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    The Lord High Chancellor (Swedish: Rikskansler), literally Chancellor of the Realm, was a prominent and influential office in Sweden, from 1538 until...
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    part of the 17th century. These range from Chancellor of the Realm (rikskansler) Johan Oxenstierna (1611–1657) and Lord Chief Justice (riksdrots) Magnus...
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  • Sweden in 1713. Historically there was also a Lord High Chancellor or Rikskansler as the most senior member of the Privy Council of Sweden. There is in...
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    Riksdrots), Constable (Swedish: Riksmarsk) and Chancellor (Swedish: Rikskansler). Particularly from the reign of King Gustav Vasa, with his efforts of...
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    of Sweden. On 6 January 1612 Oxenstierna became Lord High Chancellor (Rikskansler) of the Privy Council. His controlling, organizing hand soon became apparent...
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  • Lord High Admiral (Swedish: riksamiral) Lord High Chancellor (Swedish: rikskansler) Lord High Treasurer (Swedish: riksskattmästare) The title meant no particular...
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  • was imprisoned at Västerås Castle, where he died in 1553. "Nordisk Familjebok - "Rikskansler"". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2010-01-15. v t e...
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    High Chancellor of Sweden who became the first to receive the title Rikskansler, but his family had not benefitted from the largesse of the most recent...
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  • runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-05-18. "Nordisk Familjebok - "Rikskansler"". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-05-03. "Nordisk Familjebok...
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    Office. On October 18, 1618 Axel Oxenstierna, the Lord High Chancellor (Rikskansler) of the Privy Council, issued a Chancellor's Order to appoint a special...
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