# List of commanders of the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

This is a list of commanders of the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. Living Commanders are in bold and foreign Commanders are on blue background.
The Grand Cross can be awarded with a Collar.
| Year of appointment | Commander | Role | Lived | Notes |
| 1919 | Gustaf V | King of Sweden (1907–1950) | 1858–1950 | with Collar |
| 1919 | Christian X | King of Denmark (1912–1947) | 1870–1947 | with Collar |
| 1919 | Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim | Regent of Finland (1918–1919) Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1918, 1939–1946) President of Finland (1944–1946) | 1867–1951 | with Collar with Collar, Swords and Diamonds from 1944 |
| 1919 | Kaarlo Castrén | Prime Minister of Finland (1919) | 1860–1938 | |
| 1919 | Lauri Ingman | Prime Minister of Finland (1918–1919) Archbishop of Turku (1930–1934) | 1868–1934 | |
| 1919 | Gustaf Johansson | Archbishop of Turku (1899–1930) | 1844–1930 | |
| 1919 | August Nybergh | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1918–1920) | 1851–1920 | |
| 1919 | Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1918–1919) President of Finland (1919–1925) | 1865–1952 | with Collar from later 1919 |
| 1919 | Johan Richard Danielson-Kalmari | statesman | 1853–1933 | |
| 1919 | Thiodolf Rein | professor, statesman | 1838–1919 | |
| 1919 | Rabbe Axel Wrede | professor | 1851–1938 | |
| 1920 | Otto Stenroth | Governor of the Bank of Finland (1918–1923) Chancellor of the Order (1919–1938) | 1861–1939 | |
| 1920 | Paul Deschanel | President of France (1920) | 1855–1922 | with Collar |
| 1920 | Raymond Poincaré | former President of France (1913–1920) | 1860–1934 | with Collar |
| 1920 | Victor Emmanuel III | King of Italy (1900–1946) | 1869–1947 | with Collar |
| 1920 | Robert Hermanson | professor | 1846–1928 | |
| 1920 | Julius Grotenfelt | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1920–1929) | 1859–1929 | |
| 1920 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | banker Prime Minister of Finland (1918, 1944–1946) President of Finland (1946–1956) | 1870–1956 | with Collar from 1946 |
| 1920 | Hugo Rautapää | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1919–1922) | 1874–1922 | |
| 1920 | Juho Vennola | Prime Minister of Finland (1919–1920, 1921–1922) | 1872–1938 | |
| 1920 | Karl Fredrik Wilkama | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1918, 1919, 1919–1924) | 1876–1947 | |
| 1921 | Carl Enckell | politician, diplomat | 1876–1959 | |
| 1921 | Rafael Erich | former Prime Minister of Finland (1920–1921) | 1879–1946 | |
| 1923 | Johan Laidoner | Estonian general and statesman. | 1884–1953 | |
| 1924 | Aimo Cajander | Prime Minister of Finland (1922, 1924, 1937–1939) | 1879–1943 | |
| 1924 | Anders Donner | professor | 1854–1938 | |
| 1925 | Lauri Kristian Relander | President of Finland (1925–1931) | 1883–1942 | with Collar |
| 1925 | Gustaf Adolf (later Gustaf VI Adolf) | Crown Prince of Sweden (1907–1950) King of Sweden (1950–1973) | 1882–1973 | with Collar |
| 1925 | Jean Sibelius | composer | 1865–1957 | |
| 1925 | Ossian Donner | industrialist, diplomat | 1866–1957 | |
| 1925 | Antti Tulenheimo | Prime Minister of Finland (1925) Chancellor of the Order (1942–1952) | 1879–1952 | |
| 1926 | Jānis Čakste | President of Latvia (1918–1927) | 1859–1927 | with Collar |
| 1926 | Haakon VII | King of Norway (1905–1957) | 1872–1957 | with Collar |
| 1926 | Olav (later Olav V) | Crown Prince of Norway (1905–1957) King of Norway (1957–1991) | 1903–1991 | with Collar |
| 1926 | Frederik (later Frederik IX) | Crown Prince of Denmark (1912–1947) King of Denmark (1947–1972) | 1899–1972 | with Collar |
| 1926 | Eemil Nestor Setälä | statesman | 1864–1935 | |
| 1927 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | former Regent of Finland (1918) Prime Minister of Finland (1917–1918, 1930–1931) President of Finland (1931–1937) | 1861–1944 | with Collar |
