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Titular duchies in Sweden are not associated with the nobility
"Titles of nobility are still given to members of the royal family (princes and princesses are made dukes or duchesses, and the future spouse of Princess Madeleine, Mr. Jonas Bergström, will be styled Hertig Jonas after the wedding."

This is wrong, Swedish military historian and heraldist Jan von Konow, himself a nobleman, writes in The National Encyclopediæ:

"Nobility, social group with certain legal hereditary privilegies of economic, political and social type."

"In Sweden the title has with a few exceptions been royal and not noble."

Ducal titles in Sweden have not had anything to do with the nobility with some exceptions in mediæval times. Also a ducal title does not give a member of the Royal House any privilegies that he or she would not already have as a member of the Royal House. A duke or duchess would not be able to be introduced at the House of Knights aswell. There is a lengthy discussion in Swedish about the subject here: Heraldica - Forum för nordiska heraldiker - Ny svensk serafimerriddare 2010?

Order of precedence in Sweden

 * 1) The Former Speaker of the Riksdag (Ingegerd Troedsson)
 * 2) The Former Speaker of the Riksdag (Thage G. Peterson)
 * 3) The Former Speaker of the Riksdag (Birgitta Dahl)
 * 4) The Former Speaker of the Riksdag (Björn von Sydow)
 * 5) The Former Prime Minister (Thorbjörn Fälldin)
 * 6) The Former Prime Minister (Ola Ullsten)
 * 7) The Former Prime Minister (Ingvar Carlsson)
 * 8) The Former Prime Minister (Göran Persson)
 * 9) The Former Marshal of the Realm (Ingemar Eliasson)

=Sir John Fastolf KG=

Fastolf was also appointed a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, but the appointment was revoked in 1429.