{"id":363164,"date":"2026-05-19T16:03:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=363164"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:33:19","slug":"key-facts-about-sweden-and-royal-order-of-the-polar-star-commander-grand-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-sweden-and-royal-order-of-the-polar-star-commander-grand-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts About Sweden and Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>News<\/strong>: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently conferred with Sweden\u2019s highest honour for a Head of Government, the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>Key Facts about<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Sweden<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363166\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363166\" style=\"width: 336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-363166 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/se-01.webp?resize=336%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Key facts about Sweden \" width=\"336\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/se-01.webp?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/se-01.webp?resize=768%2C853&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/se-01.webp?w=845&amp;ssl=1 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: World atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>Sweden is a <strong>Northern European<\/strong> country located on the <strong>Scandinavian Peninsula.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres<\/strong> of the Earth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering nation<\/strong>: It is <strong>bordered by 3 countries &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0by <strong>Finland<\/strong> in the <strong>east<\/strong>; by <strong>Norway<\/strong> in the <strong>north<\/strong> and <strong>west<\/strong>; by <strong>Denmark<\/strong> in the <strong>southwest<\/strong> (via a bridge-tunnel through <strong>Oresund Strait<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime boundaries:<\/strong> It shares its <strong>maritime borders<\/strong> with <strong>Germany, Denmark, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong> <strong>Estonia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waterbodies nearby:<\/strong> It is bounded by the <strong>Gulf of Bothnia and the Baltic Sea in the east<\/strong> and <strong>south<\/strong>; and by the<strong> Skagerrak and Kattegat straits in the southwest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It occupies the greater part of the <strong>Scandinavian<\/strong> <strong>Peninsula<\/strong>, <strong>shared with Norway<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Sweden\u2019s border with <strong>Norway is covered by the Scandinavian Mountains.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In <strong>Swedish<\/strong>, these mountains are called the <strong>Kolen or Kjolen Mountains.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong>: <strong>Stockholm<\/strong> is the capital of Sweden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lakes<\/strong>: Significant lakes include <strong>Siljan, Storsjom, Varern and Vattern.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>River<\/strong>: Its largest rivers include the <strong>Angerman, Eman, Indal, Lagan, Ljusnan, Lule, Osterdal, Skellefte, Storuman, Torne and Ume<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest point<\/strong>: <strong>Kebnekaise<\/strong> is the highest point of Sweden.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363167\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-363167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/modi5.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Royal Order of the Polar Star\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/modi5.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/modi5.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-363167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: News on Air<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Royal Order of the Polar Star<\/strong> is a recognition intended <strong>to recognize personal endeavors for Sweden or for Swedish interests,<\/strong> particularly within <strong>public activities<\/strong> and the successful <strong>performance of public tasks and duties<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Degree of Commander Grand Cross<\/strong> is its <strong>highest rank<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>instituted in 1748.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Insignia:<\/strong> The <strong>insignia<\/strong> of the order is <strong>the decoration worn on a collar or a black ribbon<\/strong> (with the <strong>black<\/strong> representing the <strong>darkness of ignorance<\/strong> that the (<strong>Polar) star seeks to pierce).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was recently conferred with Sweden\u2019s highest honour for a Head of Government, the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross. Key Facts about\u00a0Sweden Location: Sweden is a Northern European country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the Earth.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-sweden-and-royal-order-of-the-polar-star-commander-grand-cross\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Facts About Sweden and Royal Order of the Polar Star, Commander Grand Cross<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039,11211],"tags":[11972,3590],"class_list":["post-363164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9-pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}