Gustaf Lagerbjelke


Count Gustaf Lagerbjelke was a Swedish politician, the last Lord Marshal and the first Speaker of Första kammaren of the Riksdag.

Biography

Gustaf Lagerbjelke was born 6 October 1817 on Skeppsholmen, Stockholm to colonel count Axel Lagerbjelke and baroness Carolina Antoinetta Cederström. After his father's death in 1832, he became count. Lagerbjelke studied at Uppsala University, where he became Juris utriusque kandidat in December 1838. Between 1844 and 1866, he served in the Riksdag of the Estates for the Lagerbjelke family. From 1867, he was a member of Första kammaren of the Riksdag and its speaker 1867–76 and 1881–91. 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.

Personal life

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