# List of recipients of the Order of the Polar Star

This is an incomplete list of the recipients of the Royal Order of the Polar Star:

## Carl XVI Gustaf (1973–present)

| Year | Name | Citizenship | Main occupation | Grade |
| May 1976 | Johann Beer | Austria | Director | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| December 1976 | Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland | United Kingdom/ Sweden | Princess of Sweden | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 1981 | Valeriu Munteanu | Romania | Lecturer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 1982 | Tellervo Koivisto | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 2 November 1983 | Greta Garbo | Sweden | Actress | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 9 February 1987 | Aníbal Cavaco Silva | Portugal | President of Portugal | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 6 October 1987 | Lars-Eric Lindblad | United States/ Sweden | Entrepreneur and Explorer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 1988 | Henry Segerstrom | United States | Entrepreneur | Commander (KNO) |
| 1988 | Ann-Margret | United States/ Sweden | Actress, Singer and Dancer | Commander (KNO) |
| 1994 | Eeva Ahtisaari | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 1996 | Göran Wide | Finland | Mayor | Commander (KNO) |
| 17 February 2005 | Thamnoon Wanglee | Thailand | Director | Commander (KNO) |
| 22 May 2006 | Waldemar Schmidt | Denmark | Director | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 10 April 2007 | Mohammed Al-Amoudi | Ethiopia/ Saudi Arabia | Businessman and Sheikh | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 10 April 2007 | Mrs. Alice Cheng | China | | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 9 May 2008 | Maria Cavaco Silva | Portugal | First Lady of Portugal | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 25 November 2008 | Jaakko Smolander | Finland | Vice Admiral | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 16 May 2009 | Dan Ekholm | Finland | Editor-in-chief | Commander (KNO) |
| 20 October 2009 | Marc de Gouvenain | France | Translator | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 1 February 2010 | Jussi Helminen | Finland | Theater manager | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 1 February 2010 | Mauno Järvelä | Finland | Fiddler, Violinist and Music pedagogue. | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 1 February 2010 | Helena Edgren | Finland | Chief Director | Commander (KNO) |
| 1 February 2010 | Henry Wiklund | Finland | Statesman | Commander (KNO) |
| 1 February 2010 | Risto Volanen | Finland | State Secretary | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 8 March 2010 | Siggi Loch | Germany | Producer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 17 March 2010 | Tomaz Jervell | Portugal | Honorary Consul | Commander (KNO) |
| 21 April 2010 | Carlos de Vasconcelos | Portugal | Honorary Consul | Commander (KNO) |
| 4 May 2010 | Michael M. Wood | United States | Ambassador | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 1 June 2010 | Yohei Sasakawa | Japan | Director | Commander (KNO) |
| 23 July 2010 | Choe Chong-pil | South Korea | professor | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 23 July 2010 | Choe Chong-dae | South Korea | Chairman | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 21 October 2010 | Jennifer Granholm | United States | Governor | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 18 January 2011 | Evelin Ilves | Estonia | First Lady of Estonia | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 4 May 2011 | Anna Komorowska | Poland | First Lady of Poland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 17 April 2012 | Jenni Haukio | Finland | Spouse of the President of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 30 May 2012 | Kim Yoon-Ok | South Korea | First Lady of South Korea | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 24 October 2012 | Estela de Carlotto | Argentina | Human rights activist | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 6 June 2013 | Christopher O'Neill | United Kingdom/ United States | Consort to Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, as well as a Businessman | Commander (KNO) |
| 27 June 2013 | Colin Carlile | United Kingdom/ Sweden | | Commander (KNO) |
| 26 September 2013 | Michael M. Kaiser | United States | Chief of the Kennedy Center | Commander (KNO) |
| 13 May 2014 | Peter Sutherland | Ireland | UN Special Envoy for Migration and Development | Commander (KNO) |
| 9 July 2014 | Antoine Cohen-Potin | France | | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 4 March 2015 | Carl Haglund | Finland | Finlands Minister of Defence | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 12 March 2015; recalled 7 May 2019 | Jean-Claude Arnault | France | Theatre director and photographer | Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) |
| 10 April 2015 | Else Marie Friis | Denmark | professor | Member 1st Class (LNO1kl) |
| 3 November 2016 | Laura Codruţa Kövesi | Romania | Chief Prosecutor of the Romanian Anti-Corruption Agency | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 14 June 2019 | Kim Jung-sook | South Korea | First Lady of South Korea | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 10 December 2019 | Nivaldo Luis Rossato | Brazil | Chief of the Brazilian Air Force | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 17 September 2021 | Timo Kivinen | Finland | Finnish Army General | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 6 July 2022 | Andrii Plakhotniuk | Ukraine | Ambassador | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 1 September 2022 | Tan Peng Yam | Singapore | Head Researcher of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence | Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) |
| 29 September 2023 | Sirje Karis | Estonia | First Lady of Estonia | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 30 January 2024 | Brigitte Macron | France | Spouse of the French President | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 21 March 2024 | Svante Pääbo | Sweden | professor and Geneticist | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 21 March 2024 | Anne L'Huillier | Sweden/ France | professor | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 21 March 2024 | Catarina Wingren | Sweden | Diplomat/Third Embassy Secretary | Knight (RNO) |
| 23 April 2024 | Suzanne Innes-Stubb | Finland | First Lady of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 23 April 2024 | Elina Valtonen | Finland | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 23 April 2024 | Anna-Maja Henriksson | Finland | Minister for Education | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |
| 23 April 2024 | Olli Rehn | Finland | Governor of the Bank of Finland | Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) |