| 1928 | Hugo Suolahti | professor, politician | 1874–1944 | |
| 1928 | Axel Fredrik Charpentier | former Chancellor of Justice of Finland (1918–1928) | 1865–1949 | |
| 1928 | Werner Söderhjelm | professor, diplomat | 1859–1931 | |
| 1929 | August Ramsay | former Governor of the Bank of Finland (1923–1924) | 1859–1943 | |
| 1929 | Juho Sunila | Prime Minister of Finland (1927–1928, 1931–1932) | 1875–1936 | |
| 1929 | Hannes Gebhard | professor | 1864–1933 | |
| 1929 | Oskari Mantere | former Prime Minister of Finland (1928–1929) Chancellor of the Order (1938–1942) | 1874–1942 | |
| 1929 | Hjalmar J. Procopé | politician | 1889–1954 | |
| 1930 | Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk | President of Czechoslovakia (1918–1935) | 1850–1937 | with Collar |
| 1930 | Ignacy Mościcki | President of Poland (1926–1939) | 1867–1946 | with Collar |
| 1931 | Albert I | King of the Belgians (1909–1934) | 1875–1934 | with Collar |
| 1931 | Henry | Prince of the Netherlands, Consort to the Queen (1901–1934) | 1876–1934 | with Collar |
| 1931 | Miklós Horthy | Regent of Hungary (1920–1944) | 1868–1957 | with Collar |
| 1932 | Alberts Kviesis | President of Latvia (1930–1936) | 1881–1944 | with Collar |
| 1932 | Antanas Smetona | President of Lithuania (1926–1940) | 1874–1944 | with Collar |
| 1932 | Wilhelmina | Queen of the Netherlands (1890–1948) | 1880–1962 | with Collar |
| 1933 | Lars Karl Krogius | businessman | 1860–1935 | |
| 1935 | Fuad I | King of Egypt (1922–1936) | 1868–1936 | with Collar |
| 1935 | Hugo Magnus Johannes Relander | politician | 1865–1947 | |
| 1935 | Shaul Tchernichovsky | poet | 1875–1943 | |
| 1935 | Frans Pehkonen | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1929–1940) | 1870–1957 | |
| 1935 | Toivo Mikael Kivimäki | Prime Minister of Finland (1932–1936) | 1886–1968 | |
| 1936 | Erkki Kaila | Archbishop of Turku (1935–1944) | 1867–1944 | |
| 1936 | Risto Ryti | Governor of the Bank of Finland (1923–1940, 1944–1945) Prime Minister of Finland (1939–1940) President of Finland (1940–1944) | 1889–1956 | with Collar from 1940 |
| 1937 | Hannes Ignatius | military leader | 1871–1941 | |
| 1937 | Aarne Sihvo | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1926–1933, 1946–1953) | 1889–1963 | |
| 1937 | Rudolf Walden | military leader | 1878–1946 | |
| 1937 | Martin Wetzer | military leader | 1868–1954 | |
| 1937 | Kyösti Kallio | President of Finland (1937–1940) | 1873–1940 | with Collar |
| 1937 | Jalmar Castrén | professor, politician, public servant | 1873–1946 | |
| 1937 | Konstantin Päts | Head of State of Estonia (1921–1922, 1923–1924, 1931–1932, 1932–1933, 1933–1940) | 1874–1956 | with Collar |
| 1937 | Getúlio Vargas | President of Brazil (1930–1945, 1951–1954) | 1882–1954 | with Collar |
| 1937 | Leonard Hjelmman | professor | 1869–1952 | |
| 1937 | Gustaf Komppa | professor | 1867–1949 | |
| 1938 | Paul von Gerich | military leader | 1873–1951 | |
| 1938 | Amos Anderson | newspaper proprietor | 1878–1961 | |
| 1940 | Yrjö Hirn | professor | 1870–1952 | |
| 1940 | Ernst Lindelöf | professor | 1870–1946 | |
| 1940 | Alfredo Baldomir | President of Uruguay (1938–1943) | 1884–1948 | with Collar |
| 1940 | Roberto María Ortiz | President of Argentina (1938–1942) | 1886–1942 | with Collar |
| 1940 | Urho Castrén | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1929–1956) Prime Minister of Finland (1944) | 1886–1965 | |
| 1940 | Hjalmar Neovius | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1940–1945) | 1877–1960 | |
| 1941 | Hermann Göring | politician, military leader | 1893–1946 | with Collar |
| 1942 | Joachim von Ribbentrop | politician | 1893–1946 | with Collar |
| 1942 | Michael I | King of Romania (1927–1930, 1940–1947) | 1921–2017 | with Collar |
| 1942 | Eero Yrjö Pehkonen | politician | 1882–1949 | |
| 1942 | Hirohito | Emperor of Japan (1926–1989) | 1901–1989 | with Collar |
| 1942 | Mauri Honkajuuri | banker | 1882–1948 | |
| 1942 | Johan Wilhelm Rangell | Prime Minister of Finland (1941–1943) | 1894–1982 | |
| 1942 | Alexander Frey | politician, banker | 1877–1945 | |
