Jonas Arnell

Arnell was raised in Eskilstuna and has a degree of Bachelor of Education from Linköping University{{cite journal |editor1-last=Falklöf |editor1-first=Lennart |title=LiU-alumn till hovet |journal=LiU Magasin |year=2018 |issue=1 |page=26 |url=https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/690201a2#/690201a2/26 |accessdate=9 March 2020 |publisher=Linköping University |issn=1652-4233 |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211140457/https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/690201a2#/690201a2/26 |url-status=dead }} and a degree of Bachelor of Social Science from Stockholm University. Between 1995 and 2014 he worked in the education, research and culture field, mostly as Political Advisor in the Parliament Chancery of the Christian Democrats.{{cite magazine|last=Andersson |first=Anne-Lie |date=14 March 2018 |title=På kungligt uppdrag: "Finaste erkännande någon som jag kan få" |url=https://www.ekuriren.se/personligt/pa-kungligt-uppdrag-finaste-erkannande-nagon-som-jag-kan-fa/ |magazine=Eskilstunakuriren|accessdate=5 February 2019}} Between 2015 and 2023, Arnell worked in the defence sector, mostly as Deputy Secretary-General for the Swedish Soldiers Homes Association.

He is an Associate Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States since 2013{{cite web|title=Welcome New Companions|url=http://suvcw.org/mollus/journal/2013-70-4-Winter.pdf|work=Loyal Legion Historical Journal vol. 70 No 4 Winter 2014|publisher=The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States|accessdate=30 April 2014}} and Member of the Royal Swedish Society Pro Patria since 2019.{{cite web |title=Kungl. Sällskapet Pro Patria Årsberättelse 2019 |url=http://media.propatria.se/2020/06/ProPatria_2019.pdf |page=8 |website=Kungl. Sällskapet Pro Patria |accessdate=3 June 2020}}

Arnell has been committed to phaleristics since 1990, since 1998 as a phaleristics writer and lecturer in Sweden and abroad.{{cite journal |editor1-last=Hagberg |editor1-first=Johnny |title=Presentation av meritbelönade [Presentation of the Merit Awardees]|journal=Acta Locumtenentiae Sueciae Ordinis Equestris Sancte Sepulchri Hierosolymitani |issue=6 |page=59 |publisher=Den Heliga gravens av Jerusalem riddarorden |location=Stockholm}}{{cite web |url=http://www.katolinen.fi/fides/f2008-08.pdf |title=Fides Katolinen hiippakuntalehti 08/2008 p. 11 |publisher=Katolinen kirkko Suomessa |accessdate=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203065045/http://www.katolinen.fi/fides/f2008-08.pdf |archive-date=3 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite episode|title=Lantz i P4|series=Lantz i P4|publisher=Sveriges Radio|url=http://sverigesradio.se/topsy/ljudfil/2354525.mp3 |host=Annika Lantz |date=7 May 2010 |accessdate=24 January 2011}}Nises, Erik. (11 December 2010). Medaljmatchen: Så får du koll på glittret. Aftonbladet, s. 13.{{Cite web |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/brollopet/article16918616.ab |title=Den ultimata guiden till bröllopet | Bröllopet | Aftonbladet |access-date=9 September 2013 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929123915/http://www.aftonbladet.se/brollopet/article16918616.ab |url-status=dead }} One aspect has been to support and promote genuine orders of chivalry, a work for which Arnell has received several awards.

In 1999 Arnell launched a lobby campaign via e-mails to the MPs of the Parliament of Sweden to undo the Orders Reform of 1975 (which reserved the Order of the Seraphim and the Order of the Polar Star for foreign and stateless citizens and put the Order of the Sword and the Order of Vasa dormant). This contributed to his subsequent employment at the Parliament Chancery of the Christian Democrats.{{cite book |title=World Orders of Knighthood and Merit |editor1-last=Sainty|editor1-first=Guy Stair |editor2-last=Heydel-Mankoo|editor2-first=Rafal|year=2006 |publisher=Burke's Peerage & Baronetage |isbn=9780971196674 |page=xxiv}} Arnell was active in this question for almost 20 years.{{cite web |last1=Baricevic|first1=Sandro |title=History in the Making: An Exclusive Interview with Jonas Arnell, Herald of the Swedish Royal Orders |url=https://theinvestiture.substack.com/p/history-in-the-making-an-exclusive |website=The Investiture |date=29 May 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024}} Different Christian Democratic MP's made motions on his drafts 1999–2001, 2004–2007, 2009–2011 and 2014. No motion carried, as a majority of Parliament votes could not be reached. The recurring motions was instead a way to keep life in the matter, until the Awards Reform.

