Lars Herman Gyllenhaal

Baron Lars Herman Gyllenhaal (1790–1858) was a Swedish civil servant, politician, Baron and a Lord of the Realm.

Baron
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal
6th Prime Minister for Justice
In office
1843–1844
MonarchCharles XIV John
Preceded byCarl Petter Törnebladh
Succeeded byJohan Nordenfalk
Personal details
Born
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal

20 March 1790
Härlingstorp, Vings socken, Sweden
Died22 December 1858(1858-12-22) (aged 68)
Härlingstorp, Vings socken, Sweden
Political partyNone
RelativesGyllenhaal family
OccupationStatesman

Early life

Born into the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family, as the fourth child and only son of Lorentz Herman Gyllenhaal (1757–1830) and his wife, Baroness Hedvig Margareta Leuhusen (1763-1857), daughter of Baron Carl Leuhausen (1724-1795) and Juliana Margareta Nordencrantz (1743-1769).

Career

Gyllenhaal was "president," in the Göta Court of Appeals 1836–1855, Prime Minister for Justice 1843–1844. Again chief justice in the Göta court of appeal from 28 December 1844 to 3 April 1855. Speaker (lantmarskalk) in the Estate of the Nobility in the Riksdag 1850–1851. HedLLA 43 (Honorary Member of the Agriculture Academy 1843) RoKKMO 51 (Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty the King 1851).

Personal life

He married firstly Henrika Lovisa Ulrika Tham (1791-1816), daughter of Casper Tham (1750-1805) and his wife, Baroness Elisabeth Albertina Margareta von Knorring (1765-1802), both of descending from German nobility. After the death of his first wife, he married secondly Elisabet Sofia Palm (1795-1865), daughter of Jakob Svensson Palm (1748-1821) and Margareta Christina Lidman (1758-1815). He had issue from both marriages.

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