The Royal Court of Sweden ( sv, Kungliga Hovstaterna) is the official name for the organisation (
royal households) that supports the
monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...
, and the
royal house
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...
. The incumbent monarch, King
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus; born 30 April 1946) is King of Sweden. He ascended the throne on the death of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, on 15 September 1973.
He is the youngest child and only son of Prince Gustaf Adolf, D ...
, is head of the Royal Court.
The Royal Court
The Royal Court is divided into segments:
# The Office of the
Marshal of the Realm
# The Office of the
Marshal of the Court Marshal of the Court may refer to:
*Court Marshal of Denmark
*''Hofmarschall'' (Court Marshal), in German princely courts
*Marshal of the Court of Lithuania
* Marshal of the Court (Serbia, Yugoslavia)
*Marshal of the Court (Sweden)
*Marshal of the U ...
#
The Queen's Household
#
The Crown Princess's Household
# The Ceremonial Household
# The Royal Collections with the
Bernadotte Library Bernadotte may refer to:
*House of Bernadotte, the royal family of Sweden
**Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte French Jacobin leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and founder of the House of Bernadotte
People
* Estelle Bernad ...
# Office of the Governor of the Royal Palaces
#
Royal Stables
# The Household
# Patronage
# Information and Press Department
The Office of the Marshal of the Realm is currently headed by
Fredrik Wersäll, who is accountable to The King for the activities of the entire Royal Court organization.
The Marshal of the Realm is responsible for contacts with the government and Riksdag.
Supporting the Marshal of the Realm is the staff office with a Permanent Secretary at the Office of the Marshal of the Realm and a Court Secretary.
See also
*''
Curia regis''
*
Court (royal)
A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure. Hence, the word "court" may also be appli ...
*
Swedish Royal Academies The Royal Academies are independent organizations, founded on Royal command, that act to promote the arts, culture, and science in Sweden. The Swedish Academy and Academy of Sciences are also responsible for the selection of Nobel Prize laureates i ...
References
External links
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Court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in acco ...
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic countries, Nordic c ...