The St. Olav's Medal and the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch were instituted by King
Haakon VII of Norway
Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957.
Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick V ...
on 17 March 1939. They are awarded in recognition of "outstanding services rendered in connection with the spreading of information about Norway abroad and for strengthening the bonds between expatriate Norwegians and their home country".
The medals are in silver, surmounted by the Royal Crown. On the obverse is the portrait of the reigning King with his name and motto. On the reverse, St. Olav's cross. Above the medal is the monogram of the reigning King. It is worn on the left side of the breast with the ribbon of the Order of St. Olav. The medal ranks 9th in the
order of precedence of Norwegian medals.
When awarded for services rendered in wartime, the medal carries an oak branch and ranks 6th in the
order of precedence of Norwegian medals.
Recipients of the medal
A complete searchable list of medal recipients can be foun
here
* 1939 Henry Poynter Burnett, Commander (late Rear Admiral), USN
* 1939
Brenda Ueland
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Background
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, author and teacher, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* c1942 Captain Andrew Henry, O.B.E. ref. Shetland Family History www.bayanne.info/Shetland Person I.D. I53644
* 1944
Egil Melsom, Assistant Engineer on the M/T Gallia
* 1951 Rev. Bent Emil Carlsen, known as "Pastor", of Milton, Massachusetts; in recognition of his work among Norwegians in America.
* 1954
Percy Grainger
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, Australian composer and pianist
* 1964
Marianne Schigutt, Austrian diplomat
* 1976
Helen Svensson Fletre, Swedish born Norwegian-American journalist; In 1976, King Olav bestowed the St. Olav's medal on her - for her sesquicentennial work and for her many years of service to Norway. Wife of Norwegian Artist
Lars Fletre
Lars Fletre (June 22, 1904 –
September 9, 1977) was a prominent Norwegian-American designer and sculptor.
Biography
Lars Olavson Fletre was born in Vossestrand, Voss, Hordaland, Norway. He was the youngest of seven children born to Ola Odd ...
* 1993
Margaret Miller, genealogist, Apple Valley, Minnesota
* 1994
Kristin Brudevoll
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Early life
On 4 January 1943, Brudevoll was born in Lillehammer, Norway. In 1 ...
, former Director of Norla.
* 1995
Lyuba Gorlina
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She worked as a translator from Swedish and Norwegian to Russian since the 1950s. Her husband Yuri Vronskiy was a children's writer and translator. In the 1980s she held Tarjei ...
, Russian translator
* 2002
Andrea Een
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Career
Een is a founding member of the Hardanger Fiddle Association of America. In 2002, she was awa ...
, Hardanger fiddler, Northfield, Minnesota
* 2005
Stan Boreson Stan Boreson (May 5, 1925 – January 27, 2017), the "King of Scandinavian Humor," was a Norwegian-American comedian, accordionist and singer from Everett, Washington. Boreson was an early local TV star in the Seattle area, with a career that includ ...
, entertainer,
Seattle, Washington
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* 2008 Trygve Gunnar Morkemo
*2010 Dean Madden for his contributions to the Vesterheim Museum
* 2014 Ewart Parkinson,
OBE, town planner,
Cardiff
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,
Wales
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, for his role in saving and rebuilding the
Norwegian Church in
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff Bay ( cy, Bae Caerdydd; historically Tiger Bay; colloquially "The Bay") is an area and freshwater lake in Cardiff, Wales. The site of a former tidal bay and estuary, it serves as the river mouth of the River Taff and Ely. The body of w ...
* 2017 Glo Wollen, Petersburg, Alaska
* 2022
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, Norwegian ceramist
See also
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Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway
This is a list of Norwegian orders and medals, in order of precedence. This list contains all medals approved for wearing on a Norwegian military uniform in ranked order.
Group 1: Awarded by or approved by H.M. The King
Those awards presented ...
References
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External links
Official Norwegian royal house web page* http://medals.org.uk/norway/norway007.htm
Orders, decorations, and medals of Norway