Four persons have been made honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein (Land, i.e. state of the Federal Republic of Germany):

• Gerhard Stoltenberg, former Ministerpräsident (i.e. prime minister) of Schleswig-Holstein and former defence and finance minister of Germany
• Uwe Ronneburger, former chairman of the FDP (liberal party) of Schleswig-Holstein
• Helmut Schmidt, former German Bundeskanzler (engl.: chancellor, i.e. head of government)
• Siegfried Lenz, distinguished German author, who partly lives in Tetenhusen near Flensburg. Schleswig-Holstein is the location of many of his stories.