Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten (9 October 1794 – 29 September 1875) was a Swedish statesman and

Lord of the Realm ''En af rikets herrar'' (in Swedish) or Lord of the Realm was an honorary title introduced by King Gustaf III of Sweden shortly after his bloodless coup d'état in 1772, and after the new constitution was passed by the Riksdag of the Estates. It ...

. He served as

governor of Stockholm The Governor of Stockholm ( sv, överståthållaren) was the head of the Office of the Governor of Stockholm ( sv, Överståthållarämbetet, ÖÄ), and as such he was the highest Swedish State official overseeing the affairs in the City of Stoc ...

between 1830 and 1838 and as member of the Riksdag of the Estates between 1823 and 1866. Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten was born, into the Sprengtporten family, at

Sparreholm Castle Sparreholm Castle ( sv, Sparreholms slott) is a manor house in Flen Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden. The estate is located on Lake Båven just outside the community of Sparreholm in Hyltinge parish. History The main house received its ...

Södermanland Södermanland ( or ), locally Sörmland, sometimes referred to under its Latin form ''Sudermannia'' or ''Sudermania'', is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the south eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Östergötland, Närke, Västmanla ...

, Sweden, the son of Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten and the Countess Sophia Lovisa Mörner af Morlanda. He attended

Uppsala University Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in opera ...

. In 1825, Sprengtporten married Countess Ulrika Wilhelmina

Brahe Brahe (originally ''Bragde'') is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families who were influential in both Danish and Swedish history. Danish family The first member of the family using the name Brahe is speculated to have been Verner B ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sprengtporten, Jakob Wilhelm 1794 births 1875 deaths Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Barons of Sweden Swedish generals Uppsala University alumni 19th-century Swedish landowners Jakob Wilhelm Members of the Riksdag of the Estates