Knight of Freedom Award

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".

Knight of Freedom Award
Awarded for	Actions in support of human rights and democracy
Country	Poland
Presented by	Casimir Pulaski Foundation
First award	2005
Website	pulaski.pl/en/knight-of-freedom-award/

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

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

See also

• Solidarity Prize
• Sakharov Prize