Jämtlands Flyg becomes a Royal Warrant Holder

Jan 17, 2011

The renowned Swedish helicopter operator Jämtlands Flyg has been dubbed a Royal Warrant Holder (Kunglig Hovleverantör) by His Majesty The King. The title is an honorable label awarded to an exclusive amount of purveyors to the Royal Court of Sweden. Jämtlands Flyg is the first aviation company to gain the title and it is the first company to be awarded since 2005. Jämtlands Flyg has been hired for helicopter transports in the mountain world by the Royal Court for decades.

The court states that “In order to qualify as Purveyor to the Court a company must have delivered goods or services to the Royal Court for at least five years. Furthermore, the companies finances must be conducted without fault.”

A Royal Warrant Holder is allowed to use the respectable Greater Coat of Arms to indicate that they are a holder of a royal warrant.

The tradition of awarding suppliers of the Royal Family has been around for centuries. The modern form of the award is bound to the managing director of the company and the monarch in question, according to the website hovlev.se. The website states: “Some 130 companies hold the title of Purveyor to H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf at present. They represent a wide range of fields of activity and are all based in Sweden.”