List of Lords High Chancellor and Presidents of The Chancellery From The Advent of Absolutism in 168
- Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1685-July 12, 1702, acting from 1680)
- Count Carl Piper (acting July 12, 1702–1705)
- Count Nils Gyldenstolpe 1705 May 4, 1709
- Count Arvid Horn (April 10, 1719–1739, acting from 1709)
- Count Carl Gyllenborg (1739-December 9, 1746)
- Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (December 5, 1747-March 1752, acting from 1746)
- Count Andreas Johan von Höpken (March 1752-1761)
- Count Claes Ekeblad (1761–1765)
- Count Carl Gustaf Löwenhielm (1765-March 7, 1768)
- Baron Fredrik von Friesendorff (acting 1768-1769)
- Count Claes Ekeblad (1769–1771)
- Count Ulrik Scheffer (1771–1772)
- Count Joachim von Düben (April 22, 1772-August 22, 1772)
- Count Ulrik Scheffer (August 22, 1772–1783)
- Count Gustaf Philip Creutz (June 1783-1785)
- Baron Malte Ramel (acting 1785-1786)
- Baron Emanuel de Geer (1786–1787)
- Count Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (acting 1787-1789)
- Count Karl Wilhelm von Düben (acting 1789-November 1790)
- Ulrich Gustaf Frank (acting November 1790-1792)
- Baron Evert Wilhelm Taube (acting 1792)
- Baron Christofer Bogislaus Zibet (May 15, 1792–1793)
- Count Fredrik Sparre (July 16, 1792-December 14, 1797)
- Count Nils Anton Augustus Bark (August 1793-1799)
- Baron Christofer Bogislaus Zibet (October 1799-1801)
- Fredrik Wilhelm von Ehrenheim (1801–1809)
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