Dear collectors of «Norwegian Decorations».
This book was issued in October 2021, with 276 pages.
All foreign ricipients of the Norwegian War Cross with Swords, are
included in this issue.
Dear Medal Collectors,
This web page is established to inform foreign collectors about my new book,
"Norwegian Decorations", in English, which describes:
The St. Olav Order of 1847, the Lion Order of 1904 and the Order of Merit of
1985, with number of all official issues, types and classes listed.
Compared with the Norwegian 2012 issue, some chapters has been left out, such
as the NATO and UN medals, sport medals and the medals issued during the
WWII by NS in Norway.
Several new medals have been included, such as 4 new Defence medals of
Honour of Merit for Army, Navy, Air Force and Intelligence, new Defence Service
Medal with Laurel Branch, Defence Operations Abroad, Mediterranean, and
badges of Honor in Gold and Silver from the Defence Senior Society.
Several medals have included the names of foreign persons awarded medals, in
particular rescue medals and all foreign recipients of the War Cross with Sword.
The book has 276 pages and more than 700 photos in colour. All orders and
medals are shown with pictures of obverse and reverse.
See below, as an example the complete list of all St. Olav awards from 1847 to
2019 for all Kings.
The book can be ordered by my e-mail address listed below. The price is 50 Euro
plus 13 € post and postage within Europe, 16 € overseas to US and Canada.
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Yours sincerely
Harald Hallberg
Sandnes, Norway 22.11.2021
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AWARDS
The awards in the tables below have been manually noted from all the Norwegian State
Calendars, from 1847, based on a study the author made in 2012, and completed in 2020.
2.1
Awards for all Regents from 1847 to 2019
Governing Regent
Regent period
Total no.
King Oscar I
1847–1859 (8/7)
444
King Carl XV
1859–1872 (18/9)
985
King Oscar II
1872–1905 (7/6)
3448
King Haakon VII
1906–1957 (21/9)
9053
King Olav V
1957–1991 (17/1)
4691
King Harald V (until 2019)
1991–2019*
854
Total for period 1847–2019
19475
2.2
Specified for each Regent and class
Governing regent
GC
C1
C2
K1
K2
Total
Oscar I
1847–1859
49
108
0
287
0
444
Carl XV
1859–1872
71
196
0
718
0
985
Oscar II
1872–1905
202
437
532
2160
117
3448
Haakon VII 1905–1957
727
975
1944
4490
917
9053
Olav V
1957–1991
436
416
1069
2178
592
4691
Harald V 1991–2019*
67
24
246
501
15
854
Total
1847 – 2019
1552
2156
3791 10334
1641
19475
2.3 Per cent distribution for all 6 Kings and 5 classes. Total 1847–2016
% distribution–each class
O I
C XV
O II
H VII
O V
H 5
Grand Cross
11,0
7,2
5,9
8,0
9,3
6,9
Commander 1 Class
st
24,3
19,9
12,7
10,8
8,9
2,6
Commander 2 Class
nd
0
0
15,4
21,5
22,8
26,8
Knight 1 Class
st
64,7
72,9
62,6
49,6
46,4
62,3
Knight 2 Class
nd
0
0
3,4
10,1
12,6
1,5
Total awards
100
100
100
100
100
100
2.4 Per cent distribution for all Norwegian citizens. Total 1847–2016
% distribution – each class
O I
C XV
O II
H VII
O V
H 5
Total awarded Norwegians
197
303
1550
2106
1177
662
Grand Cross
6,1
4,6
2,2
2,5
0,9
1,2
Commander 1 Class
st
17,8
12,6
11,3
9,0
3,7
3,2
Commander 2 Class
nd
0
0
7,7
13,9
24,0
31,0
Knight 1 Class
st
76,1
82,8
78,8
71,7
69,6
64,6
Knight 2 Class
nd
0
0
0
2,9
1,8
0,03
Total awards
100
100
100
100
100
100
Above is a general listing, details for each kings, year and classes in the book.
