Editing Excellency (section)

=== Sweden ===
The [[Swedish language]] titles and forms of address are ''Hans/Hennes Excellens'' (His/Her Excellency) and ''Ers Excellens'' (Your Excellency).

During most of the 20th century in [[Sweden]], only three officials (other than foreign ambassadors [[Letter of credence|accredited]] in Sweden and Swedish ambassadors at their posts) were granted to the style of ''Excellency'': the [[Prime Minister of Sweden|prime minister]], the [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)|minister for foreign affairs]] and the [[Marshal of the Realm (Sweden)|marshal of the realm]] (the highest ranking [[courtier]]). They were collectively referred to as "the three excellencies" ({{langx|sv|de tre excellenserna}}).<ref>[https://runeberg.org/statskal/1915/0066.html "Sveriges statskalender", 1915], [[Project Runeberg]]. Retrieved on 8 June 2013. {{in lang|sv}}</ref><ref>[https://runeberg.org/statskal/1964/0057.html "Sveriges statskalender", 1964], [[Project Runeberg]]. Retrieved on 8 June 2013. {{in lang|sv}}</ref> In the 1970s it fell out of custom in Sweden to address the prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs as such, although they continue to be addressed as such in [[United Nations]] protocol and in other diplomatic writing.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |url=http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/Hspmfm.pdf |title=Heads of state, heads of government, ministers for foreign affairs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927014351/http://www.un.int/protocol/documents/Hspmfm.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2012 |publisher= Protocol and Liaison Service, [[United Nations]] |access-date= 8 June 2013 |date=Sep 22, 2012 }}</ref> Since then only the Marshal of the Realm uses the style regularly.

Prior to the 19th century, a [[Lord of the Realm]] ({{langx|sv|En af Rikets Herrar}}) and a member of the [[Privy Council of Sweden|Council of the Realm]] were also entitled to the style of Excellency.