His Majesty's Marshal of the Realm ( sv, Hans Majestät Konungens riksmarskalk) who heads the Office of the Marshal of the Realm ( sv, Riksmarskalksämbetet), is the highest

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in the

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. The Marshal of the Realm is appointed by the

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and is directly responsible for the organization and affairs of the court, and for maintaining liaison arrangements with the

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and the

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. Press releases and official statements from the

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to the press and the public are typically released through the Marshal of the Realm. The office was created in 1607 during the reign of Charles IX, and until 1936 during the reign of

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, with the appointment of Axel Vennersten, it had always been held by a member of the

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. The incumbent is in formal writing entitled to the style of

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, and is today, apart from Swedish ambassadors, the only officeholder to use this style. Until the 1970s, the

and the

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also used this style, but it has since fallen out of use. The Marshals of the Realm were also in the past, until the reform of the state orders of chivalry in 1975, appointed as Knights of the Royal Order of the Seraphim, but since then Swedish citizens other than members of the Royal House are no longer eligible. The present officeholder,

Fredrik Wersäll Claes Fredrik Richardson Wersäll (born 30 April 1951) is a Swedish jurist and civil servant who has been the Marshal of the Realm of Sweden and chief of the Royal Court of Sweden since 1 September 2018. Wersäll was educated at Uppsala Unive ...

, was appointed in 2018.

List of Marshals of the Realm since 1607

Riksmarskalken Svante Lindqvist med hustrun Catharina

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*{{Official site, https://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt/royalcourt/theroyalcourt/officeofthemarshaloftherealm.4.396160511584257f2180003039.html 1607 introductions Court titles Swedish monarchy

List of Marshals of the Realm since 1607

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