The House of Bonde is an ancient Swedish

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. Today, two branches of the family survive, the barons of the House of Bonde which is number 20 in the

Swedish House of Nobility The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. Name The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights'', ...

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, Svensk ordlista, Svenska Akademiens ordbok, accessed 30 May 2022] was also one of the four Estates of the realm, estates of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.

People

Prominent members and others bearing the name include: * Tord Bonde (c. 1350s–1417), medieval Swedish magnate *

Charles VIII of Sweden Charles VIII ( sv, Karl; 1408–1470), contemporaneously known as Charles II and called Charles I in Norwegian context, was king of Sweden (1448–1457, 1464–1465 and 1467–1470) and king of Norway (1449–1450). Regnal name Charles was the ...

(Karl Knutsson Bonde) ; 1408/1409–1470), King, Charles I of Norway * Magdalena of Sweden (1445–1495), Princess * Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667), Swedish statesman * Wilhelmina Bonde (1817–1899), Swedish courtier * Jens-Peter Bonde (1948–2021), Danish politician *

Carl Bonde Count Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö (28 April 1872 – 13 June 1957) was a Swedish Army officer, equerry and horse rider who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics. Military career Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of landowne ...

(1872–1957), Swedish Army officer, equerry ** Carl C:son Bonde (1897–1990), Swedish Army officer **

Thord Bonde General Count Thord C:son (Carlsson) Bonde af Björnö (17March 1900 – 18October 1969) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include military commander of the VII Military District in 1955, commander of the III Military Distr ...

(1900–1969), Swedish Army officer * Gustaf Bonde (1911–1977), Swedish diplomat * Oskar Bonde (born 1979), Swedish drummer *

Line Bonde Line Bonde (born c.1979) is a Danish fighter pilot. In July 2006, aged 27, she became the first female Danish fighter pilot, flying an F-16 jet fighter. Biography Bonde was brought up in Billund, Jylland, in a traditional Danish family where h ...

(born 1979), Danish fighter pilot

References

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