Gustaf Magnus Elgenstierna (August 26, 1871 – March 21, 1948) was a Swedish historian and genealogist.

Biography

He was born on August 26, 1871, to Carl Elgenstierna and Evelina Petersohn. He married Clara Sandberg in 1908. She was the daughter of the postmaster

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; and Ida Stjerncreutz. Elgenstierna graduated in 1891, and became the controller at General Post Board of Directors from 1919 to 1937. He was the ''bokauktionskommissarie'' in Stockholm from 1906 to 1911; member of the board of the Swedish Nobility League in 1924; corresponding member of the Society for the Danish-Norwegian Genealogical and Personal History Association in 1924; Member of the Genealogical Society of Finland in 1927; and a member of the Royal Society for the provision of manuscripts relating to Scandinavian history in 1927 and he became an honorary member of the Society for Danish Genealogical and Personal History Association in 1937. From 1911 to 1944 and was editor of

Svenska Släktkalendern ''Svenska släktkalendern'' or in English: "Swedish family calendar" is a Swedish genealogical encyclopedia of Swedish non-aristocratic families. It was a companion series to Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor. History It has between 1912 and 2007 bee ...

. From 1938 until his death he was editor of

Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used ...

where he corrected errors made by

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. He died on March 21, 1948, in Sweden.

Publications

*Køping stads tjænstemæn 1605-1905: personhistoriska anteckningar (1905)
Svenska Släktkalendern
(1911)
Svenska adelns ättartavlor
(1938) {{DEFAULTSORT:Elgenstierna, Gustaf Magnus 1871 births 1948 deaths Swedish genealogists 20th-century Swedish historians