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Order of the Lion of Finland#Classes

{{short description|Honorary chivalry order}}

{{About|the Order of the Lion of Finland||Order of the Lion (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox order

| name = Order of the Lion of Finland

| native_name = {{plainlist|

  • {{lang|fi|Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta}}
  • {{lang|sv|Finlands Lejons orden}} }}

|native_name_lang = fi, sv

| image = Suomen Leijonan Ritarikunnan suurristi.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = The sash and the breast star of the order

| awarded_by = {{Flag|Finland}}

| type = State order

| established = {{start date and age|1942|09|11}}

| country = Finland

| house =

| religion =

| seat = House of the Estates{{Cite web |title=Ritarikuntien organisaatio |work=Ritarikunnat - Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ja Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnat |access-date=20 March 2025 |url= https://ritarikunnat.fi/ritarikunnat/ritarikuntien-organisaatio/ |language=fi }}

| ribbon = Red

| motto =

| eligibility = Finnish nationals and foreigners

| criteria = For significant civilian or military merits{{cite web |title=Asetus Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnan perustamisesta |work=Ritarikunnat - Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ja Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnat |access-date=22 September 2022 |url= https://ritarikunnat.fi/ritarikunnat/ohjesaanto-ja-asetus/asetus-suomen-leijonan-ritarikunnan-perustamisesta/ |format=PDF |language=fi }}

| status = Currently constituted

| founder = Risto Ryti{{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=166}}

| head_title = Grand Master

| head = Alexander Stubb

| head2_title = Chancellor

| head2 = {{ill|Timo Laitinen (lawyer)|fi|Timo Laitinen|lt=Timo Laitinen}}

| head3_title = Vice-Chancellor

| head3 = {{ill|Anita Lehikoinen|fi}}

| classes = {{plainlist|

  • Grand Cross
  • First Class Commander
  • Commander
  • First Class Knight
  • Knight}}

| post-nominals =

| former_grades =

| website = {{URL|ritarikunnat.fi/language/en}}

| first_induction = September 28, 1942{{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=169}}

| last_induction =

| total =

| higher = Order of the Cross of Liberty

| lower = Cross of Merit for Finnish Physical Education and Sports

| same =

| related =

| image2 = FIN Order of the Lion of Finland 5Class BAR.svg

| image_size2 = 80

| alt2 =

| caption2 = Ribbon of the Order of the Lion of Finland

| image3 =

| image_size3 =

| alt3 =

| caption3 =

}}

The Order of the Lion of Finland ({{langx|fi|Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta}}; {{langx|sv|Finlands Lejons orden}}) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President of Finland is the Grand Master of all three orders. The orders are administered by boards consisting of a chancellor, a vice-chancellor and at least four members. The orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland have a joint board. The President of Finland wears the Star of the Order of the Lion of Finland.

History

The Order of the Lion of Finland was established on September 11, 1942.{{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=166}} At that time, Finland was waging the Continuation War. Wartime diplomacy included a heightened need to decorate, particularly foreigners from aligned countries, chiefly Germany. The existing Finnish orders, the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland, could not keep up with the decorations and their highest grades were in danger to become inflated due to too many holders. The Order of the Lion of Finland was thus established to allow the continuation of decorating foreigners with high ranks in Finnish orders,{{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|pp=229–230}} although the Order of the Lion of Finland can also be awarded to Finnish nationals.{{Cite web |title=Kolmen ritarikunnan vuoropuhelu |last=Verkkola |first=Tuija |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=6 December 2003 |access-date=26 August 2021 |url= https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004187067.html |language=fi }} The new order also allowed for more flexible decorations, taking in account the rank and achievements of the recipients.{{Cite web |title=Ritarikunnat isänmaan palveluksessa |last=Matikkala |first=Antti |work=Kylkirauta |year=2018 |access-date=31 August 2021 |url= https://kylkirauta.fi/index.php/2018/03/23/vapaussodan-1918-muistoa-taltioimassa/ |language=fi }}

