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==Honours== * The main street of [[Oslo]], [[Karl Johans gate]], was named after him in 1852. * The former main base for the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]], [[Karljohansvern]], was also named after him in 1854. * The [[Karlsborg Fortress]] ({{langx|sv|Karlsborgs fästning}}), located in present-day [[Karlsborg Municipality]] in [[Västra Götaland County]], was also named in honour of him. * The {{Interlanguage link|Caserne Bernadotte|fr}}, a French military building located in Pau, was also named after him in 1875. * The bronze equestrian statue of the King at the Royal Palace, Oslo, unveiled in 1875, is the largest bronze statue in Norway.<ref>{{cite web |title=The statues in the Palace Park |url=https://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=29640&sek=113201&scope=27248 |website=Royal House of Norway |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826161015/https://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=29640&sek=113201&scope=27248 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===National=== * [[First French Empire|French Empire]]: Knight Grand Eagle of the [[Legion of Honour]], ''2 February 1805''<ref name="Berlien1846">{{cite book|author=Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien|title=Der Elephanten-Orden und seine Ritter: eine historische Abhandlung über die ersten Spuren dieses Ordens und dessen fernere Entwicklung bis zu seiner gegenwärtigen Gestalt, und nächstdem ein Material zur Personalhistorie, nach den Quellen des Königlichen Geheimen-Staatsarchivs und des Königlichen Ordenskapitelsarchivs zu Kopenhagen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-BAZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126|year=1846|publisher=Gedruckt in der Berlingschen Officin|page=126}}</ref> * [[Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy|Kingdom of Italy]]: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Iron Crown]]<ref name="Berlien1846"/> * Sweden: ** Knight of the [[Order of the Seraphim]], ''21 August 1810'' ** Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Sword]], ''21 August 1810''<ref>[http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:272035&recordNumber=17&totalRecordNumber=220 Posttidningar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213752/http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:272035&recordNumber=17&totalRecordNumber=220 |date=27 March 2018 }} ''magasin.kb.se''.</ref> ** Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Sword]], 1st Class, ''21 August 1810''<ref>[http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:272035&recordNumber=17&totalRecordNumber=220 Posttidningar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213752/http://magasin.kb.se/searchinterface/page.jsp?id=kb:272035&recordNumber=17&totalRecordNumber=220 |date=27 March 2018 }} ''magasin.kb.se''.</ref> ** Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Polar Star]], ''21 August 1810'' ** Commander Grand Cross of the [[Order of Vasa]], ''28 January 1813''<ref>Riksarkivet. "[https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000837_00047#?cv=46&z=299.2972,1943.7905,2386.6917,1335.1511&c=&m=&s=&xywh=-2533%2C-263%2C11224%2C5258 Riksarkivet – Sök i arkiven] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727083211/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/E0000837_00047#?cv=46&z=299.2972,1943.7905,2386.6917,1335.1511&c=&m=&s=&xywh=-2533%2C-263%2C11224%2C5258 |date=27 July 2020 }}" (in Swedish). ''sok.riksarkivet.se''.</ref> ** Knight of the [[Order of Charles XIII]], ''21 August 1810'' He became [[Grand Master (order)|Lord and Master]] of all Swedish orders of chivalry upon his accession to the throne.<ref name="Berlien1846"/> ===Foreign=== {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| * [[Kingdom of Bavaria]]: Knight of the [[Order of St. Hubert]], ''1805''<ref name="Berlien1846"/> * [[Kingdom of Prussia]]:<ref name="Berlien1846"/> ** Knight of the [[Order of the Black Eagle]], ''7 April 1805''<ref>''Liste der Ritter des Königlich Preußischen Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler'' (1851), "Von Seiner Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III. ernannte Ritter" [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10362193?page=25 p. 25] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404064905/https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10362193?page=25 |date=4 April 2023 }}</ref> ** Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Red Eagle]], ''7 April 1805'' ** [[Grand Cross of the Iron Cross]], ''1813'' * [[Kingdom of Denmark]]: Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]], ''15 October 1808''<ref name="Berlien1846"/> * [[Kingdom of Saxony]]:<ref name="Berlien1846"/><ref>''Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1839'' (in German), "Königliche Ritter-Orden", pp. 3, 5</ref> ** Knight Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of St. Henry]], ''1809'' ** Knight of the [[Order of the Rue Crown]], ''1832'' * [[Russian Empire]]:<ref name="Berlien1846"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Almanach de la cour: pour l'année ... 1817|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ZpKAAAAcAAJ|year=1817|publisher=l'Académie Imp. des Sciences|pages=63, 77, 89}}</ref> ** Knight of the [[Order of St. Andrew]], ''30 August 1812'' ** Knight of the [[Order of St. Alexander Nevsky]], ''30 August 1812'' ** Knight of the [[Order of St. Anna]], 1st Class ** Knight of the [[Order of St. George]], 1st Class, ''30 August 1813'' * [[Austrian Empire]]: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Military Order of Maria Theresa]], ''1813''<ref name="Berlien1846"/><ref>{{citation|chapter=Ritter-Orden: Militärischer Maria-Theresien-Orden|chapter-url=http://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1814&page=43&size=45|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Kaiserthumes Österreich|date=1814|access-date=21 February 2020|page=9|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404202956/https://alex.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/alex?aid=shb&datum=1814&page=43&size=45|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[History of Spain (1808–1874)|Kingdom of Spain]]: [[Knight]] of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]], ''2 September 1822''<ref name="Berlien1846"/><ref>{{cite book|chapter=Caballeros existentes en la insignie Orden del Toison de Oro|title=Guía de forasteros en Madrid para el año de 1835|url=http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000936054&search=&lang=en|year=1835|publisher=En la Imprenta Nacional|page=72|language=es|access-date=13 March 2020|archive-date=7 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607093308/http://hemerotecadigital.bne.es/issue.vm?id=0000936054&search=&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Grand Duchy of Baden]]:<ref name="Berlien1846"/><ref name = "HandbuchBaden">''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden'' (1834), "Großherzogliche Orden" [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866769 p. 32] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902073759/https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866769 |date=2 September 2019 }}, [https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866787 50] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902073755/https://digital.blb-karlsruhe.de/blbihd/periodical/pageview/1866787 |date=2 September 2019 }}</ref> ** Knight Grand Cross of the [[House Order of Fidelity]], ''1830'' ** Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Zähringer Lion]], ''1830'' * [[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves|Kingdom of Portugal]]: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Tower and Sword]]<ref name = "TowerAndSword">{{cite web|url=https://geneall.net/en/title/25080/grand-crosses-of-the-order-of-the-tower-and-sword/|title=Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword|website=geneall.net|access-date=9 August 2018|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807094251/https://geneall.net/en/title/25080/grand-crosses-of-the-order-of-the-tower-and-sword/|url-status=live}} Retrieved 21 September 2018.</ref> * [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]: Knight of the [[Order of St. Patrick]]<ref name="Berlien1846"/> }} === Arms and monogram === {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;" | [[File:Coat of arms of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte.svg|175px]]<br />Prince of [[Pontecorvo]] |[[File:Coat of arms of Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden 1810-1814.svg|180x180px]]<br />Coat of arms of Charles John as<br /> Crown Prince of Sweden (1810–1814) | [[File:Coat of arms of Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden and Norway 1814-1818.svg|180x180px]]<br />Coat of arms of Charles John as<br /> Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway (1814–1818) | [[File:Coat of Arms of Charles XIV John.svg|178x178px]]<br />Coat of arms of King Charles XIV John <br /> of Sweden and Norway (1818–1844) |}
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