The Hierta family (, lit. "Heart"; rus, Гиерта, Gierta; ), also Hjerta and Järta is a
Swedish
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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
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Finnish-
Russian noble family –
uradel – of
Swedish
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 by ...
origin. The Finnish branch of the Hierta family was naturalized as a Finnish noble family, in what was then the
Grand Duchy of Finland, at the
Finnish house of nobility in 1818.
Notable members
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Lars Johan Hierta (1801–1872), Newspaper publisher
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Anna Hierta-Retzius (1841–1924), Women's rights activist and philanthropist
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Hans Hierta (1774–1847), Swedish administrator and revolutionary
References
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Hierta family
Swedish noble families
Russian noble families
Finnish noble families