| 1943 | Antti Hackzell | former minister, Prime Minister of Finland (1944) | 1881–1946 | |
| 1944 | Edwin Linkomies | former Prime Minister of Finland (1943–1944) | 1894–1963 | |
| 1944 | Henrik Ramsay | politician | 1886–1951 | |
| 1946 | Aleksi Lehtonen | Archbishop of Turku (1945–1951) | 1891–1951 | |
| 1946 | Oskar Möller | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1945–1950) | 1880–1971 | |
| 1951 | Ilmari Salomies | Archbishop of Turku (1951–1964) | 1893–1973 | |
| 1951 | Toivo Tarjanne | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1950–1963) Chancellor of the Order (1963–?) | 1893–1988 | |
| 1953 | Urho Kekkonen | Prime Minister of Finland (1950–1953, 1954–1956) President of Finland (1956–1982) | 1900–1986 | with Collar from 1956 |
| 1954 | Ásgeir Ásgeirsson | President of Iceland (1952–1968) | 1894–1972 | with Collar |
| 1954 | Baudouin | King of the Belgians (1951–1993) | 1930–1993 | with Collar |
| 1954 | Ralf Törngren | former Prime Minister of Finland (1954) | 1899–1961 | |
| 1955 | Sakari Tuomioja | former Prime Minister of Finland (1953–1954) | 1911–1964 | |
| 1955 | Kliment Voroshilov | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1953–1960) | 1881–1969 | with Collar |
| 1955 | Karl-August Fagerholm | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1945–1947, 1950–1956, 1957, 1958–1961, 1965) Prime Minister of Finland (1948–1950, 1956–1957, 1958–1959) | 1901–1984 | |
| 1956 | Louise | Queen consort of Sweden (1950–1965) | 1889–1965 | with Collar |
| 1957 | Ingrid | Queen consort of Denmark (1947–1972) | 1910–2000 | with Collar |
| 1957 | Vieno Johannes Sukselainen | Prime Minister of Finland (1957, 1959–1961) | 1906–1995 | |
| 1958 | Margrethe (now Margrethe II) | Princess of Denmark (until 1972) Heir presumptive to the Danish throne (1953–1972) Queen of Denmark (1972–2024) | born 1940 | with Collar |
| 1958 | Rainer von Fieandt | former Prime Minister of Finland (1957–1958) | 1890–1972 | |
| 1959 | Georg Achates Gripenberg | diplomat | 1890–1975 | |
| 1959 | Reino Kuuskoski | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1958–1965) former Prime Minister of Finland (1958) | 1907–1965 | |
| 1959 | Pekka Myrberg | professor | 1892–1976 | |
| 1960 | Adolf Schärf | President of Austria (1957–1965) | 1890–1965 | with Collar |
| 1960 | Giovanni Gronchi | President of Italy (1955–1962) | 1887–1978 | with Collar |
| 1961 | Harald (now Harald V) | Crown Prince of Norway (1957–1991) King of Norway (1991–present) | born 1937 | with Collar |
| 1961 | Elizabeth II | Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022) | 1926–2022 | with Collar |
| 1961 | Eero Rydman | politician, Chancellor of the Order (1953–1963) | 1889–1963 | |
| 1962 | Kauno Kleemola | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1962–1965) | 1906–1965 | |
| 1962 | Martti Miettunen | Prime Minister of Finland (1961–1962, 1975–1977) | 1907–2002 | |
| 1962 | Charles de Gaulle | President of France (1959–1969) | 1890–1970 | with Collar |
| 1963 | Josip Broz Tito | President of Yugoslavia (1953–1980) | 1892–1980 | with Collar |
| 1963 | Habib Bourguiba | President of Tunisia (1957–1987) | 1903–2000 | with Collar |
| 1963 | Julius Nyerere | President of Tanganyika (1962–1964) President of Tanzania (1964–1985) | 1922–1999 | with Collar |
| 1964 | Adolfo López Mateos | President of Mexico (1958–1964) | 1909–1969 | with Collar |
| 1964 | Aleksander Zawadzki | Chairman of the Council of State of Poland (1952–1964) | 1899–1964 | with Collar |
| 1964 | Ahti Karjalainen | Prime Minister of Finland (1962–1963, 1970–1971) | 1923–1990 | |
| 1964 | Reino Ragnar Lehto | former Prime Minister of Finland (1963–1964) | 1898–1966 | |
| 1964 | Matti Piipponen | former President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1963–1964) | 1894–1980 | |
| 1965 | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | President of India (1962–1967) | 1888–1975 | with Collar |
| 1965 | Edward Ochab | Chairman of the Council of State of Poland (1964–1968) | 1906–1989 | with Collar |
