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Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg (25 November 1731 – 30 March 1808) was a Swedish writer. Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg was born at Strömsbro, Svinstad,

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and died in

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. He was one of the leading lights of Tankebyggarorden (Order of the Thought-builders), one of the earliest literary societies, which was founded by Carl Fredrik Eckleff.GUSTAF FREDRIK GYLLENBORG
Litteraturbanken (Swedish) Gustaf Fredrik Gyllenborg was a son of the Reichsrat Johan Gyllenborg. From 1746 to 1747 he studied in Uppsala and then from 1748 to 1751 in Lund, on which latter university he was the last Rector Illustris. In 1751, he was consulted as the registrar for the judicial revisions. From 1756 to 1762 he stayed as a cavalier of the heir to the throne Gustav at the Swedish royal court.''Gyllenborg, Gustaf Fredrik'', in: Gero von Wilpert (Hrsg.): ''Lexikon der Weltliteratur'', 3. Auflage, 1998, S. 597 f. In 1762, he was appointed Chamber Council and in 1774 as a law firm. In order to introduce him to the state civil servant career, he was elected bank representative, and was a member of the number lottery.T. Pech: ''Gyllenborg (Gustav Friedrich)'', in:: ''Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste'', 1. Sektion, 98. Teil (1880), S. 300. He was not active politically.''Gustaf Fredrik, Count Gyllenborg''
in: ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' online. Gyllenborg was also one of the original members of the

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, where he held Seat 13 from the founding of the Academy until his death in 1808.Svenska Akademien
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1731 births 1808 deaths Swedish male writers 18th-century Swedish nobility 18th-century Swedish writers 18th-century Swedish male writers Members of the Swedish Academy People from Linköping Municipality {{Sweden-writer-stub