During the state visit from 2 to 4 May, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden visited the University of Tartu and awarded Swedish Royal Orders of the Polar Star.
Rector of the University of Tartu Professor of Neurosurgery Toomas Asser was given the Royal Order of the Polar Star Commander First Class.
Rector Toomas Asser’s Royal Order of the Polar Star Commander First Class
Professor of Macroeconomics and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences Raul Eamets was given the Royal Order of the Polar Star Commander.
Professor Raul Eamets’s Royal Order of the Polar Star Commander
The Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star was instituted by King Frederik I in 1748, and it may be given to members of the Swedish Royal Family and foreign nationals in recognition of personal services to Sweden or for the promotion of Swedish interests.
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