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Abolished Norwegian order of chivalry
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
".
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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 He formally repealed the order in a Court resolution on 11 March 1952.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
Complete list of knights
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Honorary Knights
King Haakon VII formally became Grand Master on 18 November 1905, but never wore any of the order's insignias.
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