In January 1998 President Martti Ahtisaari was criticized by some NGOs, politicians and notable cultural figures because he awarded Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland to Djamaludin Suryohadikusumo, the Forest Minister of Indonesia, and to Sukanto Tanoto, the main owner of the Indonesian RGM Company, a parent company of the April Company. The April Company was criticized by non-governmental organisations for destroying rainforests, and Indonesia itself was criticized heavily for human right violations, especially in East Timor. Ahtisaari's party chairman Erkki Tuomioja said that giving the medals was questionable, since he feared the act may tarnish the public image of Finnish human rights policy. Students of the arts had demonstrations in Helsinki against the decision to give medals.{{Cite web |title=Mielenosoitus: Kunniamerkit takaisin Indonesiasta |last=Kjellberg |first=Helena |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=15 January 1998 |access-date=26 August 2021 |url= https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003688318.html |language=fi|department=Kotimaa|page=1 }}{{Cite web |title=Ahtisaari saanee vastaehdokkaan UPM:n hallitus- vaaliin |last=Iivonen |first=Jyrki |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=21 March 2000 |access-date=26 August 2021 |url= https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000003871140.html |language=fi|department=Talous|page=3 }} Artist {{ill|Marjatta Hanhijoki|fi}} and author Leena Krohn returned their Pro Finlandia medals to protest the Indonesian decorations.{{Cite web |title=Ahtisaari: Kunniamerkkien myöntäminen Indonesiaan perusteltua |last=Kjellberg |first=Helena |work=Helsingin Sanomat |date=16 January 1998 |access-date=26 August 2021 |url= https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003688613.html |language=fi }}

Finnish Olympic and Paralympic medalists are awarded Knight or Knight, First Class, with clasps.{{Cite web |title=Melkein 4 000 suomalaista saa itsenäisyyspäivänä kunniamerkin – keräsimme kuvakatalogin merkeistä, joita voi nähdä linnan juhlien vieraiden rintapielissä |work=Aamulehti |last=Mattila |first=Pasi |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=31 August 2021 |url= https://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/art-2000007497940.html |language=fi }}

Ambassadors accredited to Helsinki leaving their post are given the Grand Cross provided that their country also awards medals reciprocally.{{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=175}}

Classes

The classes of the Order of the Lion of Finland are:

  • 85px Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 85px Commander, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 85px Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 85px Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland (awarded to artists and writers)
  • 85px Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 85px Knight of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • 85px Cross of Merit of the Order of the Lion of Finland

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Recipients

=Grand Cross=

{{Incomplete list|date=October 2022}}

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  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Risto Ryti (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Aimo Cajander (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Harri Holma (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Gustaf Ignatius|fi}} (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Lauri Malmberg (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Oskari Mantere (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Karl Ivan Westman (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} {{ill|Alajos Béldy|hu|Béldy Alajos}}, with swords (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Herbert Backe (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} {{ill|Georg Ahrens|de|Georg Ahrens (Politiker)}} (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Noti Constantinide (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Vincenzo Cicconardi (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Heikki Renvall (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen (1942){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|BUL}} Nicolas Petzeff (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} Alfréd Nickl (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Antti Tulenheimo (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Constantin Pantazi, with swords (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} {{ill|Gheorghe Dobre|ro|Gheorghe Dobre (general)}}, with swords (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Ilie Șteflea, with swords (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|FRA}} Hubert Guerin (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Gheorghe Davidescu (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} {{ill|Alexandru Marcu|ro}} (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Karl Fiehler (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Hartmann Lauterbacher (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Artur Axmann (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Alexander von Dörnberg (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|ROM}} Octav Ullea (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gösta Bagge (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Emil Wiehl (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|TUR}} Agâh Aksel (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Werner Lorenz (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} {{ill|Antal Ullein-Reviczky|hu|Ullein-Reviczky Antal}} (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} G. A. Gripenberg (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Onni Talas (1943){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} Jenő Szinyei Merse (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} Ferenc Szombathelyi, with swords (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|HUN|1920}} Lajos Csatay, with swords (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Gustaf Lindström (major general)|sv|Gustaf Lindström (militär)|lt=Gustaf Lindström}} (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Axel Rappe (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=518}}
  • {{Flagicon|GER|1935}} Karl Weisenberger, with swords (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=517}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, with swords (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Leo Ehrnrooth (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Ernst von Born (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Paavo Hynninen (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Gustaf Idman (1944){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Leonard Grandell|fi}}, with swords (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Woldemar Hägglund, with swords (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Eino Suolahti|fi}}, with swords (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Hugo Österman, with swords (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Vilhelm Assarsson (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=245}}
  • {{Flagicon|ESP|1945}} José de Palafox, 3rd Duke of Zaragoza (1945){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=204}}

