served as governor of Uppland County from 1656 to 1660, and served on the Riksråd for Christina, Queen of Sweden in 1654. He built the modern Djursholm Castle...

When Johan Möller died in 1632, Stopia was officially credited by the riksråd to continue with the work of her late spouse and fill the position of his...

Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (Riksråd), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson...

Born to Johan Jacob Ehrensvärd and Anna Maria Mannerheim, she married riksråd count Gustaf Adolf Hjärne in 1739. She and her spouse were both known sympathizers...

led to a large host of peasants going to Västerås to protest. While the Riksråd intervened to peacefully resolve the protests, no actions were taken against...

Holstein; spouse of Gerhard II, Count of Holstein-Plön. Erik (1272–1330), riksråd of Sweden and Norway Marina (fl. 1285); spouse of Rudolf II, Lord of Diepholz...

April 1800) was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of the General and riksråd count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and the political salonist Hedvig Catharina...

for the king's soul. Despite demonstrating her compassion with the other Riksråd deposed during the Riksdag of 1738, she smiled when the misfortune of the...

authority. In 1617, he became a State Judge (kammarråd) and High Councillor (riksråd), and participated in the drafting of the 1617 Coronation Oath of King...

in terms that could be interpreted as giving her certain powers in the Riksråd. After the accession of Magnus as king she was included in the Swedish...

fleet See Søren's forces "Visby ringmur". Sveriges historia från äldsta tid till våra dagar: delen. Sveriges nydaningstid, från år 1521 till år 1611. Af...

d'état of queen Louisa Ulrika in 1756. Ulrika Strömfelt was the daughter of riksråd count Johan Carl Strömfelt and the överhovmästarinna and royal governess...

Lundholm and Ebba Bielke af Åkerö. In 1608, she married the admiral and riksråd nobleman Hans Claesson Bielkenstierna (d. 1620). She was appointed head...

foster homes. In 1773, she married riksråd Ulrik Scheffer, a political opponent of Erik Brahe. As the wife of riksråd Scheffer, Piper was given the title...

stated that Christina was to marry his cousin riksråd Johan Turesson Tre Rosor, Lord of Falun, riksråd and governor of Nyköping (149?-1556): they were...

was in fact the Swedish Crown Prince in disguise who, in a conflict with riksråd Count Carl Gustaf Tessin and the nobility party of the parliament, had...

daughter of Count Arvid Wittenberg and Eva Margareta von Langen, and married riksråd Baron Henrik Horn in 1674. In 1675, her husband assigned her a diplomatic...

colonel of Skaraborg Regiment. The same year, he offered the position of riksråd, but demurred in favour of remaining with the Army. At the outbreak of...

the daughter of riksråd and nobleman Benkt Pedersson Gylta (d. 1520) and Brita Bengtsdotter Lillie (d.1560) and the sister of riksråd Bengt Gylta (1514–1574)...

called Trolle-Ljungby). Hans Wachtmeister (1609–1652), Major General, Riksråd and Master of the Horse Eva Juliana Wachtmeister (1639–1666), married to...

Wends Used in the Swedish form Sveriges, Götes och Vendes konung until 1973. Thereafter simply King of Sweden (Sveriges konung). Kingdom of the Vandals...

colonel nobleman Jurgen Johan Wrangel and Margareta Stenbock and married to riksråd count Johan Carl Strömfelt (1678–1736). She became the mother of three...

Gräfsnäs and lady of Käggleholm. Ebba Lilliehöök was the only child of the riksråd Måns Bryntesson Lilliehöök (d. 1529) and Brita Jönsdotter Roos of Ervalla...

my virtue to save a family ruined by gambling. Her father was appointed riksråd, and others who had participated in the affair in the king's favor were...

as a sovereign lord. The Privy Council changed its official title from Riksråd (council of state) to kungligt råd (royal council); a visible sign that...

of the Victory at Fredrikshamn in 1790, she refused to be escorted by riksråd Count Joakim Beck-Friis, who was in favor of the reform, and demanded to...

difficult, and in 1636 she lost her parental rights to her daughter. The Riksråd justified its decision by asserting that she neglected Christina and her...

Abraham and Sten were knighted, as well as her brother-in-law were named riksråd, beginning what was referred to as the period of the Kungafränderna ('The...

courtier, letter writer and dilettante artist. Ulla Tessin was born to riksråd marshal count Erik Sparre of Sundby and Christina (Stina) Beata Lillie...

reign of her spouse. Ingeborg was the daughter of the Danish noble and riksråd Aage Axelsson Tott (1405–1477), governor of Örebro Castle in Sweden, and...