 In 1818, due to the union between Norway and Sweden, the lodge St. Olaus to the white leopard became a member of The Swedish Order of Freemasons.The lodge was one of the six founding members of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons («Province X») on 24 June 1891.On its foundations in 1749, St Olaus was a pure lodge of St. John, a «blue lodge» practising the Craft degrees.