Gyllenhaal family

Gyllenhaal is a Swedish noble family descended from the cavalry Lieutenant "Nils Haal" (d. 1680 or 1681), ennobled in 1652 with a change of surname to "Gyllenhaal". Some notable members of this family are:
*Johan Abraham Gyllenhaal (1750-1788), geologist and mineralogist.
*Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752-1840), military officer and gentleman farmer, known as an entomologist and a leading Swedenborgian.
*Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal (1788-1857), a military officer who participated in the Finnish war of 1808-1809, was later Governor of Blekinge County and Skaraborg County, Privy Councilor, and finally Director General of the Swedish customs. Created a baron in 1837.
*Lars Herman Gyllenhaal (1790-1858), Swedish Prime Minister for Justice 1843-1844. Created a baron in 1843.
*Mathilda Gyllenhaal (1796-1863), "née" de Orozco, singer, composer and socialite (married in her third marriage to cavalry lieutenant baron Carl Alexander Fredrik Gyllenhaal, son of Carl Henrik G.).
*Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal (1842-1905; grandson of Leonard G.), Editor-in-chief of the Swedish-American newspaper "Svenska Tribunen" in Chicago. Ancestor of an American branch.
*Stephen Gyllenhaal (b. 1949), film director (great grandson of Anders Leonard G.), married to producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal.
*Anders Gyllenhaal, executive editor of the Miami Herald
*Lars Gyllenhaal (b. 1968), Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Military History Commission.
*Maggie Gyllenhaal (b. 1977), Golden Globe-nominated American actress (daughter of Stephen G.)
*Jake Gyllenhaal (b. 1980), Academy Award-nominated American actor (son of Stephen G.)
*Sam Gyllenhaal - Film Director, Sports Broadcaster (Son of Anders G.)

External links

* [http://www.gyllenhaal.org/ The Gyllenhaal family project]
* [http://runeberg.org/nfbj/0411.html Articles on members of the Gyllenhaal family] in the Nordisk familjebok, 2nd ed., Vol. 10 (1909) (on Projekt Runeberg)
* [http://runeberg.org/sbh/a0425.html Articles on members of the Gyllenhaal family] in "Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon", vol. 1 (1906).