Swedish Imperial Marshal

The Reichsmarschall is the highest official at the Swedish royal court and is appointed directly by the head of state . The Reichsmarschall is responsible to the Swedish king for the activities of the courts and is in contact with the Reichstag and the Swedish government . He is addressed with the title of excellence , which until 1974 also belonged to the Swedish Prime Minister and Foreign Minister .

Hovuniform

On solemn occasions he wears the Hovuniform and the Ämbetsstav , a long stick with a gilded crown on top.

organization

The Reichsmarschall heads the Riksmarskalksämbetet (Reichsmarschallamt). This has the personnel department of the courts, a finance department and a press office. Among other things, the court clergy, the king's personal physicians and the mistress of the robes are subordinate to the Reichsmarschall.

history

Axel Vennersten as Reichsmarschall in 1942

The original meaning of the word marshal is groom. In the Middle Ages it was called marsk in Sweden . The office of Reichsmarschall was introduced in 1607 as the Reichsrat Göran Claesson Stiernsköld by King Karl IX . was appointed the first Kingdom Marshal. In the constitution of 1634 it was determined that he should be an imperial council, belong to the five imperial officials and should direct the courts. In 1680 the title was changed to Oberstmarschall (överstemarskalk). This change was reversed in 1722. He was in charge of Borgratten until 1844 . The Reichsmarschalle initially came from the upper nobility . Axel Vennersten (1936–1946) was the first incumbent who did not come from the nobility.

List of the Swedish imperial marshals since 1607

	Surname	Lifetime	Term of office	Remarks
1.	Göran Claesson Stiernsköld	1552-1611	1607-1611	first incumbent
2.	Henrik Carlsson Horn af Kanckas	1578-1618	1611-1618
	vacant		1618-1634
3.	Axel Gustafsson Banér	1594-1642	1634-1641
	vacant		1641-1643
4th	Åke Axelsson Natt och Dag	1594-1655	1643-1651
5.	Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie	1622-1686	1651-1653
6th	Adolf Johan av Pfalz-Zweibrücken	1629-1689	1653-1654
7th	Johan Oxenstierna af Södermöre	1611-1657	1654-1657
8th.	Gabriel Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa	1619-1673	1657-?
9.	Johan Gabriel Stenbock	1640-1705	1673-1705	Reich and Oberstmarschall
10.	Carl Piper	1647-1716	1705-1716	Colonel Marshal
11.	Nicodemus Tessin the Younger	1654-1728	1717-1727	Colonel Marshal
12.	Magnus Julius De la Gardie	1669-1741	1727-1741	Colonel Marshal
13.	Samuel Åkerhielm af Margrethelund	1684-1768	1741-1747	Colonel Marshal
14th	Wilhelm Ludvig Taube af Odenkat	1690-1750	1747-1750	Colonel Marshal
15th	Claes Ekeblad dy	1708-1771	1750-1761	Colonel Marshal
16.	Adam Horn af Kanckas	1717-1778	1761-1769	Colonel Marshal
17th	Nils Adam Bielke	1724-1792	1769-1772	Colonel Marshal
18th	Hans Henrik von Liewen the Younger	1704-1781	1772-1781	from 1772 Reich Marshal
19th	Göran Gyllenstierna	1724-1799	1781-1788
20th	Carl Bonde af Björnö	1741-1791	1788-1791
21st	Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna	1750-1818	1792-1801
22nd	Hans Axel von Fersen	1755-1810	1801-1810
23.	Magnus Stenbock (1763-1822)		1810
24.	Hans Henrik of Essen	1755-1824	1810-1824
25th	Claes Adolf Fleming	1771-1831	1824-1831
26th	Magnus Brahe	1790-1844	1831-1844
27.	Arvid Mauritz Posse	1792-1850	1845-1849
28.	Mauritz Axel Lewenhaupt	1791-1868	1849-1860
29	Nils Gyldenstolpe	1799-1864	1860-1864
30th	Gustaf Sparre	1802-1886	1864-1886
31.	Gillis Bildt	1820-1894	1886-1894
32.	Fredrik from Essen	1831-1921	1894-1911
33.	Ludvig Douglas	1849-1916	1911-1916
34.	Otto Hack Roland Printzsköld	1846-1930	1916-1930
35.	Eric trolls	1863-1934	1930-1934
36.	Oscar von Sydow	1873-1936	1934-1936
37.	Axel Vennersten	1863-1948	1936-1946
38.	Birger Ekeberg	1880-1968	1946-1959
39.	Nils Vult from Steyern	1887-1966	1959-1966
40.	Stig H: son Ericson	1897-1985	1966-1976
41.	Gunnar Lagergren	1912-2008	1976-1983
42.	Sten Rudholm	1918-2008	1983-1986
43.	Per Sköld	1922-2008	1986-1996
44.	Gunnar Brodin	1931-2009	1996-2003
45.	Ingemar Eliasson	1939–	2003-2009
46.	Svante Lindqvist	1948–	2010-2018
47.	Fredrik Wersäll	1951-	since 2018