The Order of the Frog or The Order of the Ever Jumping and Smiling Little Green Frog is an academic order awarded by the Natural Sciences Faculty Club at

Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...

since 1917. The motto is "Numquam Veni ad Astra" (No one reaches the stars) and is awarded at the Lucia Ball at Stockholm University as part of the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

celebrations to those who have made exceptional contributions to the

Natural Science Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

s or are friends with Order of the Frog members and of greater popularity in Natural Sciences Faculty Club. Nobel Laurates in the natural sciences that attend the ball are invested into the Order of the Frog together with other students. Those who are invested are said to have to jump like frogs on the University Campus in keeping with tradition with the original award in 1917. In later years, the Order of the Frog have received excessive criticism for nepotism and ostracism, mainly from members of the Natural Science Faculty Club. This has led to decreased popularity of The Order of the Frog and the nickname "The Order of the Toads". When a member of the order dies the members closest are asked to return the frog insignia which the members wear around they necks or otherwise destroy it.

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