Louis Gerhard De Geer
Nobleman, Politician
1818 – 1896
Who was Louis Gerhard De Geer?
Baron Louis Gerard De Geer of Finspång was a Swedish statesman and writer.
De Geer was born at Finspång manor. He was a lawyer, and in 1855 became president of the Göta Hovrätt, or lord justice for the appellate court of Götaland. From 7 April 1858 to 3 June 1870 he was Prime Minister for Justice and again from 11 May 1875 to 20 March 1876. As a member of the nobility he took part in the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates from 1851 onwards. From 1867 to 1878 he was the member for Stockholm in the first chamber in the New Riksdag, and introduced and passed many useful reforms.
His son Louis De Geer was also prime minister of Sweden for a short period.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1818
Finspång - Nationality
- Sweden
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 24, 1896
Hanaskog
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on July 23, 2013
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