Order of the White Rose of Finland The Order of the White Rose of Finland is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty , and the Order of the Lion of Finland . The President of Finland is the Grand Master of all three orders. The orders are administered by boards consisting of a chancellor, a vice-chancellor and at least four members. The orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland have a joint board. The Order of the White Rose of Finland was established by Gustaf Mannerheim in his capacity as regent on January 28, 1919. The name comes from the nine roses argent in the coat of arms of Finland . The order's rules and regulations were confirmed on May 16, 1919, and its present rules date from June 1, 1940. The revised scale of ranks was confirmed most recently in 1985. The original decorations were designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela . The swastikas of the collar were replaced by fir crosses in 1963, designed by heraldic artist Gustaf von Numers . The honour can be granted for military as well as civilian merit. The ribbon for all classes is ultramarine. The motto of the Order appears on the medallion and is Isänmaan hyväksi , which means in Finnish: "For the Fatherland". The President of Finland wears the Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland with Collar. The Collar is worn four centimetres from either side and hangs at equal distances at the front and back . The Grand Cross and Commander marks are awarded with a breast star.Classes The classes of the Order of the White Rose of Finland are: Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland with Collar Grand Cross of the White Rose of Finland First Class Commander of the White Rose of Finland Commander of the White Rose of Finland First Class Knight of the White Rose of Finland Knight of the White Rose of Finland Cross of Merit of the White Rose of Finland First Class Medal of the White Rose of Finland with golden cross First Class Medal of the White Rose of Finland Medal of the White Rose of FinlandRecipients Generally the Grand Cross with Collar is awarded only to foreign heads of state , e.g. to King Fuad I of Egypt , Charles de Gaulle , Josip Broz Tito and King Birendra of Nepal . Prime Ministers of Finland customarily receive the Grand Cross.List Col. Bernard Aabel, 1951, In 1948 Aabel became the Assistant Military Attaché in Helsinki, Finland Anne, Princess Royal , 1969 Ion Antonescu , 1942 Thomas Beecham , 1955 Simon Beresford-Wylie , Chief Executive Officer , Nokia Siemens Networks , Awarded 2008 Leonid Brezhnev , 1976 Ernesto Burzagli , 1926. Carl XVI Gustaf Armi Kuusela James Cathey, 2007 Arthur J. Collingsworth, 1984 John Fawcett, 1958 Charles de Gaulle, 1962 Eduard Dietl , 1941 Dean Driscoll, 1941, Chevalier of the White Rose of Finland, for services "toward relieving the civilian population of wartorn Finland". Bob Foster, 2011 Jim Gilleran, 2008 Maggie Gripenberg , 1961 Hirohito , 1942 Pauline Kiltinen, 2016 - Cross of Merit of the Order of the White Rose for the promotion of Finnish culture including the commissioning Rockland the Opera . Zoltán Kodály , 1967 - First Class Commander of the White Rose of Finland Greta Kukkonen, 1967 Mart Laar , 2009 Jarl Lindfors , 1960 Arthur Lydiard , 1972 Olli Mannermaa , 1979 Dáithí O'Ceallaigh Norman Cameron Moore , 1941 Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, 2009 Erkki Oja , 2006 Rajendra Kumar Pachauri , 2010 Koča Popović , 1963 Tim Purcell, 2008 Edward Rydz-Śmigły Ensio Seppänen , 1998, First Class Knight of the White Rose of Finland Birendra Bir Bikram Shah,1988 Late king of Nepal Margareta Steinby 1991 Elwin Svenson, 2004 Dr. Henry Tirri, 2011 – First Class Knight of the White Rose of Finland Josip Broz Tito, 1963 Earl Wagner Twitchell, 1947 Dmitriy Ustinov , 1978, Marshal of the Soviet Union Josef Veltjens , 1941 Walther von Brauchitsch , 1939 Andrew Wilkinson , 2003, Knight, 1st Class, Order of the White Rose of Finland Tapani Jyrki Tarvainen, 2015, Chevalier of the White Rose of Finland Walter Werronen, ~1983 Shaul Tchernichovsky , 1934 Dr. Helena Yli-Renko, 2017Special honors Grand Cross with collar, jewels and swords was awarded only once, to Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 4 June 1944. Grand Cross with jewels, to three Finns: Senator Otto Stenroth 1938, Foreign Minister Carl Enckell 1946 and Jean Sibelius 1950. Grand Cross with swords has been awarded to three Finnish Lieutenant Generals: Hjalmar Siilasvuo , Edvard Hanell and Aksel Airo . The decoration has also been awarded to a number of foreign high officers, such as the German Colonel General Eduard Dietl.
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