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17-527: The Hammarskjöld family , also known as Hammarskiöld family , is a Swedish noble family, enrolled in Riddarhuset (English: " House of Nobility ") with the number of 135. The founder of the family was Peder Mikaelsson (c. 1560–1646), the Governor of Borgholm Castle . He fought for King Sigismund at Stångebro in 1598 and was knighted in 1610 with the name of Hammarskiöld . He was married twice. His first wife

34-454: Is literally translated as House of Knights , as the knights ( Swedish : riddare ) belong to the higher ranks of the Swedish nobility, sometimes also together with titles as count ( Swedish : Greve ) and baron ( Swedish : friherre ). All esquires are also represented in the corporation (most of the families are so called untitled nobility , Swedish : obetitlad adel ). This

51-672: Is a tradition from the Middle Ages when Sweden during the Kalmar Union only had one knight: Sten Sture . Between the 17th and the 19th century the House of Nobility was a chamber in the Riksdag of the Estates . In the 18th century, the building was often used for public concerts. From 1731, public concerts were performed here by Kungliga Hovkapellet . Elisabeth Olin is believed to have debuted here in

68-530: The 1750s, and foreign artists performed such as Elisabetta Almerighi, Giovanni Ansani (1772) and Rosa Scarlatti . In 1866, the Parliament of the Estates was replaced by the new Riksdag (Parliament of Sweden). From then on, the House of Nobility served as a quasi-official representative body for the Swedish nobility, regulated by the Swedish government. Since 2003, it has been a private institution which maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of

85-673: The Assembly acted as the decision-making body for the Estate of the Nobility, one of the four estates of the realm represented by the Riksdag of the Estates , it was chaired by the Lord Marshal . Since the Assembly was separated from the Riksdag , however, its chair has been styled titled as chairman . The chairman is however still seated in the Lord Marshal's chair during sessions of the Assembly. Before

102-511: The Assembly to change the rules and allow for female members, for example at the 2016 Assembly when Carl Lagercrantz, since 1974 the representative of the Lagercrantz family , proposed that the heads of noble houses would be enabled to select a successor, regardless of their gender. All attendees are entitled to table motions before the House. Proposed motions are first put before the Committee of

119-598: The House of Nobility, a committee consisting of members selected by the assembly, which prepares and reworks the motions before they are presented to the Assembly itself. The Assembly of Nobles also appoints the members and chairman of the Directorate of the Swedish Nobility Foundation , which is tasked with executing Assembly decisions between meetings. Before the Representation Reform of 1866, when

136-451: The Nobility in Stockholm to make decisions regarding the management of the properties and foundations under the ownership of the House of Nobility, the affairs of the nobility and the budget of the House. All heads of Swedish noble houses introduced into the House of Nobility are entitled to attend and vote at meetings, or to send a member of their family to do so in their place. The head of

153-722: The Stake family (number 47 in Riddarhuset ). A younger branch of the family has been partners and managing directors of Skultuna Messingbruk , a Swedish manufacturer of cuff links in Skultuna near Västerås in Västmanland , by intermarriage with the Adlerwald family. In 2014, there were 61 people who bear the Hammarskjöld or Hammarskiöld surname in Sweden. House of Nobility (Sweden) The name

170-523: The Swedish nobility, its main purpose being to maintain old traditions and culture. Since 1990 the House is a member of CILANE . The House of Nobility is governed by the House of Nobility Act. Currently it’s the 1866 Act governing the body, but the first such act was introduced as far back as 1626. The primary decision making body of the House is the Assembly of Nobles ( Swedish : Adelsmötet ), which convenes every 3 years to make decisions regarding how

187-467: The assembly and consists of a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, 6 members and 3 deputy members. There is also a Chancery of the House of Nobility assisting the Directorate in implementing decisions of the assembly. The Riddarhuset is also the name of the building maintained by the corporation in Stockholm old town . The French -born architect Simon de la Vallée started the planning of the building, but

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204-415: The family is always the eldest son of the eldest son and so on of whoever was first ennobled. The current statues of the House of Nobility prevents women from being head of a noble house, and therefore from participating in the Assembly. At the start of each Assembly attending nobles are given tokens by the secretary of the House of Nobility to confirm their participation. There have been motions proposed to

221-690: The manors in the present Oskarshamn Municipality – Misterhult, Virbo and Fårbo – and, in the present Vimmerby Municipality , Tuna, all in the modern Kalmar County for providing five fully armed men for the defense. Tuna is still a family estate for the Hammarskjölds, and the church there houses the family mausoleum for them. The family was introduced to Riddarhuset in 1628. The son of the second marriage, Major Arvid Hammarskjöld, married Anna Dorothea Patkull. The Hammarskjöld dynasty continued with their son, Colonel Carl Gustaf Hammarskjöld, who married Baroness Hedvig Ulfsparre of Broxvik, whose mother belonged to

238-401: The nobility shall operate until the next meeting. The Head of each noble house which has been introduced into the house is entitled to attend and vote at the assembly. They may also send another member of their house to represent them. Decisions taken by the assembly are then to be implemented over the next 3 years by the Directorate of the Swedish Nobility Foundation . This body is elected by

255-609: The old main library in Turku , Finland , was influenced by the Swedish House of Nobility. 59°19′33″N 18°03′55″E  /  59.32583°N 18.06528°E  / 59.32583; 18.06528 Assembly of Nobles (Sweden) The Assembly of Nobles ( Swedish : Adelsmötet ) is the principal decision-making body of the House of Nobility . It convenes every three years at the Palace of

272-563: Was Beata Körning, daughter of the slottslov ("castle commander") Erik Matsson Körning and Kjerstin Hand. His second wife, a cousin of Beata, was Christina Stjerna, the daughter of Peder Månsson Stjerna (number 77 in Riddarhuset ) and Karin Hand. The two marriages produced children but the issue from his first wife went out early on the "sword side" ( svärdssidan , literally "on the side of the sword" meaning without any male heirs). As early as 1607 Peder Mikaelsson Hammarskiöld received as his properties

289-469: Was killed by a Swedish nobleman in 1642. The plans were eventually finished by his son, Jean de la Vallée , in 1660. The south end of the building carries the Latin inscription CLARIS MAIORUM EXEMPLIS , after the clear example of the forefathers , and holds a statue of Gustav Vasa , the king of Sweden 1523-1560. North of the building is a park in which is a statue of Axel Oxenstierna . The architecture of

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