Introduced According to the
Nordisk Familjebok: The first counts and barons, created in 1561 by
Eric XIV were: • Svante Sture of Hörningsholm, 1562 count of Vestervik and later also Stegeholm •
Peder Joakimsson Brahe of Rydboholm, 1562 count of Visingsborg • Göstaff Johansson of Haga, 1562 count of Bogesund (originally Enköping) •
Stenbock Gustaf Olofsson, baron of Torpa •
Leijonhufvud Sten Eriksson, baron of Grevsnes • Grip Birger Nilsson, baron of Vines •
Oxenstierna Gabriel Kristersson, baron of Mörby • Lars Fleming, baron of Arvasalo (in Finland) •
Gera Karl Holgersson, baron of Björkvik • Gera Göran Holgersson, baron of Ållonö •
Horn af Åminne Klas Kristersson, baron of Joensuu (in Finland) • Stenbock Erik Gustafsson, baron of Torpa (younger son of Gustaf Olofsson)
John III granted the first baronial titles accompanied by territorial grants (earlier titles elevated the family's hereditary estate to comital or baronial status): • Öresten and Kronobäck to Erik Gustafsson of Torpa • Lundholm to Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna, new baron • Viikki (in Finland) to Klas Eriksson Fleming, new baron • Läckö to Hogenskild Bielke, new baron • Ekholmen to
Pontus De la Gardie, new baron • Kungs-Lena to Olof Gustafsson Stenbock (elder son and heir of Gustaf Olofsson) • county of Raseborg (in Finland) to baron Sten Eriksson of Grevsnes' widow Countess Ebba Lilliehöök and heirs in 1571
Charles IX created only one: • barony of Nynäs (in Finland) to Abraham Leijonhufvud (he made Svante Bielke and Nils Bielke barons without grant of
entailed lands)
Gustav II Adolf granted: • county of
Läckö to
Jacob De la Gardie • county of
Pärnu (in northern Livonia, now Estonia) to Franz Bernhard von Thurn (son of
Jindřich Matyáš Thurn) • barony of
Kimito (in Finland) to
Axel Oxenstierna • barony of Bergkvara to
Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm • barony of Tuutarhovi (in Ingria) to
Johan Skytte • barony of Orreholm to
Jakob Vilhelmsson Spens Christina granted: • county of Södermöre to
Axel Oxenstierna • county of
Vasaborg (in Finland) to
Gustav Gustavsson, her illegitimate half-brother • county of Ortala to
Lennart Torstenson • county of
Kuressaare (later exchanged for
Pärnu) to
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie •
county of Sortavala (in Finland) to Johan Adam Banér • county of Björneborg (Pori) (in Finland) to
Gustav Horn • county of Vestervik and Stegeholm to Hans Kristofer von Königsmark • county of
Korsholm and
Vasa (in Finland) to
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna • county of Bogesund to Fredrik Stenbock • county of Salmi and Suistamo pogosta (in Finland) to
Carl Gustaf Wrangel • county of Kruunupori (in Finland) to Ture Oxenstierna • county of Nyborg (in Finland) to
Arvid Wittenberg • county of Karleborg (in Finland) to Klas Tott • county of Liljenborg to
Axel Lillie • county of Mariestad to Lars Kagg • county of Skeninge to
Robert Douglas • county of Skövde to Kristofer Karl von Schlippenbach • county of Enköping to Antonius von Steinberg • barony of Vibyholm to
Gustav Gustavsson, her illegitimate half-brother • barony of Virestad to
Lennart Torstensson • barony of Kronoberg to Peder Sparre •
barony of Korpo (in Finland) to Nils Bielke • barony of Härlunda to Seved Bååt • barony of Kajaani (in Finland) to Per Brahe • barony of Örneholma (in Finland) to Johan Adler-Salvius •
barony of Liperi (in Finland) pogosta to Hermann Fleming •
barony of Oulu (in Finland) to Erik Gyllenstierna •
barony of Kitee (in Finland) pogosta to
Axel Lillie •
barony of Loimijoki (in Finland) to
Arvid Wittenberg • barony of Limingo (in Finland) to Matias Soop • barony of Marienburg to Gustav Horn af Marienborg and certain of his relatives • barony of Vöyripori (in Finland) to Carl Gustaf Paijkull •
