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Bohuslän Bohuslän () is a Provinces of Sweden, Swedish province in Götaland, on the northernmost part of the country's west coast. It is bordered by Dalsland to the northeast, Västergötland to the southeast, the Skagerrak arm of the North Sea to the ...

, Sweden, with notable branches in Belgium, France, and Italy.Paul De Zuttere, ''Famille Spaak'', dans : L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes, n°385, Bruxelles, January–February 2010 Elias Jonæ Spaak (1650–1728), enrolled at

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in 1683 and subsequently postmaster and deputy

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s chief inspector of

Uddevalla Uddevalla is a Stad (Sweden), town in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It’s the seat of Uddevalla Municipality. In 2015, it had a population of 34,781, making it the largest town fully in Bohuslän. Uddevalla is located where the river Bäveån ...

, assumed the family name in accordance with that of his residence. Among his issue were Protestant reformer

Peter Spaak Peter Spaak (6 June 1696 – 2 December 1769) was a Swedish Protestant Reformer. Challenging the Lutheran orthodoxy as an early proponent of freedom of religion in Sweden, he founded the society of Pietists based in the Diocese of Gothenburg, a ...

(1696–1769), and Magnus Spaak (1699–1768), who emigrated to

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, Belgium. Among Magnus Spaak's issue was Jacques Joseph Spaak (1742–1825), painter.

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(1696–1769), Protestant Reformer *

George Spaak George Spaak (11 February 1877 – 25 February 1966) was a Swedish engineer. Biography George Spaak was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the father of physician Ragnar Spaak (1907–1979). He was the brother-in-law of Birger Birger is ...

(1877–1966), engineer * Ragnar Spaak (1907–1979), physician

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* Jacques Joseph Spaak (1742–1825), Belgian painter * Louis Spaak (1804–1893), Belgian architect * Bob Spaak (1917–2011), Belgian sports journalist *

Paul Spaak Paul Louis François Spaak (5 July 1871 – 8 May 1936) was a Belgian lawyer, poet, literary historian, and playwright. Born in Ixelles, Spaak graduated in law at the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1894. On 22 July 1894, he married Marie J ...

(1871–1936), Belgian lawyer and playwright * Marie Spaak (born Janson, 1873–1960), Belgian politician **

Paul-Henri Spaak Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman who thrice served as the prime minister of Belgium and later as the second secretary general of NATO. Nicknam ...

(1899–1972), Belgian politician,

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, and one of the

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of the

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***

Fernand Spaak Fernand Paul Jules Spaak (8 August 1923 – 18 July 1981) was a Belgian lawyer and diplomat. Life The son of Paul-Henri Spaak and Marguerite Malevez, he was born in Forest and was educated at Cambridge University and at the Université libre ...

(1923–1981), Belgian lawyer and diplomat ****

Isabelle Spaak Isabelle Spaak (born 5 October 1960) is a Belgian writer living in Paris. The daughter of Fernand Spaak and Anna-Maria Farina, she was born in Brussels and grew up there. In July 1981, her mother killed her father and then committed suicide. Spa ...

(born 1960), Belgian writer ***

Antoinette Spaak Antoinette Spaak (; 27 June 192828 August 2020) was a Belgian politician and leading figure within Francophone and regionalist politics in Brussels. She was born into a noted political family and entered politics as part of the regionalist Dem ...

(1928-2020), Belgian politician **

Charles Spaak Charles Spaak (25 May 1903 – 4 March 1975) was a Belgian screenwriter who was noted particularly for his work in the French cinema during the 1930s. He was the son of the dramatist and poet Paul Spaak, the brother of the politician Paul-Henri ...

(1903–1975), Belgian screenwriter ***

Agnès Spaak Agnès Spaak (born 29 April 1944) is a French-Belgian actress and photographer. She appeared in more than twenty films since 1962. Her father is screenwriter Charles Spaak and her sister is Catherine Spaak, an actress. Selected filmography Re ...

(born 1944), actress and photographer ***

Catherine Spaak Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 – 17 April 2022) was a French-Italian actress, singer, model, and media personality. A member of the Spaak family, she was known as an iconic "It girl" in Italy during the 1960s, becoming a star of commedia all'i ...

(1945–2022), French-Italian actress and singer **

Suzanne Spaak Suzanne Spaak, ''née'' Augustine Lorge known as Suzette Spaak (6 July 1905 – 12 August 1944) was a World War II French Resistance operative. On 21 April 1985, Yad Vashem recognized Spaak as Righteous Among the Nations, for helping to smuggle s ...

(1905–1944),

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