Lars Herman Gyllenhaal

Baron Lars Herman Gyllenhaal (20 March 1790 – 28 December 1858) was a Swedish friherre, public servant, and statesman who served as Prime Minister for Justice from 1843 to 1844.

Early life Born into the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family, as the fourth child and only son of Lorentz Herman Gyllenhaal (1757–1830) and his wife, Baroness Hedvig Margareta Leuhusen (1763–1857), daughter of Baron Carl Leuhausen (1724–1795) and Juliana Margareta Nordencrantz (1743–1769).

Career Gyllenhaal was "president," in the Göta Court of Appeals 1836–1855, Prime Minister for Justice 1843–1844. Again chief justice in the Göta court of appeal from 28 December 1844 to 3 April 1855. Speaker (lantmarskalk) in the Estate of the Nobility in the Riksdag 1850–1851. HedLLA 43 (Honorary Member of the Agriculture Academy 1843) RoKKMO 51 (Knight and Commander of the Orders of His Majesty the King 1851).

Personal life He married firstly Henrika Lovisa Ulrika Tham (1791–1816), daughter of Casper Tham (1750–1805) and his wife, Baroness Elisabeth Albertina Margareta von Knorring (1765–1802), both of descending from German nobility. After the death of his first wife, he married secondly Elisabet Sofia Palm (1795–1865), daughter of Jakob Svensson Palm (1748–1821) and Margareta Christina Lidman (1758–1815). He had issue from both marriages.