In the 1900s Gustav V and his wife Victoria made a special form of the order with both of them in the portrait as a gift to their friend Countess Anna Brahe born Anna Nordenfalk when she visited them | - granddaughter-in-Law From [ ]• |
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After the death of Queen-Dowager in 1796 the order fell into disuse | Prior to 1820, he started the practice of presenting the badge of the order to ladies and gentlemen of the Court, particularly female members of the Royal family |
On the back was DSF inscribed in gold enamel on blue background.
20Different designs of the frame exist: some are more decorated than others | History [ ] The earliest known Swedish Decoration is that of King |
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Insignia [ ] The of a royal family order consists of a portrait of the sovereign set in , which is suspended from a | Order of Margrethe II 1972 Norway [ ]• Order of Frederik IX 1947—1972• There are different versions of the portrait of the King, where he is dressed in admiral's uniform or simply formal wear with either the Seraphim band or chain |
Appearance [ ] The decoration currently consists of an oval portrait of King Carl XVI Gustaf half length.
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