Steward and the other Great Officers of the Realm. The significance of the office had decreased when Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie got the position when Per Brahe the Younger died. After De la Gardie, no new steward was appointed. The title Lord High Steward was revived once more in 1787, when Gustav III gave Carl Axel Wachtmeister the title and put him in charge of all Swedish high courts. In 1809 the office was once again withdrawn when a new constitution was established in Sweden. The new office State Minister of Justice became the new head of the Swedish justice system. Lord High Stewards of Sweden Ulf Carlson (1276) Knut Matsson (1280) Magnus Ragvaldsson (c. 1288) Abjörn Sixtensson (–1310) – drots of Eric, Duke of Södermanland Knut Jonsson (1312–1316) Johan von Brunkow (1316–1318) Mats Kettilmundsson (1318–1319) Knut Jonsson (1322–1334 – second term) Greger Magnusson (1334–1335) Nils Ambjörnsson (1335–?) Greger Magnusson (?–1338 – second term) Nils Turesson (–1364) Bo Jonsson (Grip) (1371–1386) Krister Nilsson (Vasa) (1435–c.1440) Per Brahe the Elder (1569–1590) Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna (1590–1595) Mauritz Stensson Leijonhufvud (1602–1607) Magnus Brahe (1612–1633) Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (1634–1640) Per Brahe the Younger (1641–1680) Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1680–1684) Carl Axel Wachtmeister (1787–1809) References 13th-century establishments in Sweden S