| 1965 | Antti Hannikainen | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1964–1975) | 1910–1976 | |
| 1965 | Sakari Simelius | former Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1959–1965) | 1900–1985 | |
| 1966 | Aarne Nuorvala | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1965–1982) | 1912–2013 | |
| 1966 | Martti Simojoki | Archbishop of Turku (1964–1978) | 1908–1999 | |
| 1966 | Johannes Virolainen | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1966–1968, 1979–1982) former Prime Minister of Finland (1964–1966) | 1914–2000 | |
| 1967 | Gamal Abdel Nasser | President of Egypt (1956–1970) | 1918–1970 | with Collar |
| 1968 | Georgi Traykov | Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria (1964–1971) | 1898–1975 | with Collar |
| 1969 | Ludvík Svoboda | President of Czechoslovakia (1968–1975) | 1895–1979 | with Collar |
| 1969 | Nicolae Ceaușescu | Head of State of Romania (1967–1989) | 1918–1989 | with Collar |
| 1969 | Pál Losonczi | Chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (1967–1987) | 1919–2005 | with Collar |
| 1969 | Nikolai Podgorny | Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1965–1977) | 1903–1983 | with Collar |
| 1970 | Mohammed Reza Pahlavi | Shah of Iran (1941–1979) | 1919–1980 | with Collar |
| 1970 | Farah Pahlavi | Consort to the Shah of Iran (1959–1979) | born 1933 | with Collar |
| 1970 | Mauno Koivisto | Governor of the Bank of Finland (1968–1982) Prime Minister of Finland (1968–1970, 1979–1982) President of Finland (1982–1994) | 1923–2017 | with Collar from 1982 |
| 1970 | Rafael Paasio | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1966, 1970–1972) Prime Minister of Finland (1966–1968, 1972) | 1903–1980 | |
| 1971 | Giuseppe Saragat | President of Italy (1964–1971) | 1898–1988 | with Collar |
| 1971 | Cevdet Sunay | President of Turkey (1966–1973) | 1899–1982 | with Collar |
| 1972 | Kristján Eldjárn | President of Iceland (1968–1980) | 1916–1982 | with Collar |
| 1972 | Franz Jonas | President of Austria (1965–1974) | 1899–1974 | with Collar |
| 1972 | Juliana | Queen of the Netherlands (1948–1980) | 1909–2004 | with Collar |
| 1972 | Bernhard | Prince of the Netherlands, Consort to the Queen (1948–1980) | 1911–2004 | with Collar |
| 1972 | Teuvo Aura | former Prime Minister of Finland (1970, 1971–1972) | 1912–1999 | |
| 1973 | Léopold Sédar Senghor | President of Senegal (1960–1980) | 1906–2001 | with Collar |
| 1973 | Henrik | Consort to the Queen of Denmark (1972–2018) | 1934–2018 | with Collar |
| 1973 | Erik Serlachius | industrialist | 1901–1980 | |
| 1974 | Willi Stoph | Chairman of the State Council of East Germany (1973–1976) | 1914–1999 | with Collar |
| 1974 | Carl XVI Gustaf | King of Sweden (1973–present) | born 1946 | with Collar |
| 1975 | Juan Carlos (later Juan Carlos I) | Prince of Spain King of Spain (1975–2014) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 1975 | Rolf Nevanlinna | professor | 1895–1980 | |
| 1976 | Walter Scheel | President of West Germany (1974–1979) | 1919–2016 | with Collar |
| 1976 | Leonid Brezhnev | General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1964–1982) Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (1960–1964, 1977–1982) | 1906–1982 | with Collar |
| 1977 | Rudolf Kirchschläger | President of Austria (1974–1986) | 1915–2000 | with Collar |
| 1977 | Fahri Korutürk | President of Turkey (1973–1980) | 1903–1987 | with Collar |
| 1977 | Erich Honecker | Chairman of the State Council of East Germany (1976–1989) | 1912–1994 | with Collar |
| 1978 | Sofía | Queen consort of Spain (1975–2014) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 1979 | Uolevi Raade | industrialist | 1912–1998 | |
| 1979 | Lauri Sutela | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1974–1983) | 1918–2011 | |
| 1980 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | President of France (1974–1981) | 1926–2020 | with Collar |
| 1980 | Armas-Eino Martola | military leader | 1896–1986 | |
