Fredrik Wersäll

His Excellency
Fredrik Wersäll
His Excellency Fredrik Wersäll
	His Excellency in 2023.
Marshal of the Realm of Sweden
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 September 2018
Monarch	Carl XVI Gustaf
Preceded by	Svante Lindqvist
Personal details
Born	30 April 1951 (age 73)
Alma mater	Uppsala University

Claes Fredrik Richardson Wersäll (born 30 April 1951) is a Swedish jurist and civil servant who has been the Marshal of the Realm of Sweden and chief of the Royal Court of Sweden since 1 September 2018.^[1]

Wersäll was educated at Uppsala University, graduating in 1976 with a candidate of law. He was Prosecutor-General of Sweden from 2004 to 2008 and President of the Svea Court of Appeal from 2008 to 2018. He was appointed Marshal of the Realm of Sweden by King Carl XVI Gustaf on 15 January 2018 and took office on 1 September 2018.

Wersäll served as the Special Investigator of the Kristersson cabinet into the proposal to allow anonymous witnesses in Swedish courts. He presented his findings in June 2024.^[2]^[3]

Honours

National honours

H. M. The King's Medal of the 12th size gold medal worn around the neck on a chain of gold (silver-gilt) (2013)^[4]

Foreign honours

Italy Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (14 January 2019)^[5]
Germany: Grand Cross 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (7 September 2021)
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (16 November 2021)^[6]
Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose (17 May 2022)
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau (11 October 2022)

References

^ "Press release from the Royal Court on January 15, 2018: Fredrik Wersäll new Marshal of the Realm". Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
^ url= https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2024/06/presstraff-i-samband-med-overlamnandet-av-slutbetankandet-fran-utredningen-om-anonyma-vittnen/
^ url= https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/forslag-sekretess-pa-forundersokning-fram-till-dom
^ "Medaljer - Sveriges Kungahus".
^ "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".
^ Boletín Oficial del Estado

External links

Legal offices
Preceded by Klas Bergenstrand	Prosecutor-General of Sweden 2004–2008	Succeeded by Anders Perklev
Preceded by Johan Hirschfeldt	President of the Svea Court of Appeal 2008–2018	Succeeded by Anders Perklev
Court offices
Preceded by Svante Lindqvist	Marshal of the Realm of Sweden 2018–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Ulf Kristersson as Prime Minister	Swedish order of precedence Marshal of the Realm	Succeeded by Kirstine von Blixen-Finecke as Mistress of the Robes

[1] "Press release from the Royal Court on January 15, 2018: Fredrik Wersäll new Marshal of the Realm". Archived from the original on August 23, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.

[2] url= https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2024/06/presstraff-i-samband-med-overlamnandet-av-slutbetankandet-fran-utredningen-om-anonyma-vittnen/

[3] url= https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/forslag-sekretess-pa-forundersokning-fram-till-dom

[4] "Medaljer - Sveriges Kungahus".

[5] "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana".

[6] Boletín Oficial del Estado

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