Knight of Freedom Award

Polish international award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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".

Awarded forActions in support of human rights and democracy
CountryPoland
Presented byCasimir Pulaski Foundation
First award2005
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Knight of Freedom Award
Awarded forActions in support of human rights and democracy
CountryPoland
Presented byCasimir Pulaski Foundation
First award2005
Websitepulaski.pl/en/knight-of-freedom-award/
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History

The award was established in 2005 and is presented by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. Zbigniew Pisarski,[1] 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.[2][3]

Laureates

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Year Laureate(s) Image Citizenship(s) Description Source(s)
2025 Jens Stoltenberg JensStoltenberg Norway [4]
2023 NATO NATO International The award was accepted by Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of NATO. [5]
2022 Ukraine Olena Zelenska Ukraine The award was accepted by Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine. [6]
2021 Alexei Navalny Alexei Navalny Russia [7]
2020 Thorbjørn Jagland Thorbjørn Jagland Norway [8]
2019 Dalia Grybauskaitė Dalia Grybauskaitė Lithuania [9]
2018 Anders Fogh Rasmussen Anders Fogh Rasmussen Denmark [10]
2017 Mary Robinson Mary Robinson Ireland [11]
2016 Toomas Ilves Toomas Ilves Estonia [12][13]
Mikhail Khodorkovsky Mikhail Khodorkovsky Russia [14][15]
2015 Carl Bildt Carl Bildt Sweden [16]
Radosław Sikorski Radosław Sikorski Poland [17]
2014 Mikheil Saakashvili Mikheil Saakashvili Georgia [18]
2013 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga Latvia [19]
2012 Richard Lugar Richard Lugar United States [20]
2011 Bernard Kouchner Bernard Kouchner France [21]
2010 Javier Solana Javier Solana Spain [22]
2009 Valdas Adamkus Valdas Adamkus Lithuania [23]
Aleksander Kwaśniewski Aleksander Kwaśniewski Poland [24][25]
2008 Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa Poland [26]
2007 Alaksandar Milinkievič Alaksandar Milinkievič Belarus [27]
2006 Władysław Bartoszewski Władysław Bartoszewski Poland for his work in the Solidarity trade union and in Polish-German relations [28]
2005 Norman Davies Norman Davies United Kingdom [29]
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