| 1980 | Curt Olsson | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1975–1989) | 1919–2014 | |
| 1982 | Silvia | Queen consort of Sweden (1976–present) | born 1943 | with Collar |
| 1982 | Vigdís Finnbogadóttir | President of Iceland (1980–1996) | born 1930 | with Collar |
| 1982 | Aksel Airo | military leader | 1898–1985 | |
| 1982 | Arvo Ylppö | doctor, professor | 1887–1992 | |
| 1983 | François Mitterrand | President of France (1981–1995) | 1916–1996 | with Collar |
| 1983 | Klaus Waris | former Governor of the Bank of Finland (1957–1967) | 1914–1994 | |
| 1985 | Richard von Weizsäcker | President of Germany (1984–1994) | 1920–2015 | with Collar |
| 1985 | Kalevi Sorsa | Prime Minister of Finland (1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1987) | 1930–2004 | |
| 1986 | Radovan Vlajković | President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1985–1986) | 1924–2001 | with Collar |
| 1986 | Akihito | Crown Prince of Japan (1952–1989) Emperor of Japan (1989–2019) | born 1933 | with Collar |
| 1986 | John Vikström | Archbishop of Turku (1982–1998) | born 1931 | |
| 1987 | Gustáv Husák | President of Czechoslovakia (1975–1989) | 1913–1991 | with Collar |
| 1987 | Hussein | King of Jordan (1952–1999) | 1935–1999 | with Collar |
| 1987 | Antti Suviranta | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (1982–1993) | 1923–2008 | |
| 1988 | Tellervo Koivisto | Spouse of the President of Finland (1982–1994) | born 1929 | |
| 1988 | Harri Holkeri | Prime Minister of Finland (1987–1991) | 1937–2011 | |
| 1988 | Esko Rekola | politician, Chancellor of the Order (1987–1996) | 1919–2014 | |
| 1989 | Wojciech Jaruzelski | Head of State of Poland (1985–1990) | 1923–2014 | with Collar |
| 1989 | Birendra | King of Nepal (1972–2001) | 1944–2001 | with Collar |
| 1989 | Jaakko Valtanen | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1983–1990) | 1925–2024 | |
| 1990 | Beatrix | Queen of the Netherlands (1980–2013) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 1990 | Claus | Prince of the Netherlands, Consort to the Queen (1980–2002) | 1926–2002 | with Collar |
| 1990 | Mário Soares | President of Portugal (1986–1996) | 1924–2017 | with Collar |
| 1991 | Jan Klenberg | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1990–1994) | 1931–2020 | |
| 1992 | Esko Aho | Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995) | born 1954 | |
| 1993 | Jean | Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1964–2000) | 1921–2019 | with Collar |
| 1993 | Joséphine Charlotte | Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg (1964–2000) | 1927–2005 | with Collar |
| 1993 | Oscar Luigi Scalfaro | President of Italy (1992–1999) | 1918–2012 | with Collar |
| 1993 | Lech Wałęsa | President of Poland (1990–1995) | born 1943 | with Collar |
| 1994 | Martti Ahtisaari | President of Finland (1994–2000) | 1937–2023 | with Collar |
| 1994 | Eeva Ahtisaari | Spouse of the President of Finland (1994–2000) | born 1936 | |
| 1994 | Roman Herzog | President of Germany (1994–1999) | 1934–2017 | with Collar |
| 1994 | Olavi Heinonen | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1989–2001) | 1938–2024 | |
| 1995 | Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan | King of Malaysia (1994–1999) | 1922–2008 | with Collar |
| 1995 | Árpád Göncz | President of Hungary (1990–2000) | 1922–2015 | with Collar |
| 1995 | Lennart Meri | President of Estonia (1992–2001) | 1929–2006 | with Collar |
| 1995 | Leonid Kuchma | President of Ukraine (1994–2005) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 1995 | Gustav Hägglund | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (1994–2001) | born 1938 | |
| 1996 | Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | Emir of Kuwait (1977–2006) | 1926–2006 | with Collar |
| 1996 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan | President of the United Arab Emirates (1971–2004) | 1918–2004 | with Collar |
| 1996 | Albert II | King of the Belgians (1993–2013) | born 1934 | with Collar |
