Lord High Steward of Sweden

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great officer of the realm of Sweden political office

The Lord High Steward of Sweden was one of the kingdom’s great officers of state, historically responsible for overseeing the royal household and often wielding significant political influence, especially during periods of regency.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lord High Steward of Sweden canonical	4
Head of the Royal Court of Sweden	1
Lord High Justiciar of Sweden	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	great officer of the realm of Sweden ⓘ political office ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod	Kalmar Union ⓘ Swedish Empire ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
exercisedPowerDuring	regencies in Sweden ⓘ royal minorities ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Drots ⓘ Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ surface form: Lord High Justiciar of Sweden Riksdrots ⓘ
hasRole	guardian of royal interests during regencies ⓘ head of the royal court administration ⓘ high-ranking political advisor to the monarch of Sweden ⓘ overseer of the royal household of Sweden ⓘ
influenced	state policy of Sweden ⓘ
languageOfName	Swedish ⓘ
officeAbolishedIn	late 17th century ⓘ
officeAbolishedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
officeCreatedIn	Middle Ages ⓘ
officeCreatedInCentury	13th century ⓘ
partOf	Swedish government ⓘ surface form: Government of Sweden Great Officers of the Realm of Sweden ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Arvid Horn ⓘ Oxenstierna ⓘ surface form: Axel Oxenstierna Bo Jonsson Grip ⓘ Carl Gustaf Tessin ⓘ Carl Gyllenstierna ⓘ Carl Piper ⓘ Erik Axelsson Tott ⓘ Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna ⓘ Johan Gyllenstierna ⓘ Karl Knutsson Bonde ⓘ Lars Siggesson Sparre ⓘ Magnus Bengtsson Natt och Dag ⓘ Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie ⓘ Nils Bosson Sture ⓘ Abraham Brahe ⓘ surface form: Per Brahe the Elder Per Brahe the Younger ⓘ Sten Sture the Elder ⓘ Sten Sture the Elder ⓘ surface form: Sten Sture the Younger Svante Arrhenius ⓘ surface form: Svante Arrhenius (note: uncertain; example of noble officeholder) Svante Nilsson ⓘ Torgils Knutsson ⓘ Ture Turesson Bielke ⓘ
precedenceOver	most other Swedish nobles ⓘ
rank	one of the five Great Officers of the Realm ⓘ
responsibleFor	administration of royal estates ⓘ judicial authority in the king’s name ⓘ supervision of royal household finances ⓘ
seatOfPower	Swedish Royal Court ⓘ surface form: Swedish royal court
SwedishName	Riksdrots ⓘ
typicallyHeldBy	high nobility of Sweden ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedish Regency Council → includedOffice → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

Per Brahe the Younger → positionHeld → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie → positionHeld → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

Lord High Steward of Sweden → hasAlternativeName → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord High Justiciar of Sweden

Lord High Marshal of Sweden → relatedPosition → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

Office of the Marshal of the Court → reportsTo → Lord High Steward of Sweden ⓘ

this entity surface form: Head of the Royal Court of Sweden