The following abbreviations in Sweden are used as pre-nominal letters (rather than post-nominal letters) after the professional title in definite form, followed by a comma, and before the full name:
Order of the Seraphim RoKavKMO/LoKavKMO - Knight/Member (of the cloth) and Commander of His Majesty's Orders (=Knight/Member (of the cloth) of the Order of Seraphim and Commander Grand Cross or Commander 1st Class of one of the orders Sword, Polar Star or Vasa, i.e. Swedish citizens) RSerafO/LSerafO - Knight/Member (of the cloth) of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (=have only received the Order of the Seraphim, i.e. foreign heads of state) Order of the Sword: Commander Grand Cross (KmstkSO) Knight Grand Cross 1st Class (RmstkSO1kl) (special class, in wartimes only) Knight Grand Cross 2nd Class (RmstkSO2kl) (special class, in wartimes only) Commander 1st Class (KSO1kl) Commander 2nd Class (KSO2kl) Knight 1st Class (RSO1kl) Knight (RSO) Cross of Merit (Svm) Order of the Polar Star: Commander Grand Cross (KmstkNO) Commander 1st Class (KNO1kl) Commander 2nd Class (KNO2kl) Knight/Member (of the cloth) 1st Class (RNO1kl/LNO1kl) Knight/Member (RNO/LNO) Order of Vasa: Commander Grand Cross (KmstkVO) Commander 1st Class (KVO1kl) Commander 2nd Class (KVO2kl) Knight/Member 1st Class (RVO1kl/LVO1kl) Knight/Member (RVO/LVO) Cross of Merit (Vt) Order of Charles XIII: Knight (RCXIII:sO) (insignia and rank as Commander 1st Class) Order of Saint John in Sweden: Knight of Justice (R-RJohO) Knight (RJohO) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Fellow (LVA)
See also Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden Lists of post-nominal letters