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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...
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  • Look up vasa, Vasa, vása, vāsa, vasā, våsă, Váša, or ваша in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vasa may refer to: Vaşa, Azerbaijan Vasa County, a historic...
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    clergymen), and is the foremost order of Sweden. The three above-mentioned Orders together with the Order of Vasa form the Orders of His Majesty the King (Swedish...
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    of Spain on 19 September 1771 (became a Spanish order) Order of Vasa, founded by Gustav III of Sweden in 1772 (Dormant between 1974 and 2023). Order of...
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  • Vasa Order of America (Swedish: Vasa Orden av Amerika) is a Swedish-American fraternal, cultural and educational organization. The organization seeks to...
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    citizens again and reactivated the Order of the Sword and the Order of Vasa, which came in effect from 1 February 2023. The order was created by King Frederick...
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    1888 Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, with Collar, 30 July 1909  United Kingdom: Stranger Knight Companion of the Garter, 27 January 1877...
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    Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, with Collar, 26 April 1908 Hanover: Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1864 Knight of St. George, 1865 Mecklenburg:...
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    Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld (category Commanders of the Order of Vasa)
    grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf, appointed him a Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa (KVO). The Silfverschiölds maintained a low profile but attended...
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    reactivated the Order of the Sword, Order of the Polar Star and Order of Vasa, which came into effect from 1 February 2023. Royal Order of the Seraphim (Serafimerorden)...
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    the Royal Orders to Swedish citizens and reactivated the Order of the Sword and the Order of Vasa, which came in effect on 1 February 2023. It was first...
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    Agnetha Fältskog (category Commanders First Class of the Order of Vasa)
    all four members of ABBA were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This was the...
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    Björn Ulvaeus (category Commanders First Class of the Order of Vasa)
    owed any of the 90 million kronor. On 21 March 2024, all four members of ABBA were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by His Majesty...
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    of Vasa, Count of Itterburg (German: Gustav, Prinz von Wasa; 9 November 1799 at Stockholm – 4 August/5 August 1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of...
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    Vasa or Wasa (Swedish pronunciation: [²vɑːsa] ) is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. The ship sank after sailing roughly 1,300 m (1,400 yd)...
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    Benny Andersson (category Commanders First Class of the Order of Vasa)
    of the Royal Order of Vasa by His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This was the first time in almost 50 years that the Swedish Royal Orders of...
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    March 2024, all four members of ABBA were appointed Commander, First Class, of the Royal Order of Vasa by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This was the first...
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    Cross of the Order of the Polar Star, 21 August 1810 Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 28 January 1813 Knight of the Order of Charles XIII, 21...
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    prominent member of this younger branch thitherto was Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752–1840). In 1807, he was created a Knight of the Royal Order of Vasa for his scientific...
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    Marc Wallenberg (category Knights of the Order of Vasa)
    important day for the family, which has always been celebrated. Knight of the Order of Vasa "Familjens smeknamn" [Family nicknames]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish)...
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    of the Order of Pope Pius IX  Hungary: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary  Iceland: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of...
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    Imperial Order of Persia, 1919 Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword, 1920 Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 1921 Kingdom...
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    Marcus Wallenberg Sr (category Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa)
    1st Class of the Order of Vasa (6 December 1913) Commander of the Order of Vasa (24 January 1908) Knight 1st Class of the Order of Vasa (1898) Commander...
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    Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (category Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa)
    after the Turkish Surname Law of 1934, was an Ottoman statesman of Crimean Tatar origin. He was the last grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He held the...
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    Robert Means Thompson (category Recipients of the Order of Vasa)
    awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, by the Emperor. He also received the Order of Vasa by the government of Sweden, and the Cross of Commander...
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    Oscar II (redirect from Oscar II of Norway)
    Commander Grand Cross of the Polar Star, 21 January 1829 Commander Grand Cross of the Order of Vasa, 15 June 1866 Grand Cross of St. Olav, with Collar...
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    1772 he founded the Royal Order of Vasa to acknowledge and reward those Swedes who had contributed to advances in the fields of agriculture, mining and...
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    Tord Magnuson (category Commanders of the Order of Vasa)
    as having been CEO of Devisa AB. He is representative of Air Mauritius in Sweden and Commander 1st Class of the Royal Order of Vasa. Magnuson and his wife...
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    The House of Vasa or Wasa (Swedish: Vasaätten, Polish: Wazowie, Lithuanian: Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its members...
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    John Ambler (category Commanders of the Order of Vasa)
    health for a number of years and spent his last ten years in a nursing home in Oxfordshire. Sweden  : Commander of the Royal Order of Vasa (1964). --  Netherlands:...
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