Bielke is the name of an ancient and powerful Swedish noble family, originally from Småland.

History

The family was wirst mentioned in the 13th century. It is the second-oldest such family still in existence after

Natt och Dag Natt och Dag (, literally "night and day") is a Swedish noble family and the oldest surviving family of pure Swedish extraction, with origins stretching back at least as far as the late thirteenth century. However, the actual name ''Natt och Dag'' ...

. The comital family branch, descended from the first Count

Nils Bielke Count Nils Bielke (7 February 1644 in Stockholm – 26 November 1716) was a member of the High Council of Sweden, military and politician. Born the eldest son of Baron Ture Nilsson Bielke, who died in 1648, Queen Christina granted the young b ...

af Åkerö (1644–1716), is still extant, while the baronial branch became extinct in the male line with the death of Johan Ture Bielke in 1792.Carlsson, G. (1924),
Bielke, släkt
' in the ''Dictionary of Swedish National Biography''. Members of the family include: * Ture Turesson (Bielke) (1425–1489/1490), Swedish Privy Councillor, Lord High Constable * Erik Turesson (Bielke) (d. 1511), Swedish Privy Councillor, Castellan of

Vyborg Castle Vyborg Castle (russian: Выборгский замок, fi, Viipurin linna, sv, Viborgs slott) is a Swedish-built medieval fortress around which the town of Vyborg (today in Russia) evolved. The castle became the stronghold of the Swedish real ...

Anna Eriksdotter (Bielke) Anna Eriksdotter Bielke (1490 – 1525) was a Swedish noble, commander of the city and castle of Kalmar during the Swedish rebellion against Denmark. Biography Anna was born to the noble councillor of state Erik Turesson (Bielke) and Gunilla J ...

(1490–1525), Swedish noblewoman and acting castellan of

Kalmar Castle Kalmar Castle ( sv, Kalmar slott) is a castle in the city Kalmar in the province of Småland in Sweden. History During the twelfth century a round defensive tower was built on Kalmarsund and a harbour constructed. At the end of the thirteen ...

, daughter of Erik Turesson *

Gunilla Bielke Gunilla Bielke; Swedish: ''Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke af Åkerö'' (25 June 1568 – 19 July 1597) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King John III. Queen Gunilla is acknowledged to have acted as the political adviser to John III and to h ...

(1568–1597), Queen of Sweden, consort of King John III of Sweden *

(1644–1716), Swedish Count, German Reichsgraf of

Torgelow Torgelow () is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in north-eastern Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 12 km south of Ueckermünde, and 41 km northwest of Szczecin, Poland ...

, Field Marshal and Governor-General of Pomerania * Carl Gustaf Bielke (1683–1754), Count and book collector, Governor of

Västernorrland County Västernorrland County ( sv, Västernorrlands län) is a county ('' län'') in the north of Sweden. It is bordered by the counties of Gävleborg, Jämtland, Västerbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. The name ''Västernorrland'' means "Western ...

Sten Carl Bielke Baron Sten Carl Bielke, born 14 March 1709 in Stockholm, Sweden; died 13 July 1753, was a Swedish '' Friherre'', official, scientist and member of the House of Nobility of the Swedish Diet. His father was the ''Landshövding'' Baron Ture Stensson ...

(1709–1753), Baron, judge and botanist, co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences *

Nils Adam Bielke Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name * Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player * Nils Björk (1898–1989) ...

(1724–1792), Count, Privy Councillor and Marshal of the Realm * Johan Ture Bielke (1742–1792), Baron, son of Sten Carl Bielke, co-conspirator in the murder of King Gustav III of Sweden *

(1792–1845), Count and courtier, Gentleman of the Bedchamber for the King of Sweden

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