Knight of Freedom Award

Knight of Freedom Award
Awarded forActions in support of human rights and democracy
CountryPoland
Presented byCasimir Pulaski Foundation
First award2005
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The Knight of Freedom Award (Polish: Rycerz Wolności) is a Polish international award conferred annually to "outstanding figures, who promote the values represented by General Casimir Pulaski: freedom, justice, and democracy".

History

The award was established in 2005 and is presented by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. Zbigniew Pisarski, the president of the Casimir Pulaski Foundation, presents the laureates with handmade replicas of the sabre (Polish: karabela) used by General Pulaski. The award ceremony takes place each year during the Warsaw Security Forum.

Laureates

Year Laureate(s) Image Citizenship(s) Description Source(s)
2025 Jens Stoltenberg JensStoltenberg Norway
2023 NATO NATO International The award was accepted by Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of NATO.
2022 Ukraine Olena Zelenska Ukraine The award was accepted by Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine.
2021 Alexei Navalny Alexei Navalny Russia
2020 Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland Norway
2019 Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė Lithuania
2018 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark
2017 Mary Robinson Mary Robinson Ireland
2016 Toomas Ilves Toomas Ilves Estonia
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Khodorkovsky Russia
2015 Carl Bildt Carl Bildt Sweden
Radosław Sikorski Radosław Sikorski Poland
2014 Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili Georgia
2013 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Latvia
2012 Richard Lugar Richard Lugar United States
2011 Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner France
2010 Javier Solana Javier Solana Spain
2009 Valdas Adamkus Valdas Adamkus Lithuania
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski Poland
2008 Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Poland
2007 Alaksandar Milinkievič Alaksandar Milinkievič Belarus
2006 Władysław Bartoszewski Władysław Bartoszewski Poland for his work in the Solidarity trade union and in Polish-German relations
2005 Norman Davies Norman Davies United Kingdom

See also

References

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  22. ↑ "Javier Solana". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  23. ↑ "Valdas Adamkus". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
  24. ↑ "Aleksander Kwaśniewski". Retrieved 2018-01-06.
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