The St. Olav's Medal and the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch were instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 17 March 1939. They are awarded in recognition...
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of the St Olav's medal Recipient of the Haakon VII Coronation Medal Recipient of the War Medal Recipient of the Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal Recipient...
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St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch is a Norwegian military award, which was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 6 February 1942. In Norway, the medal...
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Harald V (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
of St. Olav° Norway – Grand Master of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit – Grand Cross° Norway – St Olav's medal° Norway – Defence Service Medal with...
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Officer Badge - 1st Type Order of St. Olav Knight - 1st Type Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway St. Olav's Medal Hieronymussen & Lundø 1968, p. 102...
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Erling Lorentzen (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
Commander of the Order of St. Olav Norway: Recipient of the St. Olav's Military Medal Norway: Recipient of the Norwegian War Medal Norway: Recipient of...
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Jan Baalsrud (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
the Order of the British Empire by the British. He was awarded the St. Olav's medal with Oak Branch by Norway. He was a Second Lieutenant (Fenrik). After...
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Earle Hyman (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
1965, he won a Theatre World Award and in 1988, he was awarded the St Olav's medal for his work in Norwegian theater. In addition to his stage work, Hyman...
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Claus Helberg (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav (1986) St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch King's Medal of Merit in Gold Defence Medal 1940–1945 (with rosette) King...
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Celeste Holm (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
then-President Ronald Reagan, appointed Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Olav of Norway in 1979, and inducted into the American Theater Hall of...
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Sonja Henie (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
person to be made a knight first class of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Honorary Colonel and Godmother of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment...
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Grete Waitz (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
sportsperson ever to receive this award. Waitz received the St. Olav's Medal in 1981 and Medal of St. Hallvard in 1989. "Grete Waitz – A Life in the Lead"....
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This is a list of Norwegian orders and medals, in order of precedence. This list contains all medals approved for wearing on a Norwegian military uniform...
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Harriet Backer (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Dass-medaljen). In 1925, she was made a Knight 1st class in the Order of St. Olav. Backer died on 25 March 1932 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in...
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Knut Haukelid (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
Norway - St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch (1943) United Kingdom - Distinguished Service Order United Kingdom - Military Cross USA - Medal of Freedom...
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Sverre Fehn (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Commander in the Order of St. Olav. In 1998, he was awarded the Norsk kulturråds ærespris. Sverre Fehn was awarded the first Grosch medal in 2001. In 2003, he...
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Gerhard Armauer Hansen (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
prominent women's rights advocate Amalie Hansen. Leprosy Museum (Lepramuseet) at St. Jørgen Hospital in Bergen has been dedicated to Hansen. Haukeland University...
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Ole Edvart Rølvaag (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
in 1951. Rølvaag was appointed Knight of the Order of St Olav by King Haakon VII in 1926. Also, St. Olaf College has created a literary award named for...
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Hans Christian Henriksen (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Oranje-Nassau, was a Commander of the Ordre national du Mérite and held the St. Olav's Medal. Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Henriksen, Hans Chr". Hvem er hvem...
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Weston Noble (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and the only non-Mormon to be so honored St. Olav's Medal, 1999 - received from King Harald V of Norway for his contributions...
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Leif Larsen (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
Title). Despite the raid's failure, Larsen received a Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, the first non-Briton to do so. The Admiralty records the operation as "the...
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Hans Storhaug (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
Storhaug". Norway - St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch Norway - Haakon VIIs 70th Anniversary Medal United Kingdom - Distinguished Service Medal United Kingdom...
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Christian Krohg (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Sculpteurs from 1900. Krohg was made a Knight 1st Class in the Order of St. Olav in 1900 and received the Command Cross in 1910. He was married to artist...
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Jan Herman Linge (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
In 1998 he was made a Knight 1st Class in the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav. Solholm, Rolleiv (June 30, 2007). "Boat designer Linge dies at 85". Norway...
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André Bjerke (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
for the rest of his life. In 1983, he was made a knight in the Order of St. Olav. He died during 1985 and was buried at Vestre gravlund in Oslo. 1958 -...
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Jens-Anton Poulsson (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
while the other participants in the heavy water sabotage received the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch. Poulsson returned to Norway in 1944, participating...
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Joachim Rønneberg (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal with Oak Branch)
service Rønneberg also received St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch, Defence Medal 1940–1945 and Haakon VIIs 70th Anniversary Medal. In addition to his Norwegian...
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Svend Foyn (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
(1796–1844). Foyn was entered as a Knight in the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1853, was promoted to Commander in 1870 and received the Grand Cross...
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Andreas Nilsen Rygg (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Andreas Nilsen Rygg (15 August 1868 – 21 September 1951) was a Norwegian-American journalist, newspaper editor and author. He is most associated with his...
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Leon O. Jacobson (category Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal)
Dr. Leon Orris Jacobson (December 16, 1911 – September 20, 1992) was an American physician, hematologist, radiologist and medical researcher. He was professor...
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