Count Nils Gustaf Alexander Sparre (31 May 1834 – 4 September 1914) was a Swedish politician and the fifth Speaker of Första kammaren of the Riksdag. He was married to Sophie Gustafva Sparre, daughter of

Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre af Söfdeborg (4 September 1802 – 26 April 1886) was a Swedish nobleman, civil servant and politician. He was Sweden's Prime Minister for Justice, and later served as Chancellor of the Universities, and Marshal of ...

and Sofia Bonde.

Biography

Sparre was born on 31 May 1834 in Norra Fågelås parish,

Skaraborg County Skaraborg County ( ) was a Counties of Sweden, county of Sweden from 1634 until 1997. It was disestablished at the end of 1997 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus County, Gothenburg and Bohus and Älvsborg County, Älvs ...

to Johan Alexander Artemis Sparre and Sofia Adelaide Rosalie Anker. He was member of the

Första kammaren The (literally "First Chamber", often abbreviated 'FK'; referred to in some non-Swedish sources as the Senate) was the upper house of the bicameral Riksdag of Sweden between 1866 and 1970 that replaced the Riksdag of the Estates. During the bica ...

between 1871 and 1908 and

Speaker of Första kammaren The speaker of the Riksdag () is the presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden. The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of the Riksdag include ...

between 1896 and 1908.

References

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