Order of Saint John in Sweden The Order of Saint John in Sweden (Swedish: (S:t) Johanniterorden i Sverige) is a Protestant chivalric order. It is a member of the Alliance of the Orders of Saint John of Jerusalem. It was founded in 1920 in Stockholm, Sweden, as an affiliate of the German Bailiwick of Brandenburg. In November 1946, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Gustav V as the Johannit...
This is the British order of St. John. For the Roman Catholic order see Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem . The Order of St John , formally the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (French: l'ordre très vénérable de l'Hôpital de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem[n 1]) and also known as St John International, is a royal order of chivalry first constituted as such by r...