Count Gustaf Lagerbjelke RoKKMO (6 October 1817 – 6 March 1895). The 3rd Count Lagerbjelke was a Swedish politician, the last Lord Marshal and the first Speaker of Första kammaren of the Riksdag.[1]

Count
Gustaf Lagerbjelke
Lord Marshal
In office
1862–1863
MonarchCharles XV
Preceded byGustaf Adolf Vive Sparre
In office
1865–1866
MonarchCharles XV
1st Speaker of Första kammaren
In office
1867–1876
MonarchsCharles XV
Oscar II
Succeeded byHenning Hamilton
In office
1881–1891
MonarchOscar II
Preceded byAnton Niklas Sundberg
Succeeded byPehr von Ehrenheim
Governor of Södermanland County
In office
27 April 1858 – 31 December 1888
Preceded byGustaf Erik Frölich
Succeeded byOtto 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

(1817-10-06)6 October 1817
Stockholm, Sweden
Died6 March 1895(1895-03-06) (aged 77)
Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse(s)Sofia Albertina Snoilsky (1943–47)
Ebba Augusta Henriette Ribbing (1959–92)
Alma materUppsala University

Biography

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Gustaf Lagerbjelke was born 6 October 1817 on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, to colonel Axel Lagerbjelke, 2nd Count Lagerbjelke and baroness Carolina Antoinetta Cederström.[2] After his father's death in 1832, he became 3rd Count Lagerbjelke.[2] Lagerbjelke studied at Uppsala University, where he became Juris utriusque kandidat in December 1838.[2] Between 1844 and 1866, he served in the Riksdag of the Estates for the Lagerbjelke family.[2]

Along with Henning Hamilton, Gillis Bildt and Eric Josias Sparre [sv], Lagerbjelke became one of the leaders of the Junker Party, and was the party's authority on constitutional and formal issues. In connection with the representation reform as the country moved to a parliamentary system, he submitted his own proposal, but it was not adopted.[3]

From 1867, he was a member of Första kammaren of the Riksdag and its speaker from 1867–1876 and 1881–1891.[2] From 27 April 1858 to 31 December 1888, he was Governor of Södermanland County. Lagerbjelke died on 6 March 1895 in Brännkyrka parish in Stockholm.[2]

Personal life

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Lagerbjelke married countess Sofia Albertina Snoilsky, daughter of commander count Gustaf Snoilsky and Ulrika Juliana Lode, in Stockholm on 5 December 1843.[2] 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "5. Gustaf L.". Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish) (Uggleupplagan. 15. Kromat – Ledvätska ed.). pp. 834–835 – via Project Runeberg.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Jägerskiöld, Stig (1977–1979). "Gustaf Lagerbjelke". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Vol. 22. National Archives of Sweden. p. 70. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  3. ^ Bra Böckers lexikon (in Swedish). 1977.