{{Short description|Swedish award}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox award | name = ''Illis quorum'' | subheader = <!-- or | current_awards = --> | image = Medalj, 1775-1836 - Skoklosters slott - 100150.tif | image_size = <!-- or | image_upright = --> | alt = | caption = | awarded_for = Cultural, scientific and other public benefit purposes | sponsor = | date = 1785 | location = <!-- or | venue = or | site = --> | country = Sweden | presenter = | host = <!-- or | hosts = --> | former name = | preshow_host = | acts = | campaign = | motto = "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It" | clasps = | reward = | year = | year2 = | holder_label = | holder = <!-- or | winner = or | winners = --> | most_awards = <!-- or | most_wins = --> | most_nominations = | image2 = 100px|border | image2_size = <!-- or | image_upright2 --> | caption2 = Ribbon bar }}
'''''Illis quorum''''' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society.
The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gustav III, and was first awarded in 1785. Prior to 1975, the medal was awarded by the King of Sweden.<ref name=widmark>{{cite web|title=Martin Widmark tilldelas medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores|url=http://www.government.se/sb/d/18236/a/244817|publisher=Regeringskansliet|access-date=26 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226063714/http://www.government.se/sb/d/18236/a/244817|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Illis quorum is now awarded by the Government of Sweden, and it is currently the highest award that can be conferred upon an individual Swedish citizen by the Government. It is awarded, on average, to seven people per year.<ref>[http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/1477/a/142202 Medaljer och utmärkelser] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205080152/http://www.regeringen.se/sb/d/1477/a/142202 |date=February 5, 2013 }}, Government of Sweden official website, retrieved 5 March 2013</ref>
==Selected recipients== * 1848 – Rafael Ginard i Sabater * 1873 – Sophia Wilkens * 1883 – Lea Ahlborn * 1890 – Karin Åhlin * 1895 – Sophie Adlersparre, Emmy Rappe * 1896 – Hilda Caselli * 1899 – Ellen Bergman * 1904 – Anna Sandström * 1907 – Gertrud Adelborg, Anna Hierta-Retzius * 1910 – Agda Montelius * 1913 – Anna Rönström * 1918 – Kerstin Hesselgren, Emilie Rathou * 1920 – Elsa Brändström * 1921 – Frigga Carlberg * 1923 – Matilda Widegren * 1924 – Magna Sunnerdahl * 1925 – Ann-Margret Holmgren * 1927 – Selma Lagerlöf, Aurore Grandien, Jacob Hägg * 1932 – Valfrid Palmgren * 1934 - Vivi Sylwan<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-07 |title=Intendent Vivi Sylwan ägnade sitt liv åt textilforskning på Röhsska museet {{!}} Röhsska museet |url=http://rohsska.se/8371/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107190317/http://rohsska.se/8371/ |archive-date=2016-01-07 }}</ref> * 1936 – Hanna Rydh, Herta Svensson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/svda/1936/0188.html |title= Svenska Dagbladets årsbok / Fjortonde årgången (händelserna 1936) |language=Swedish |date = 1936 |publisher =Svenska Dagbladet |access-date =10 September 2024}}</ref> * 1942 – Eva Ramstedt * 1945 – Anna Johansson-Visborg, Olivia Nordgren * 1946 – Naima Sahlbom * 1951 – Elise Ottesen-Jensen<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-01 |title=Ottar - et svensk ikon fra Sandnes |url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/i/wVqKP |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.aftenbladet.no |language=nb}}</ref> * 1952 – Raoul Wallenberg * 1978 – Astrid Lindgren * 1981 – Birgit Nilsson * 1983 - Bengt Idestam-Almquist * 1985 – Astrid Lindgren, Sune Bergström * 1993 – Lars Lönndahl * 1994 – Putte Wickman * 1998 – Thage G. Peterson * 1999 – Arne Isacsson * 2002 – Per Anger, Dina Schneidermann * 2003 – Birgitta Dahl * 2005 – Lennart Johansson, Janne Schaffer * 2006 – Peter Dahl * 2010 – Hans Rosling * 2012 – Gunilla Bergström * 2014 – Martin Widmark<ref name=widmark/> * 2023 – Lena Anderson<ref name="Illis quorum meruere labores 2023">{{cite web | title=Regeringen tilldelar Lena Anderson, Christofer Murray och Carola Häggkvist medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores | website=Regeringskansliet | publisher=Regeringen och Regeringskansliet | date=2023-07-13 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715103429/https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-date=2023-07-15 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> * 2023 – Christofer Murray<ref name="Illis quorum meruere labores 2023">{{cite web | title=Regeringen tilldelar Lena Anderson, Christofer Murray och Carola Häggkvist medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores | website=Regeringskansliet | publisher=Regeringen och Regeringskansliet | date=2023-07-13 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715103429/https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-date=2023-07-15 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref> * 2023 – Carola Häggkvist<ref name="Illis quorum meruere labores 2023">{{cite web | title=Regeringen tilldelar Lena Anderson, Christofer Murray och Carola Häggkvist medaljen Illis quorum meruere labores | website=Regeringskansliet | publisher=Regeringen och Regeringskansliet | date=2023-07-13 | url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715103429/https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2023/07/regeringen-tilldelar-lena-anderson-christofer-murray-och-carola-haggkvist-medaljen-illis-quorum-meruere-labores/ | archive-date=2023-07-15 | url-status=live | language=sv | access-date=2023-07-15}}</ref>
==See also== *Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden
==References== {{reflist}} {{Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden}}
Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden Category:1784 establishments in Sweden Category:Awards established in 1784