Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Icelandic Order of the Falcon was established in 1921 by king Christian X of Denmark and Iceland. The order drafted new statutes July 11, 1944 upon Icelandic independence. The order can be awarded to both Icelanders and foreigners for service to Iceland or humanity. The President of Iceland is the Grand Master of the order. There are four classes of the order: Grand Cross, Commander with a Star, Commander, and Knight. The insignia is retained by the awardee during his/her lifetime after which it must be returned to the Icelandic Government. Some Recipients David Architzel (Rear Admiral, US Navy) Knut O.H.A Hammarskjöld (Swedish Foreign Service) Sue McCourt Cobb (US Ambassador to Jamaica) George P.L. Walker (Vulcanologist) Michael D. Haskins (Vice Admiral, US Navy) Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (Cellist) Orri Vigfússon (Chairman of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund) Warren W. Rosenthal, awarded 1983 Margrethe II (Queen of Denmark) Sigrún Eðvaldsdóttir, awarded 1988 Helgi Tomasson (New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet) awarded 1990 Evelyn Stefansson Nef, awarded 2001 Baldur Stefansson, awarded 2002 Philip Cronenwett, awarded 2003 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.