| 1996 | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos | President of Greece (1995–2005) | 1926–2016 | with Collar |
| 1996 | Pekka Hallberg | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (1993–2012) | born 1944 | |
| 1996 | Paavo Lipponen | Prime Minister of Finland (1995–2003) | born 1941 | |
| 1997 | Carlos Menem | President of Argentina (1989–1999) | 1930–2021 | with Collar |
| 1997 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | President of Brazil (1995–2003) | born 1931 | with Collar |
| 1997 | Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle | President of Chile (1994–2000) | born 1942 | with Collar |
| 1997 | Aleksander Kwaśniewski | President of Poland (1995–2005) | born 1954 | with Collar |
| 1997 | Nelson Mandela | President of South Africa (1994–1999) | 1918–2013 | with Collar |
| 1997 | Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson | President of Iceland (1996–2016) | born 1943 | with Collar |
| 1998 | Emil Constantinescu | President of Romania (1996–2000) | born 1939 | with Collar |
| 1999 | Ernesto Zedillo | President of Mexico (1994–2000) | born 1951 | with Collar |
| 1999 | Jacques Chirac | President of France (1995–2007) | 1932–2019 | with Collar |
| 1999 | Carlo Azeglio Ciampi | President of Italy (1999–2006) | 1920–2016 | with Collar |
| 1999 | Jaakko Iloniemi | diplomat, Chancellor of the Order (1997–2005) | born 1932 | |
| 2000 | Tarja Halonen | President of Finland (2000–2012) | born 1943 | with Collar |
| 2000 | Pentti Arajärvi | Spouse of the President of Finland (2000–2012) | born 1948 | |
| 2001 | Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga | President of Latvia (1999–2007) | born 1937 | with Collar |
| 2001 | Johannes Rau | President of Germany (1999–2004) | 1931–2006 | with Collar |
| 2001 | Arnold Rüütel | President of Estonia (2001–2006) | born 1928 | with Collar |
| 2002 | Valdas Adamkus | President of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009) | born 1926 | with Collar |
| 2002 | Ricardo Lagos | President of Chile (2000–2006) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 2002 | Ferenc Mádl | President of Hungary (2000–2005) | 1931–2011 | with Collar |
| 2002 | Jorge Sampaio | President of Portugal (1996–2006) | 1939–2021 | with Collar |
| 2002 | Juhani Kaskeala | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (2001–2009) | born 1946 | |
| 2002 | Riitta Uosukainen | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1994, 1995–1998, 1999–2003) | born 1942 | |
| 2003 | Leif Sevón | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (2001–2005) | born 1941 | |
| 2004 | Enrique Bolaños | President of Nicaragua (2002–2007) | 1928–2021 | with Collar |
| 2004 | Matti Vanhanen | Prime Minister of Finland (2003–2010) | born 1955 | |
| 2006 | László Sólyom | President of Hungary (2005–2010) | 1942–2023 | with Collar |
| 2006 | Heinz Fischer | President of Austria (2004–2016) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 2006 | Viktor Yushchenko | President of Ukraine (2005–2010) | born 1954 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Toomas Hendrik Ilves | President of Estonia (2006–2016) | born 1953 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani | Emir of Qatar (1995–2013) | born 1952 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Horst Köhler | President of Germany (2004–2010) | born 1943 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Michelle Bachelet | President of Chile (2006–2010, 2014–2018) | born 1951 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Abdullah | King of Saudi Arabia (2005–2015) | 1924–2015 | with Collar |
| 2007 | Aino Sallinen | professor, Chancellor of the Order (2005–2016) | born 1947 | |
| 2008 | Lech Kaczyński | President of Poland (2005–2010) | 1949–2010 | with Collar |
| 2008 | Traian Băsescu | President of Romania (2004–2014) | born 1951 | with Collar |
| 2008 | Giorgio Napolitano | President of Italy (2006–2015) | 1925–2023 | with Collar |
