42 Order of the Dannebrog

The Order of the Dannebrog is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known as White Knights to distinguish them from the Blue Knights who were members of the Order of the Elephant. In 1808, the Order was reformed and divided into four classes.

Dannebrogordenens Hæderstegn is a meritous award connected to the Danish Order of the Dannebrog. The cross was instituted by King Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway on 28 June 1808, and was named Dannebrogsmændenes Hæderstegn (D.M.) until 1952.

Jens Christian Bay was a Danish American writer and librarian.

Lucien Adolphe Bechmann is a French architect known for the Fondation Émile et Louise Deutsch de la Meurthe in the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, the building Washington Plaza, Rue Washington in Paris and the Synagogue Chasseloup-Laubat in Paris.

Edvard Beneš was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1938 and again from 1945 to 1948. He also led the Czechoslovak government-in-exile 1939 to 1945, during World War II.

Dinna Bjørn is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. She has specialized dancing and directing the ballets of August Bournonville. Bjørn has also created five Hans Christian Andersen ballets for the Pantomime Theatre in Copenhagen's Tivoli.

Heinrich Christian August Buntzen was a Danish landscape painter.

Jens Christen (Christian) Clausen was a Danish-American botanist, geneticist, and ecologist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of ecological and evolutionary genetics of plants.

Carl Adolph Dahl was a Norwegian jurist and politician.

Frederik Danneskjold-Samsøe was a Danish politician, minister, admiral, chief of the Danish marine and count of the Barony Marselisborg. In his time Danneskjold-Samsøe held numerous public offices and was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog, Order of the Elephant and the Ordre de l'Union Parfaite and was made Chamberlain. In 1767 he was ousted from his positions and spent the rest of his life focused on philanthropy and socializing, in part with Christian Jacobsen Drakenberg.

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer.

Richard Floer was a Norwegian mining official and military officer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.

Lars Larsen Forsæth was a Norwegian farmer who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly.

Henrich Herman Mejer Foss was a Norwegian military officer and elected official.

Harald Grieg was a Norwegian publisher. He was director of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag and for many years was a leading figure in the Norwegian book industry.

Otto Bahr Halvorsen was a Norwegian lawyer and politician from the Conservative Party. He was the prime minister of Norway from 1920 to 1921 and again in 1923 when he died in office.

Hieronymus Heyerdahl was a Norwegian minister and politician.

Elisabeth Johansen was a Greenlandic midwife and politician. She was the first certified midwife in the country, as well as the first woman to attain a political office in Greenland. She was the first women appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Borys Karnicki was a submarine commander of the Polish Navy during World War II.

Frederik Christian Jakobsen Kiærskou, aka F.C. Kiærskou was a Danish landscape painter.

Arne Kildal was a Norwegian author, librarian and civil servant.

Thomas Konow was a Norwegian naval officer and politician. He was a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll in 1814.

Hilmar Meincke Krohg was a Norwegian politician and elected official. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.

Malthe Conrad Lottrup was a Danish merchant, politician and brewer.

Daniel Herman Anton Melbye was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.

Páll Melsteð was an Icelandic historian, official, editor and member of the Althing. In 1892 he was awarded the Order of the Dannebrog.

Carl Emil Mundt was a Danish educator and politician. He was a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly, representing Sorø. He was the father of painter Emilie Mundt.

Carsten Tank Nielsen was a Norwegian civil servant and government official. He was the first director of the Norwegian Telegraph from 1854 until his death in 1892. He and his wife Alvilde Olsen (1821–1890) were the parents of the historian and politician, Yngvar Nielsen.

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Charles Sprague Pearce was an American artist.

Ludvig Rosenkrantz was a Danish-born noble, military officer, civil servant, and land owner who settled in Norway. He was a member of the noble Rosenkrantz family and the first Baron of Norway.

Marcus Gjøe Rosenkrantz was a Norwegian Government Minister and Member of Parliament.

Otto Ruge was a Norwegian general. Ruge was Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces after Nazi Germany's assault on Norway in April 1940.

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Mathias Otto Leth Sommerhielm was a Danish-Norwegian politician who served as the Norwegian prime minister in Stockholm.

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Józef Unrug was a Polish admiral who helped reestablish Poland's navy after World War I. During the opening stages of World War II, he served as the Polish Navy's commander-in-chief. As a German POW, he refused all German offers to change sides and was incarcerated in several Oflags, including Colditz Castle. He stayed in exile after the war in the United Kingdom, Morocco and France where he died and was buried. In September 2018 he was posthumously promoted in the rank of Admiral of the fleet by the President of Poland. After 45 years his remains, along with those of his wife Zofia, were exhumed from Montrésor and taken in October 2018 to his final resting place in Gdynia, Poland.

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