| 1954 |
Royal Court Singer, Stockholm |
| 1958 |
Gold Medal, Teatro Liceo, Barcelona, Spain |
| 1960 |
Royal Medal ‘Litteris et Artibus’, Stockholm |
| 1960 |
Honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm |
| 1966 |
Sonning Music Prize, Denmark |
| 1967 |
Gold Medal ‘För tonkonstens främjande’(‘For the promotion of the art of music’)
of the Royal Academy of Music, Stockholm |
| 1968 |
Austrian Kammersängerin |
| 1968 |
Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera |
| 1970 |
Honorary doctorate from Andover University, Andover, Mass. USA |
| 1970 |
Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, London |
| 1970 |
Bavarian Kammersängerin, Munich |
| 1972 |
Royal medal ‘Ingenio et Arte’, Denmark |
| 1974 |
Commander of the Order of Vasa, first class, Stockholm |
| 1975 |
Commander of the Order of St. Olav, first class, Norway |
| 1981 |
‘Illis Quorum’ gold medal, 18th grade with chain, Stockholm |
| 1981 |
Gold medal of the Kungliga Teatern, Stockholm |
| 1982 |
Honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music, New York |
| 1982 |
Honorary doctorate from Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA |
| 1982 |
‘Swedish-American of the Year’ award, New York |
| 1988 |
Cross of merit, first class, of the Land of Lower Saxony, Germany |
| 1991 |
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, France |
| 1993 |
Royal Opera House Silver Medal for 25 year's service as a Guest Artist, London |
| 1994 |
Award of the American-Swedish Foundation, New York |
| 1997 |
Honorary doctorate of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland |
| 1999 |
Honorary member of the Vienna Philharmonic |
