List of pre-nominal letters (Sweden)

The following abbreviations in Sweden are used as pre-nominal letters (rather than post-nominal letters) after the professional title in definite form, followed by a comma, and before the full name:

  • Order of the Seraphim
    • RoKavKMO/LoKavKMO - Knight/Member (of the cloth) and Commander of His Majesty's Orders (=Knight/Member (of the cloth) of the Order of Seraphim and Commander Grand Cross or Commander 1st Class of one of the orders Sword, Polar Star or Vasa, i.e. Swedish citizens)
    • RSerafO/LSerafO - Knight/Member (of the cloth) of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (=have only received the Order of the Seraphim, i.e. foreign heads of state)
  • Order of the Sword:
    • Commander Grand Cross (KmstkSO)
    • Knight Grand Cross 1st Class (RmstkSO1kl) (special class, in wartimes only)
    • Knight Grand Cross 2nd Class (RmstkSO2kl) (special class, in wartimes only)
    • Commander 1st Class (KSO1kl)
    • Commander 2nd Class (KSO2kl)
    • Knight 1st Class (RSO1kl)
    • Knight (RSO)
    • Cross of Merit (Svm)
  • Order of the Polar Star:
    • Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO)
    • Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl)
    • Commander 2nd Class (KNO2kl)
    • Knight/Member (of the cloth) 1st Class (RNO1kl/LNO1kl)
    • Knight/Member (RNO/LNO)
  • Order of Vasa:
    • Commander Grand Cross (KmstkVO)
    • Commander 1st Class (KVO1kl)
    • Commander 2nd Class (KVO2kl)
    • Knight/Member 1st Class (RVO1kl/LVO1kl)
    • Knight/Member (RVO/LVO)
    • Cross of Merit (Vt)
  • Order of Charles XIII:
    • Knight (RCXIII:sO) (insignia and rank as Commander 1st Class)
  • Order of Saint John in Sweden:
    • Knight of Justice (R-RJohO)
    • Knight (RJohO)
  • Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences:
    • Fellow (LVA)

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