Ordre de l'Harmonie

Ordre de l'Harmonie

L’Ordre de l’Harmonie (French: "The Order of Unity"), also called Solfjädersorden (Swedish: "The Order of the Hand fan"), was a Swedish royal dynastic order, founded by Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden in 1744. It was awarded to 22 people between 1744 and 1746.

History

On 29 August 1744, the day before the wedding between Louisa Ulrika of Prussia and Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, the royal company traveled by boat to the wedding on the Drottningholm Palace. On this occasion, Louisa Ulrika accidentally broke her hand fan. Adolf Frederick collected the pieces of her broken hand fan and distributed them to those present as a memento of the incident, which gave Louisa Ulrika the idea to create the order.

Louisa Ulrika was known for her political ambitions, and her order were both nationally and internationally interpreted to have a political significance of unity before division, signalling her ambition to abolish the parliamentary system of the Age of liberty in favor of an absolute monarchy.^[1]

Recipients

References

↑ Olof Jägerskiöld (1945). Lovisa Ulrika. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN

Berghman, Arvid (1949). Nordiska riddareordnar och dekorationer. Skrifter utgivna av Riksheraldikerämbetet. Malmö: J. Kroon, Malmö ljustrycksanstalt. Sid. 24–25. Libris 1388795
Nationalencyklopedin.
Olof Jägerskiöld (1945). Lovisa Ulrika. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. ISBN

Orders, decorations, medals of Sweden

Orders

Orders of His Majesty the King (including dormant)	Royal Order of the Seraphim (Seraphim Medal) (dormant for Swedish citizens except the Swedish royal family) Royal Order of the Sword (Medal of the Sword) (dormant) Royal Order of the Polar Star (Medal of the Polar Star) (dormant for Swedish citizens) Royal Order of Vasa (Medal of the Vasa) (dormant)
Royal order of chivalry	Royal Order of Charles XIII (only for members of the Swedish Order of Freemasons)
Order of chivalry with royal patronage	Order of Saint John in Sweden (de facto only for members of the House of Nobility)
Defunct	Order of the Saviour Order of Agnus Dei Order of Jehova Ordre de l'Harmonie Order of Amarante Order of the Name of Jesus

Medals

Royal	Seraphim Medal H. M. The King's Medal Litteris et Artibus Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals Prince Eugen Medal Prince Carl Medal
Swedish Armed Forces	Medal of Merit Medal for Wounded in Battle Reserve Officer Medal Medal for International Service Service Medal for National Defense Military Service Medal
Governmental	Illis Quorum Sui memores alios fecere merendo Medal for Commendable Deeds Medal for Civic Virtue Medal for Diligent Reindeer Husbandry
Defunct	For Valour in the Field For Valour at Sea For Courage and Fierceness at Sea during Perilous Time For Zealous and Devoted Service to the State Medal of Merit Reward Medal with Swords for International Service

Fraternal orders
with royal patronage

Swedish Order of Freemasons
Order of Coldin
Par Bricole
Order of Svea
Geatish Society
Order of Neptune
Order of Amarante
Order of Innocence

see also: royal family order
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