  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Helge Söderbom (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=215}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Ilmari Bonsdorff|fi}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=491}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Max von Bonsdorff (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Walter Gräsbeck|fi}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Berndt Grönblom (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Wilho Kyttä|fi}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Eero Mäkinen|fi|Eero Mäkinen (vuorineuvos)}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Eliel Saarinen (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Eero Rydman (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Ernst Fabian Wrede|fi}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Matti Aura|fi|Matti Aura (sitoutumaton)}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Albert von Hellens (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Wäinö Robert Kannel|fi}} (1946){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|John Grundström|fi}} (1947){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Sigurd Mattsson|fi}} (1947){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|K. A. Paloheimo|fi}} (1947){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Axel Gylling|fi}} (1947){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}

  • {{Flagicon|POL|1928}} Zygmunt Modzelewski (1948){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=247}}
  • {{Flagicon|POL|1928}} Hilary Minc (1948){{Cite news|title=Messuvaltuuskunta Poznanista palannut|date=April 30, 1948|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/d52a185d-ae4d-4fc0-8d30-cbefcc543e06/12|language=fi|page=12}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Aleksis Ekholm|fi}} (1948){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Otto Laurila|fi}} (1948){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Iivari Toivanen (1948){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|CSK}} Josef Pavlovský (1949){{Cite news|title=Tshekkoslovakian lähettiläs Suomessa vaihtuu|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=January 10, 1949|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/06038507-c78e-4883-b7d0-adbd527d2efe/1|language=fi|page=1}}
  • {{Flagicon|FRA}} {{ill|Alfred Jules-Julien|fr}} (1949){{Cite news|title=Aikakauslehdentoimittajat ministeri Helon kutsuilla|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=April 30, 1949|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/0b3a3718-b386-4fea-a7ce-12ac96bc8153/4|language=fi|page=4}}
  • {{Flagicon|POL|1928}} Jan Wasilewski (1949){{Cite news|title=Puolan lähettilään jäähyväiset|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=May 14, 1949|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/0a60ae46-4df0-4a69-8d57-e89e4abcf56c/6|language=fi|page=6}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Rainer von Fieandt (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|DEN}} Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017b|p=483}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Armas Järnefelt (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=253}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gustaf Nobel (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=246}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Emil Aaltonen (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|E. J. Ahla|fi}} (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Hjalmar Granfelt (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Oskari Wilho Louhivuori (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|ARG}} {{ill|Hipólito Jesús Paz|es}} (1949){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=247}}
  • {{Flagicon|FRA}} François Coulet (1950){{Cite news|title=Ministeri Coulet'n jäähyväisaudienssi|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=April 6, 1950|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/c6b92370-2746-4bf7-83e7-3dc1fbb5be2b/6|language=fi|page=6}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Archbishop Herman (1950){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Arvo Manner|fi}} (1950){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Aarne Saarialho|fi}} (1950){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|URS|1936}} {{ill|Grigori Savonenkov|ru|Савоненков, Григорий Михайлович}} (1951){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=254}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Wilhelm Wahlforss (1951){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Matti Piipponen|fi}} (1951){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Oskari Adolf Autio|fi}} (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Bror Gräsbeck|fi}} (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Erik von Frenckell (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Vilho Ebeling (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Artturi Ikkala|fi}} (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Carl Gustaf Möller|fi}} (1952){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Kyösti Haataja (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|NOR}} Torbjörn Seippel (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}{{Cite news|title=Suomen Leijonan suurristi ministeri Seippelille|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=July 2, 1953|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/d4a80880-aeb4-4fc7-8b31-dda33288132a/6|language=fi|page=6}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Lauri Helenius|fi}} (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Mikko Louhivaara (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Pekka Myrberg (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Juho Niukkanen (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Aarne Wuorimaa (1953){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Bruno Kivikoski (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Wallenberg Jr. (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=256}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Yrjö Hakulinen|fi}} (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Kaarlo Heiskanen (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Olavi Honka|fi}} (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Paavo Kekomäki|fi}} (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Arno Solin|fi}} (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=492}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Alonzo Sundmann|fi}} (1954){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|YUG}} {{ill|Slavko Zore|sl}} (1955){{Cite news|title=Ministeri Zore jäähyväisaudienssilla tasavallan presidentin luona|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=January 12, 1955|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/b5b711d7-47b5-4876-acd6-47a61fff5403/7|language=fi|page=7}}
  • {{Flagicon|FRA}} {{ill|Jacques Lecompte-Boinet|fr}} (1955){{Cite news|title=Suomen Leijonan suurristi Ranskan lähettiläälle|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=July 17, 1955|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/2e0aa354-0956-41a5-8b19-09c85cd3bd57/9|language=fi|page=9}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Svante Påhlson|sv}} (1955){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=258}}
  • {{Flagicon|ITA}} Arturo Toscanini (1955){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=253}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Rudolf Beckman|fi}} (1955){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Martti Jaakkola|fi}} (1955){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Urho Kekkonen (1956){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Leif Belfrage|sv}} (1956){{Cite news|title=Kunniamerkkejä|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=October 4, 1956|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/c0f2caf7-1bbb-41cb-8f3e-61059e5816f4/19|language=fi|pages=19–20}}
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Torsten Friis (1956)
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Carl Beck-Friis (politician)|sv|Carl Beck-Friis|lt=Carl Beck-Friis}} (1956)
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Hugo Cederschiöld (1956)
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} {{ill|Georg Andrén|sv|Georg Andrén (1890–1969)}} (1956)
  • {{Flagicon|SWE}} Gustaf Dyrssen (1956)
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Onni Okkonen (1956){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1956){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|CSK}} {{ill|Gerard Langer|cs}} (1957){{Cite news|title=Suomen Leijonan suurristi ministeri Langerille|newspaper=Helsingin Sanomat|date=February 23, 1957|url=https://nakoislehti.hs.fi/634bb8fe-711b-47d4-bb3a-5d09f765238a/7|language=fi|page=7}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} {{ill|Karl-Erik Ekholm|fi}} (1957){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}
  • {{Flagicon|FIN}} Eduard Palin (1957){{sfn|Matikkala|2017a|p=493}}