In 2017, Arnell was one of three taking initiative to found the Swedish Phaleristics Association{{cite web |title=Historik |date=22 March 2019 |url=https://faleristik.wordpress.com/om-foreningen/historik/ |publisher=Svenska Faleristiska Föreningen |access-date=17 May 2021}} and in 2020 he was elected member of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry.{{cite web |title=Patrons and Members of the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry |url=http://www.icocregister.org/patronsandmembers2012.htm |website=International Commission for Orders of Chivalry |access-date=17 March 2022}} Since 1 January 2023, Arnell is Herald in the Chancery of the Swedish Royal Orders of Knighthood, after being Amanuensis 2018–2022.

Arnell is also committed to heraldry and has been the Herald Pursuivant for the Swedish Heraldry Association 2002–2008{{cite web |title=Vem är vem i heraldiken efter 1945 |url=https://heraldik.se/ovrigt/vem-ar-vem/ |publisher=Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen |access-date=23 March 2022}} and member of the Vapenbilden editorial board 2008–2013, 2023–.{{cite web |title=Vill du efterträda Jonas? |url=https://heraldik.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/VB-95.pdf |publisher=Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen |access-date=10 November 2022}}{{cite web |title=Vapenbilden |url=https://heraldik.se/verksamhet/vapenbilden-redaktion/ |publisher=Swedish Heraldry Society |access-date=30 September 2024}} He was elected member of the Heraldic Society in 2004.{{cite web |title=Nya ledamöter i Samfundet |url=https://www.yumpu.com/sv/document/read/18342604/nr-612005-svenska-heraldiska-foreningen |publisher=Svenska Heraldiska Föreningen |access-date=23 March 2022}}

• {{flagicon|Sweden}} King Carl XVI Gustaf's Jubilee Commemorative Medal IV in gold (15 September 2023)
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} The Royal Patriotic Society's large medal in gold (2015) for significant acts, 25 years as a phaleristician
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} The Swedish Numismatic Society's medal of merit in silver (2023){{cite web|url=https://numismatik.se/pdf/arsmotesprotokoll2023.pdf|title=Protokoll, Svenska Numismatiska Föreningens (SNF) årsmöte i Uppsala 26 augusti 2023|accessdate=23 September 2023|publisher=Svenska Numismatiska Föreningen|archiveurl=|archivedate=}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} The Swedish Federation for Voluntary Defence Education and Training badge of merit in gold (2023)
• {{flagicon|Finland}} Knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (The Finnish state visit 23 April 2024)
• {{flagicon|Holy See}} Cross of Merit with Silver Star of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre motu proprio (2017, Cross of Merit 2011)
• Fellow of The Society of Sciences in Lund (2021)
• Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (2024){{cite web |date=18 December 2024 |title=Public List of Fellows |url=https://fellows.socantscot.org/members-directory/fellows-public-list/ |publisher=Society of Antiquaries of Scotland |access-date=8 May 2025 }}
• Honorary Member of the Student Union of the Faculty of Philosophy, Linköping University (2021){{cite web |title=Protokoll från Styrelsemöte för StuFF |url=https://www.stuff.liu.se/images/2021/SM_protokoll/SM04.pdf |publisher=Studentkåren StuFF vid Linköpings universitet |access-date=26 April 2022 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425102931/https://www.stuff.liu.se/images/2021/SM_protokoll/SM04.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• Scholarship from the Sten Lewenhaupt fund in Arla Coldin/The Order of Coldinu (2022) for research on Swedish orders{{cite web |title=Sten Lewenhaupts fond år 2022 |url=https://coldin.org/sten-lewenhaupts-fond-ar-2022/ |website=Coldinu Orden |access-date=3 May 2024}}
• Kentucky Colonel (2023)

• [http://www.arnell.cc/ Orders, decorations and medals in Sverige] - Official website
• [http://jonar242.wordpress.com/ jonar242 on Orders, Decorations and Medals in Sweden] - Official blog

• Arnell-Szurkos, Jonas (red.) (2024). När och hur bör utmärkelser bäras [When and How Should Decorations be Worn]. Borås: Kungl. Maj:ts Orden. ISBN 9789198949803
• Arnell, J. (2013) Ordensväsendet genom historien och idag [Orders of Chivalry and Merit Through History and Today]. In: Acta Locumtenentiae Sueciae Ordinis Equestris sancte Sepulchri Hierosolymitani (6): 35–39. ISSN 1652-8263
• Arnell, J. (2006) Order of the Seraphim; Order of the Sword; Order of the Polar Star; Order of the Vasa. In: World Orders of Knighthood and Merit. Vol I. 373-379; 505-510; 510-515; 515-520. London: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage.
• Arnell, J. (2006) Order of Charles XIII; Vadstena Noble Maiden Diocese; Grand Order of the Amaranth; Order of Innocence. In: World Orders of Knighthood and Merit. Vol II. 1744-1747; 1809. London: Burke's Peerage & Baronetage.

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