barony of Tohmajärvi (in Finland) pogosta to Lars Kagg •
barony of Kokkola (in Finland) to Gustav Banér • barony of Sund to Erik Ryning •
barony of Laihia (in Finland) to Karl Bonde •
barony of Pyhäjoki (in Finland) to
Klas Hansson Bjelkenstjerna •
barony of Iijoki (in Finland) to Åke Axelsson Tott • barony of Ikalapori (in Finland) to Schering Rosenhane •
barony of Hailuoto (in Finland) to Bernt Taube • barony of Hedensund (then Arnäs) to Knut Posse • barony of Vinberg to Gustaf Adolf Leijonhudvud • barony of Lindeberg to
Carl Gustav Wrangel and his brothers • barony of Lindeborg to Lorentz von der Linde • barony of Willenbruch and Harzefeld to Pierre Bidal • barony of Ludenhof (
Luua, now in
Palamuse Parish, Estonia) to Hans Wrangel • barony of Eksjö to
Reinhold Lieven • barony of Elfkarleby to Mårten Leijonhufvud • barony of Gudhem to Lauri Cruus • baron of Skälby to
Robert Douglas •
barony of Koivisto (in Finland) to Hans Wachtmeister •
barony of Lempäälä (in Finland) to Johan Kurck • barony of
Wetter-Rosenthal to Adolf Friedrich Wetter, • barony of Närpes (in Finland) to Jakob and Anders Lilliehöök, • barony of Elimäki (in Finland) to Kasper and Karl Henrik Wrede af Elimä, • barony of
Lais to Erik Fleming,
Charles X Gustav granted: • county of Sölvesborg to Corfitz Ulfeldt • (Lars Kagg, then
Carl Gustav Wrangel, obtained the county of Sölvesborg in exchanges) • baron of Örneholma (in Finland) to P. Wuertz • barony of Kastell Ladugården to Rutger von Ascheberg
Charles XI granted: • county of
Börringe and
Lindholm to
Gustaf Carlson, his out-of-wedlock half-brother
Unintroduced The following
titled families of high nobility are included in
Kalender öfver i Sverige lefvande ointroducerad adel (1886–1899),
Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender (1912–1944), and/or
Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (1935–), which are directories of the
living (at the time of publication) unintroduced noble families resident in Sweden. Five of these families have titles as Princes, Dukes or Marquis, the others as Counts and Barons. Most unintroduced noble families, however, are untitled, similar to the introduced families. Some of these families, or their titled branches, have since become extinct. ;Princes •
Bernadotte (Belgian princely title awarded to
Prince Carl Bernadotte) •
Cantacuzino (Romanian princely family) •
Putbus (Created princes by king
Gustav IV Adolf, Duke of
Swedish Pomerania, in 1807, not included in the calendar) ;Dukes •
D'Otrante (
Napoleonic nobility) ;Marquis •
Joussineau de Tourdonnet (French nobility) •
Lagergren (Papal/Italian nobility) ;Counts •
Bernadotte of Wisborg (Luxembourgish title awarded to various members of the House of Bernadotte) •
Crapon de Caprona •
Fouché d'Otrante (
Napoleonic nobility) •
von der Groeben (German nobility) •
von Hallwyl (Swiss nobility) •
Joussineau de Tourdonnet (French nobility) •
Lagergren (Papal/Italian nobility) •
Landberg •
Moltke (German/Danish nobility) •
Moltke-Hvitfeldt (German/Danish nobility) •
de Paus (Papal/Italian nobility) •
von Platen-Hallermund (German nobility) •
Révay (Hungarian nobility) •
Reventlow (Danish/German nobility) •
Stolberg (German nobility) •
Tolstoy (Russian nobility) •
von Trampe (German nobility) ;Barons •
von Bonsdorff (Finnish nobility) •
von Bredow (German nobility) •
von Buddenbrock •
von Buxhoeveden •
Cronstedt •
von Grothusen •
von Gussich •
von Leithner •
von Mecklenburg •
von der Osten-Sacken •
von der Pahlen (Russian nobility) •
von Rosen (Hoch-Rosen) •
Rosenørn-Lehn (Danish nobility) •
von Strauss •
von Wangenheim •
de Wendel (Portuguese nobility) ==Peerage and families==