Crown Equerry (Sweden)

Crown Equerry Mertil Melin at the Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves state visit to Stockholm in 2011.

Crown Equerry (Swedish: Hovstallmästare) is a title of the head of the Swedish Royal Stables. It is also an honorary title awarded by the Swedish king. Previously at the Royal Court of Sweden there was also a Master of the Horse (Överhovstallmästare) who had the highest transparency of the Royal Stables. The Crown Equerry who was head of the Royal Stables, was named First Crown Equerry (Förste hovstallmästare). Today Colonel Ulf Gunnehed is the Crown Equerry and head of the Royal Stables.^[1]

Order of precedence

According to the order of precedence the Crown Equerry had following ranks before 1909:^[2]

Uniform

Since 1875 the Crown Equerry carry a uniform consisting of a light blue single-breasted waffenrock with white piping and a stand-up collar decorated with oak leaf pattern. The parade uniform has epaulettes, a waist belt with gold tassels, and bicorne with white plume.^[3]

• 

  Hat for everyday attire.

• 

  Everyday attire.

• 

  Parade attire.

List of Crown Equerries

This is an incomplete list of Crown Equerries:

Master of the Horse

• 1763–1769 – Johan Henrik Sparfvenfeldt
• 1769–1772 – Jakob Wattrang
• 1772–1791 – Adolf Fredrik Lewenhaupt
• 1791–1818 – Gustaf Lewenhaupt
• ????–???? – Claes Rålamb
• 1856–1859 – Ferdinand Braunerhielm
• 1860–1874 – Gustaf Adolf Fredrik Wilhelm von Essen
• 1875–1885 – Rudolf Tornérhjelm
• 1885–1888 – Carl Björnstjerna
• 1888–1908 – Alfred Piper
• 1908–1912 – Gustaf Gyldenstolpe (1919)^[4]
• 1912–1931 – Fredrik Wrangel^[4]
• 1932–???? – Hans Ramel^[4]

First Crown Equerries

• 1886–1912 – Gustaf Gyldenstolpe^[4]
• 1912–1929 – Eberhard Rosenblad (1911)^[4]
• 1929–???? – Charles d’Otrante^[4]

Crown Equerries

• 1916–???? – Carl Bonde
• 1935–1946 – Claës König
• 1946–1950 – Hodder Stjernswärd
• 1950–1972 – Carl Eric von Platen
• 1972–1984 – Hans Skiöldebrand
• 1984–1991 – Hodder Stjernswärd
• 1991–1996 – Magnus Olson
• 1996–2003 – Jörn Beckmann
• 2003–2015 – Mertil Melin
• 2015–2018 – Ulf Gunnehed^[5]

List of non court-serving Crown Equerries

This is an incomplete list of non court-serving Crown Equerries:

Non court-serving First Crown Equerries^[6]

• 1890–1910 – Gustaf d’Otrante
• 1918–1939 – Edvard Sager
• 1918–1935 – Carl Wachtmeister
• 1925–1937 – Carl Gustaf von Platen

Non court-serving Crown Equerries^[6]

• 1896–1918 – Edvard Sager
• 1901–1931 – Gösta Tamm
• 1908–1918 – Carl Wachtmeister
• 1911–1925 – Carl Gustaf von Platen
• 1916–19?? – Clarence von Rosen
• 1923–1936 – Adolf Hamilton
• 1927–1934 – Carl Hallenborg
• 1930–1938 – Magnus Palmstierna
• 1930–19?? – Carl-Philip Klingspor
• 1931–1943 – Fabian Wrede
• 1932–19?? – Wilhelm von Essen
• 1933–19?? – Claës Wachtmeister
• 1933–1941 – Nils Gyllenkrok
• 1935–19?? – Claës König

References