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The history of the order
The 18th century was a period of prosperity for a variety of systems of Orders in our country - as was the case in most other European countries. A large number of these Orders and other Societies then devoted themselves to serving their own various needs and purposes, and this they did adhering to their own different rituals. Some of these Societies still exist, one of them being the Order of the Innocence Society.
Anders Hedenberg, personal physician to the King - first, and later - with Field Marshal Baron Bernt Otto Stackelberg, were instrumental in instituting, on 7th November 1765, what subsequently came to be known as Orden L´Innocence or Innocence Orden (the Order of the Innocence Society).
For a number of years, the members of the Order used, as a venue for their gatherings, the spacious floor of the old Stockholm Stock Exchange where they commemorated, in grand style, the day of the Order´s foundation. In the early part of the 20th century, these proceedings were moved to the Grand Hôtel Royal.
In 1935 the Order celebrated its 170th Commemoration Day by giving a ball for 800 people, among them five royal personages and a great number of foreign diplomats and other dignitaries. HRH Princess Sibylla and HRH Prince Carl junior were then admitted into the Order.
At its 210th anniversary in 1975, HM King Carl XVI Gustaf honoured the Order with his presence and was created an Honorary Member. In 1982, HRH Princess Lilian became Patron of the Order. Today, HRH Crown Princess Victoria, HRH Prince Philip, and HRH Princess Madeleine are Honorary Members of the Order.
The General Conclave, the Council, continues, in the same vein, the more than two-hundred-year-old tradition of inviting its members, on the Order´s Commemoration Day - “the Day of Solemnity” - to a Chapter and Grand Reception. This takes place in order to bid new members or “Recipients” welcome, in a spirit of joy and true friendship and within the time-honoured and elegant framework of the Ceremonial. These proceedings are always followed by a Grand Banquet in an atmosphere of conviviality - including dancing and other forms of innocent amusements - in order for the new members to be able to derive, there from, the joy that true and honest friendship may afford.
The Order of the Innocence Society today mainly takes the form of a grand ball in gala dress bringing together youthful freshness and the time-honoured tradition of an epoch honouring more chivalrous forms of social intercourse, graceful dancing and swirling ball gowns.
The 18th century was a period of prosperity for a variety of systems of Orders in our country - as was the case in most other European countries. A large number of these Orders and other Societies then devoted themselves to serving their own various needs and purposes, and this they did adhering to their own different rituals. Some of these Societies still exist, one of them being the Order of the Innocence Society.
Anders Hedenberg, personal physician to the King - first, and later - with Field Marshal Baron Bernt Otto Stackelberg, were instrumental in instituting, on 7th November 1765, what subsequently came to be known as Orden L´Innocence or Innocence Orden (the Order of the Innocence Society).
For a number of years, the members of the Order used, as a venue for their gatherings, the spacious floor of the old Stockholm Stock Exchange where they commemorated, in grand style, the day of the Order´s foundation. In the early part of the 20th century, these proceedings were moved to the Grand Hôtel Royal.
In 1935 the Order celebrated its 170th Commemoration Day by giving a ball for 800 people, among them five royal personages and a great number of foreign diplomats and other dignitaries. HRH Princess Sibylla and HRH Prince Carl junior were then admitted into the Order.
At its 210th anniversary in 1975, HM King Carl XVI Gustaf honoured the Order with his presence and was created an Honorary Member. In 1982, HRH Princess Lilian became Patron of the Order. Today, HRH Crown Princess Victoria, HRH Prince Philip, and HRH Princess Madeleine are Honorary Members of the Order.
The General Conclave, the Council, continues, in the same vein, the more than two-hundred-year-old tradition of inviting its members, on the Order´s Commemoration Day - “the Day of Solemnity” - to a Chapter and Grand Reception. This takes place in order to bid new members or “Recipients” welcome, in a spirit of joy and true friendship and within the time-honoured and elegant framework of the Ceremonial. These proceedings are always followed by a Grand Banquet in an atmosphere of conviviality - including dancing and other forms of innocent amusements - in order for the new members to be able to derive, there from, the joy that true and honest friendship may afford.
The Order of the Innocence Society today mainly takes the form of a grand ball in gala dress bringing together youthful freshness and the time-honoured tradition of an epoch honouring more chivalrous forms of social intercourse, graceful dancing and swirling ball gowns.