| 2008 | Henri | Grand Duke of Luxembourg (2000–present) | born 1955 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Nursultan Nazarbayev | President of Kazakhstan (1991–2019) | born 1940 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Karolos Papoulias | President of Greece (2005–2015) | 1929–2021 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Stjepan Mesić | President of Croatia (2000–2010) | born 1934 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | President of Liberia (2006–2018) | born 1938 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Abdoulaye Wade | President of Senegal (2000–2012) | born 1926 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Bashar al-Assad | President of Syria (2000–2024) | born 1965 | with Collar |
| 2009 | Pauliine Koskelo | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (2006–2015) | born 1956 | |
| 2010 | Danilo Türk | President of Slovenia (2007–2012) | born 1952 | with Collar |
| 2010 | Valdis Zatlers | President of Latvia (2007–2011) | born 1955 | with Collar |
| 2010 | Thomas Boni Yayi | President of Benin (2006–2016) | born 1951 | with Collar |
| 2010 | Abdullah II | King of Jordan (1999–present) | born 1962 | with Collar |
| 2011 | Ivo Josipović | President of Croatia (2010–2015) | born 1957 | with Collar |
| 2011 | Ari Puheloinen | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (2009–2014) | born 1951 | |
| 2012 | Sauli Niinistö | President of Finland (2012–2024) | born 1948 | with Collar |
| 2012 | Jenni Haukio | Spouse of the President of Finland (2012–2024) | born 1977 | |
| 2013 | Dalia Grybauskaitė | President of Lithuania (2009–2019) | born 1956 | with Collar |
| 2013 | Andris Bērziņš | President of Latvia (2011–2015) | born 1966 | with Collar |
| 2013 | François Hollande | President of France (2012–2017) | born 1954 | with Collar |
| 2013 | Jyrki Katainen | Prime Minister of Finland (2011–2014) | born 1971 | |
| 2015 | Bronisław Komorowski | President of Poland (2010–2015) | born 1952 | with Collar |
| 2015 | Enrique Peña Nieto | President of Mexico (2012–2018) | born 1966 | with Collar |
| 2016 | Jarmo Lindberg | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (2014–2019) | born 1959 | |
| 2016 | Juha Sipilä | Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019) | born 1961 | |
| 2017 | Kersti Kaljulaid | President of Estonia (2016–2021) | born 1969 | with Collar |
| 2017 | Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson | President of Iceland (2016–2024) | born 1968 | with Collar |
| 2017 | Sergio Mattarella | President of Italy (2015–present) | born 1941 | with Collar |
| 2017 | Andrzej Duda | President of Poland (2015–present) | born 1972 | with Collar |
| 2018 | Emmanuel Macron | President of the French Republic (2017–present) | born 1977 | with Collar |
| 2018 | Frank-Walter Steinmeier | President of Germany (2017–present) | born 1956 | with Collar |
| 2019 | Timo Esko | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (2016–2019) | born 1952 | |
| 2021 | Kari Kuusiniemi | President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (2018–present) | born 1960 | |
| 2022 | Victoria | Crown Princess of Sweden (1980–present) | born 1977 | with Collar |
| 2022 | Timo Kivinen | Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces (2019–2024) | born 1959 | |
| 2022 | Sanna Marin | Prime Minister of Finland (2019–2023) | born 1985 | |
| 2023 | Tatu Leppänen | President of the Supreme Court of Finland (2019–present) | born 1968 | |
| 2024 | Alexander Stubb | President of Finland (2024–present) | born 1968 | with Collar |
| 2024 | Suzanne Innes-Stubb | Spouse of the President of Finland (2024–present) | born 1970 | |
| 2024 | Alar Karis | President of Estonia (2021–present) | born 1958 | with Collar |
| 2024 | Haakon | Crown Prince of Norway (1991–present) | born 1973 | with Collar |
| 2024 | Petteri Orpo | Prime Minister of Finland (2023–present) | born 1969 | |

## Sources

* Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunnan suurristin ketjuineen ulkomaalaiset saajat (in Finnish)
* Korkeimpien suomalaisten kunniamerkkien haltijat 1918–1969 (in Finnish)