding the XI (highest) degree of the Swedish Rite of Freemasonry, i.e. either regional heads or national heads.