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Royal Armory

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Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Royal Armory
Phone:
+46 8 402 30 30

Hours:
Sunday11am - 5pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday11am - 5pm
Wednesday11am - 5pm
Thursday11am - 8pm
Friday11am - 5pm
Saturday11am - 5pm


The Royal Order of the Seraphim is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star. The order has only one class with the dignity of Knight , and is the foremost order of Sweden. The three above-mentioned Orders together with the Order of Vasa form the Orders of His Majesty the King . A Swedish Knight of the Order of the Seraphim is not referred to as a Knight of the Seraphim, but rather as a Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty the King . This form is used because the Swedish word orden is an old plural form which indicates that a knight has to be a Commander Grand Cross or Commander of at least one of the other Swedish Orders. Foreign Knights are for the greater part Knights of the Order of the Seraphim. A Knight of the Order may be styled Herr + surname, which used to be the formal style for Swedish secular Knights appointed by the Swedish King, a practice that ceased in the 17th Century. When originally instituted the knights of the Order were required to supervise the major hospitals and mental asylums in Sweden, and in particular, the Seraphim Hospital, which was a major hospital in Stockholm until it was closed in 1980. This requirement would die out as boards of physicians and other professionals made such supervision by the Knights of the Seraphim anachronistic during the course of the 19th century. As part of the reorganization of Swedish orders in 1975, appointments of Swedish citizens to the various orders ceased and conferrals were restricted to foreigners . Likewise, the Order of the Seraphim was restricted to foreign heads of state and equivalents. In 1995, the law was revised and conferrals upon members of the royal family was allowed.
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