Gustaf Lagerbjelke

Count
Gustaf Lagerbjelke
RoKKMO
Lantmarskalk
In office
1862–1863
Monarch Charles XV
Preceded by Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
In office
1865–1866
Monarch Charles XV
Speaker of Första kammaren
In office
1867–1876
Monarch Charles XV
Oscar II
Succeeded by Henning Hamilton
In office
1881–1891
Monarch Oscar II
Preceded by Anton Niklas Sundberg
Succeeded by Pehr von Ehrenheim
Governor of Södermanland County
In office
27 April 1858  31 December 1888
Preceded by Gustaf Erik Frölich
Succeeded by Otto H. Roland Prinssköld
Member of the Riksdag of the Estates
for Lagerbjelke family
In office
1844–1866
Member of Första kammaren
for Södermanland County
In office
1867–1894
Personal details
Born Gustaf Lagerbjelke
6 October 1817
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 6 March 1895 (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality Swedish
Spouse(s) Sofia Albertina Snoilsky (1943–47)
Ebba Augusta Henriette Ribbing (1959–92)
Alma mater Uppsala University

Count Gustaf Lagerbjelke RoKKMO (6 October 1817 – 6 March 1895) was a Swedish politician, the last Lantmarskalk and the first Speaker of Första kammaren of the Riksdag.[1]

Biography

Gustaf Lagerbjelke was born 6 October 1817 on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm to colonel count Axel Lagerbjelke and baroness Carolina Antoinetta Cederström.[2] After his father's death in 1832, he became count. [3] Lagerbjelke studied at Uppsala University, where he became Juris utriusque kandidat in December 1838.[4] Between 1844 and 1866, he served in the Riksdag of the Estates for the Lagerbjelke family.[5] From 1867, he was a member of Första kammaren of the Riksdag and its speaker 1867–76 and 1881–91.[6] Between 27 April 1858 and 31 December 1888, he was Governor of Södermanland County. Lagerbjelke died on 6 March 1895 in Brännkyrka parish in Stockholm.[7]

Personal life

Lagerbjelke married countess Sofia Albertina Snoilsky, daughter of commander count Gustaf Snoilsky and Ulrika Juliana Lode, in Stockholm on 5 December 1843.[8] After her death in 1847, he married Ebba Augusta Henriette Ribbing, daughter of rittmeister Bengt Ribbing and Augusta Christina Schmiterlöw, on 19 July 1859 on Liljeholmen in Jönköping.[9]

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