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See also

References

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= Works cited =

  • {{cite book|last=Matikkala|first=Antti|year=2017a|title=Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ja Suomen Leijonan ritarikunnat|language=fi|location=Helsinki|publisher=Edita|isbn=978-951-37-7005-1}}
  • {{cite book|last=Matikkala|first=Antti|title=Kunnian ruletti: Korkeimmat ulkomaalaisille 1941-1944 annetut suomalaiset kunniamerkit|year=2017b|publisher=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura|location=Helsinki|language=fi|isbn=978-952-222-847-5}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Finnish Orders of Merit: 100 Years|url=https://ritarikunnat.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/RK_nayttelykirja_www.pdf|year=2018|publisher=National Archives of Finland, The Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland, The Order of the Cross of Liberty|location=Helsinki|isbn=978-952-7323-00-7 }}
  • {{cite book|title=A Guide to the Orders and Decorations of Finland|url=https://issuu.com/rk-julkaisut/docs/guide_web2?fr=sOTFkNDI1MjIyNA|year=2017|publisher=The Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland|location=Helsinki|isbn=978-951-37-7191-1}}

External links

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  • {{URL|ritarikunnat.fi/language/en|The Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland}}
  • [https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1942/747 11.9.1942/747 Decree. On the establishment of the Order of the Lion of Finland]. Finlex.
  • [http://www.ritarikunnat.fi/ ritarikunnat.fi]
  • [http://www.tpk.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=166693 The Office of the President of the Republic of Finland (Decorations)]

Lion of Finland, Order of

Category:Awards established in 1942

Category:1942 establishments in Finland