Count Gustaf Lagerbjelke (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.

Biography

Gustaf Lagerbjelke was born 6 October 1817 on Skeppsholmen,

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, to colonel Axel Lagerbjelke, 2nd Count Lagerbjelke and baroness Carolina Antoinetta Cederström. After his father's death in 1832, he became 3rd Count Lagerbjelke. Lagerbjelke studied at

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, where he became Juris utriusque kandidat in December 1838. Between 1844 and 1866, he served in the

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for the Lagerbjelke family. Along with Henning Hamilton, Gillis Bildt and , 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. From 1867, he was a member of Första kammaren of the Riksdag and its speaker from 1867–1876 and 1881–1891. From 27 April 1858 to 31 December 1888, he was Governor of Södermanland County. Lagerbjelke died on 6 March 1895 in Brännkyrka parish in

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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lagerbjelke, Gustaf Lord marshals of the Riksdag of the Estates Speakers of Första kammaren Members of the Riksdag of the Estates Members of the Första kammaren County governors of Sweden 1817 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Swedish politicians Politicians from Stockholm