Gustaf Henrik Wilhelm Gyllenram was a

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, and

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. He was the father of Henric Fredric Gyllenram.

Biography

Gyllenram was the son of Major Bernhard Fredrik Gyllenram and his wife Countess Beata Christina Lovisa Douglas of the Douglas family. He was married in 1840 with Ebba Augusta Arnell. Gyllenram became second lieutenant of the Second Life Grenadier Regiment in 1833, lieutenant in 1846, captain in 1854, major in 1858, lieutenant colonel in 1862, colonel in the Army in 1862, military commander and head of the

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in 1862-73 and Major General in 1863. He was also the Governor of Gotland County from 1862 to 1873 and in

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1873–1885. Gyllenram participated in the Riksdag negotiations during the term of office as a self-appointed member of the knighthood and nobility at the Riksdags in 1853–1854, 1856–1858, 1862–1863 and 1865–1866. In the years 1866–1874, he sat in the first chamber of the

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, elected by the Gotland County Council. In the years 1885–1888, he belonged to the same chamber, but was elected by the

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1814 births 1890 deaths Governors of Gotland County Swedish Army major generals Swedish nobility 19th-century Swedish politicians {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub