Litteris and Artibus

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Carl Anders Rohdin , a pastry chef and poet, was the first to be awarded the medal in 1860 (here on a photo from 1898)

Litteris et Artibus (German: "for science and art") is a Swedish royal medal . It is the highest Swedish award in the field of art and literature. This medal honors people who have made important contributions in the cultural field, especially in the fields of music, drama and literature. The holders of the medal do not have to be Swedish citizens.

Emergence

The medal was awarded in 1853 by the then Swedish Crown Prince Karl Ludvig Eugen Bernadotte , who later became King Karl XV. donated by Sweden . He was inspired by the comparable medal Ingenio et arti , which was donated by the Danish King Christian VIII in 1841 . Litteris et Artibus was first awarded in 1860 .

Material and appearance

The Litteris et Artibus medal consists of silver on the inside and gold plated on the outside . At the top of the medal sits a gold crown. The medal can be worn on clothing on an accompanying blue ribbon.

The reigning Swedish king is depicted on the front of the medal, whose name is listed in the upper half of the medal. On the reverse, the Latin words "Litteris et Artibus" engraved in the middle are framed by an open laurel wreath.

Award

The medal Litteris et Artibus by the Swedish King Carl Gustav place twice a year at Karlstag (January 28) and at Gustavstag (June 6.) in Stockholm. The determination of these two days is directly related to the first names of the reigning king.

Medal holder

The figure skater Jackson Haines received the Swedish medal "Litteris et Artibus" in 1867

While it is mostly actors, writers, singers and composers who receive the award today, people with outstanding technical and artistic skills were also initially honored with the royal medal. The first recipients of the medal were the pastry chef Carl Anders Rohdin (1860), the coin and medal engraver Lea Ahlborn (1863) and the German-born master bookbinder Franz Beck (1882). Also the American figure skater Jackson Haines , the founder of modern figure skating, who killed the Swedish King Karl XV. with his performance in Stockholm, was one of the first recipients of the Litteris et Artibus medal in 1867 .

List of carriers of the Litteris et Artibus (with articles in the German Wikipedia)

21st century

20th century

19th century

Web links

Commons : Collection of images of individual recipients of the medal  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The medal on the homepage of the Swedish royal family ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kungahuset.se, accessed October 17, 2016 (Swedish), with photos of the medal. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kungahuset.se
  2. ^ Biography of Franz Beck in the Swedish personal history lexicon "Svenskt biografiskt lexikon", riksarkivet.se, accessed on December 30, 2016. (Swedish)
  3. ↑ a b Sök ordens- och medaljförläningar. Royal House of Sweden, accessed September 29, 2019 (Swedish, database with the names of the owners of Litteris et Artibus since 1945).
  4. ↑ People: In Council of State King Gustaf of Sweden decorated Cinemactress Greta Garbo with the nation's gold medal litteris et artibus, highest Swedish award for artistic achievement. Time , January 11, 1937, time.com, accessed October 17, 2016.