Crown Equerry (Sweden)

It is also an honorary title awarded by the king of Sweden.

The Crown Equerry who was head of the Royal Stables, was named First Crown Equerry (Swedish: Förste hovstallmästare).

Today Colonel Ulf Gunnehed is the Crown Equerry and head of the Royal Stables.

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

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