In 1756, Carl Friedrich Eckleff formed the first St. Andrews lodge in Stockholm, and in 1759, he established a Grand Chapter, introducing a progressive system of higher degrees.
The order initially served the higher nobility. In 1738, King Frederick I briefly banned the society on pain of death, but he rescinded the ban after only a few months once the Freemasons paid official homage to him. Svenska frimureriets historia
Duke Carl of Södermanland (later King Carl XIII ) took over leadership in 1774. Between 1780 and 1800, he conducted two major ritual revisions to create a logical, unified system that remains the foundation of the order today. In 1756, Carl Friedrich Eckleff formed the first St
Freemasonry was introduced to Sweden not from England, but through . In 1738, King Frederick I briefly banned the
During the mid-to-late 18th century, Swedish Freemasonry evolved from a three-degree system into its current eleven-degree structure, known as the .