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 Director Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) December 1976 Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland / Princess of Sweden Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) 29 August 1980 Carl O'Sullivan Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland) Knight Grand Cross 1981 Valeriu Munteanu Lecturer Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) 1982 Tellervo Koivisto Spouse of the President of Finland Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) 3 May 1983 Greta Garbo Actress Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) 15 January 1985 Louis Hogan Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland) Commander 27 September 1986 Gerard O'Sullivan Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (Ireland) Commander 9 February 1987 Aníbal Cavaco Silva President of Portugal Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)6 October 1987Lars-Eric Lindblad/Entrepreneur and ExplorerKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)1988Henry SegerstromEntrepreneurCommander (KNO)Ann-Margret/Actress, Singer and DancerLinda WallenbergSwedish Language Teacher1994Eeva Ahtisaari Spouse of the President of FinlandCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)1996Göran WideMayorCommander (KNO)17 February 2005Thamnoon WangleeDirector22 May 2006Waldemar SchmidtDirectorKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)10 April 2007Mohammed Al-Amoudi/Businessman and SheikhCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)Mrs. Alice ChengCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)9 May 2008Maria Cavaco SilvaFirst Lady of Portugal20 November 2008John BrutonTaoiseachCommander Grand Cross25 November 2008Jaakko SmolanderVice AdmiralCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)16 May 2009Dan EkholmEditor-in-chiefCommander (KNO)20 October 2009Marc de GouvenainTranslatorKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)1 February 2010Jussi HelminenTheater managerMauno JärveläFiddler, Violinist and Music pedagogue.Helena EdgrenChief DirectorCommander (KNO)Henry WiklundStatesmanRisto VolanenState SecretaryCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)8 March 2010Siggi LochProducerKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)17 March 2010Tomaz JervellHonorary ConsulCommander (KNO)21 April 2010Carlos de Vasconcelos4 May 2010Michael M. WoodAmbassadorCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)1 June 2010Yohei SasakawaDirectorCommander (KNO) 23 July 2010Choe Chong-pilprofessorKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)Choe Chong-daeChairmanKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)21 October 2010Jennifer GranholmGovernorCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)18 January 2011Evelin IlvesFirst Lady of Estonia Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)4 May 2011Anna KomorowskaFirst Lady of Poland 17 April 2012Jenni HaukioSpouse of the President of Finland30 May 2012Kim Yoon-OkFirst Lady of South Korea24 October 2012Estela de CarlottoHuman rights activist6 June 2013Christopher O'Neill/Consort to Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, as well as a BusinessmanCommander (KNO)27 June 2013Colin Carlile/26 September 2013Michael M. KaiserChief of the Kennedy Center13 May 2014Peter SutherlandUN Special Envoy for Migration and Development9 July 2014Antoine Cohen-PotinKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl)4 March 2015Carl HaglundFinlands Minister of DefenceCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)12 March 2015; recalled 7 May 2019Jean-Claude Arnault Theatre director and photographerKnight 1st Class (RNO1kl) 10 April 2015Else Marie FriisprofessorMember 1st Class (LNO1kl)3 November 2016Laura Codruţa KövesiChief Prosecutor of the Romanian Anti-Corruption AgencyCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)14 June 2019Kim Jung-sookFirst Lady of South Korea Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)10 December 2019Nivaldo Luiz RossatoChief of the Brazilian Air ForceCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)17 September 2021Timo KivinenFinnish Army GeneralCommander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)6 July 2022Andrii PlakhotniukAmbassadorCommander 1st Class (KNO1kl)1 September 2022Tan Peng YamHead Researcher of the Singaporean Ministry of Defence 29 September 2023 Sirje Karis First Lady of Estonia Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) 30 January 2024 Brigitte Macron Spouse of the French President 21 March 2024 (in Swedish) Kungl. Maj:ts Orden Svante Pääbo professor and Geneticist Anne L'Huillier / professor Catarina Wingren   Diplomat/Third Embassy Secretary Knight (RNO) 23 April 2024 Suzanne Innes-Stubb First Lady of Finland Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) Elina Valtonen Minister for Foreign Affairs Anna-Maja Henriksson Minister for Education Olli Rehn Governor of the Bank of Finland 22 October 2024 Sanna Marin Former Prime Minister of Finland Pekka Haavisto Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Jens Stoltenberg Former Secretary-General of NATO Antony Blinken 71st United States Secretary of State Jacob Sullivan 28th United States National Security Advisor Petri Hakkarainen Director General at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) Stian Jenssen Former Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General of NATO Julianne Smith 25th United States Ambassador to NATO Jeffry Flake Former United States Ambassador to Turkey Amanda Sloat Former senior director, United States National Security Council 30 April 2025 Bertil Bengtsson Former Justice of the Supreme Court of Sweden Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) Erik Norberg Former National Archivist of the National Archives of Sweden Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) Agneta Wikman Associate Professor, Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Knight 1st Class (RNO1kl) Majvor Östergren Former County Antiquarian at Gotland County Administrative Board Sara Ålbrink Strategic buyer at the Swedish Armed Forces Knight (RNO) 6 May 2025 Björn Skúlason First Gentleman of Iceland Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) 10 March 2026 Marta Nawrocka First Lady of Poland Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) 17 May 2026 Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)

See also Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden List of knights of the Order of the Seraphim List of recipients of the Order of the Sword (from 2023)

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