Jonas Arnell

Jonas Henry Arnell (born February 28, 1969 in Örebro, Sweden) is a Swedish Research Officer. He has written many articles on orders of chivalry, medals and fraternal organizations and has appeared in the media as expert in the field.

Biography

Arnell is raised in Eskilstuna and attended the natural science programme at the St. Eskil's School. In 1994 he received a degree of Bachelor of Education at Linköping University. After that he was Ombudsman and later President of the Teacher training college Student Union of Linköping och Norrköping 1995-1996 before it was united with another Student Union to form a single Philosophical Faculty Student Union, which he co-founded and named. He has since received a degree of Bachelor of Social Science at Stockholm University.

In 1999 Arnell launched a lobby campaign towards the MPs of the Parliament of Sweden to reinstate the Order of the Seraphim and the Order of the Polar Star for Swedish citizens as well as reinstating the dormant Order of the Sword and the dormant Order of Vasa. This contributed to his subsequent employment as Political Secretary at the Parliament Chancery of the Christian democrats the following year, as of 2001 Political Advisor on Education and Culture. During this time he was secretary for the Christian democrats' report "A Socialist University Sector" (2005), which after submission to the Constitutional Committee[1] and in the voting of the Parliament led to a reprimand of the Minister of Education,[2] being a less common outcome for the opposition side. He also made the draft for a noted article with ten proposals concerning teachers, publiceized on the World Teachers’ Day 2005,[3] of which teacher license have been imposed by the Alliance for Sweden government. He was also co-secretary of the final report "More Knowledge - A Modern Education Policy " form the Alliance for Sweden's committee on education. Between 2012 and 2014 he was Research Officer for the Swedish Teachers' Union.

Married to Åsa Arnell (née Ahlin), Ph.D. in Economics[4] and Political Advisor (Moderate Party) in the Coordination Chancellery under the Prime Minister. He has four children.

Orders and Medals

In 1998 Arnell created a website, since 2003 on www.arnell.cc, where he accounts for genuine and fake orders of chivalry, medals and fraternal organizations in Sweden, and a blog on orders & medals news. He has also been webmaster, f.i. to the Swedish Lieutenancy of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (2006-2010)[5] and the Nordic Maltese Aid Society (2007-2010). Since 2011 tied to www.all-medals.com/. Apart from the web, Arnell has written a great number of articles on orders and medals,[6][7] has lectured[8] and commented orders and medals in media.[9][10][11] Arnell has received several orders from former ruling dynasties and he has also been Vitézi Hadnagy (President, litt. Knights' Lieutenant) for the Order of Vitéz in Sweden 2006-2013[12] and Acting Judge for the Royal Brotherhood of the Order of St Michael of the Wing in Sweden 2012-2013.

He has a Commander Degree in the Swedish Grand Order of the Amaranth (2014, Chevalier Degree 2012),[13] and is an Associate Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (2013).[14]

Awards and Decorations

References

  1. ↑ "Konstitutionsutskottet betänkande 2004/05:KU20 – Granskningsbetänkande". The Constitutional Committee, Swedish Parliament. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Constitutional Committee Report 2004/05:KU20 of the Parliament of Sweden, Protocol 2004/05:133 of the Parliament of Sweden, Letter 2004/05:279 from the Parliament of Sweden to the Government of Sweden.
  3. ↑ "Inför AT-tjänst för lärare i den svenska skolan". October 5, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  4. ↑ Ahlin, Åsa (2005). Compulsory Schooling in a Decentralized Setting: Studies of the Swedish Case. Uppsala: Uppsala University. ISBN 91-87268-92-2.
  5. ↑ "Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Lieutenancy of Sweden". wayback.archive.org. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  6. ↑ http://www.wokm.co.uk/contributors.pdf
  7. ↑ http://joomla.heraldik.se/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=15&Itemid=16
  8. ↑ "Fides Katolinen hiippakuntalehti 08/2008 p. 11". Katolinen kirkko Suomessa. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Annika Lantz (2010-05-07). "Lantz in P4". http://sverigesradio.se/'' (Podcast). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  10. ↑ Nises, Erik. (2010, 11 December). Medaljmatchen: Så får du koll på glittret. Aftonbladet, s. 13.
  11. ↑ http://www.aftonbladet.se/brollopet/article16918616.ab
  12. ↑ "A SZERVEZET". Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Inför Amarantherordens bal 2014". Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "Welcomes New Companions". Loyal Legion Historical Journal vol. 70 No 4 Winter 2014. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  15. ↑ http://www.oessh.se/?page_id=570
  16. ↑ "Hedersledamot". The Swedish Orders Society. Retrieved 30 April 2014.

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