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The House of Bonde is an ancient Swedish
noble family
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. Today, two branches of the family survive, the
baron
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s of the House of Bonde which is number 20 in the
Swedish House of Nobility
The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility.
Name
The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights'', ...
and the
count
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s of the House of Bonde af Björnö, number 41.
Bonde (Swedish, 'farmer', plural bönder)
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, Svensk ordlista, Svenska Akademiens ordbok, accessed 30 May 2022] was also one of the four Estates of the realm, estates of the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.
People
Prominent members and others bearing the name include:
* Tord Bonde (c. 1350s–1417), medieval Swedish magnate
* Charles VIII of Sweden
Charles VIII ( sv, Karl; 1408–1470), contemporaneously known as Charles II and called Charles I in Norwegian context, was king of Sweden (1448–1457, 1464–1465 and 1467–1470) and king of Norway (1449–1450).
Regnal name
Charles was the ...
(Karl Knutsson Bonde) ; 1408/1409–1470), King, Charles I of Norway
* Magdalena of Sweden
Magdalena of Sweden (Swedish: ''Magdalena Karlsdotter'' 1445 – August 1495) was a Swedish princess. She was the daughter of Charles VIII of Sweden and his first queen consort, Catherine of Bjurum. In 1468–1470, her spouse Ivar Axelsson (Tott ...
(1445–1495), Princess
* Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667), Swedish statesman
* Wilhelmina Bonde
Wilhelmina "Mina" Sofia Charlotta Bonde, née Lewenhaupt (10 July 1817 – 1899), was a Swedish countess and courtier. She served as överhovmästarinna to the Queen of Sweden, Louise of the Netherlands, from 1860 to 1869. She was also known as ' ...
(1817–1899), Swedish courtier
* Jens-Peter Bonde
Jens-Peter Rossen Bonde (27 March 1948 – 4 April 2021) was a Danish politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with the June Movement. He resigned as an MEP in May 2008. Bonde was elected to the European Parliament in the ...
(1948–2021), Danish politician
* Carl Bonde
Count Carl Gustaf Bonde af Björnö (28 April 1872 – 13 June 1957) was a Swedish Army officer, equerry and horse rider who competed at the 1912 and 1928 Olympics.
Military career
Bonde was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of landowne ...
(1872–1957), Swedish Army officer, equerry
** Carl C:son Bonde (1897–1990), Swedish Army officer
**Thord Bonde
General (Sweden), General Count Thord C:son (Carlsson) Bonde af Björnö (17March 1900 – 18October 1969) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include military commander of the Gotland Military Command, VII Military District in ...
(1900–1969), Swedish Army officer
* Gustaf Bonde (1911–1977), Swedish diplomat
*Oskar Bonde
Oskar "Ossi" Bonde, ''Carl Oskar Torkelsson Bonde af Björnö'', born January 24, 1979, is a Swedish drummer in the rock duo Johnossi.
Bonde grew up in Storängen, Nacka, Sweden, and lives currently in Stockholm. He has an older brother and ...
(born 1979), Swedish drummer
*Line Bonde
Line Bonde (born c.1979) is a Danish fighter pilot. In July 2006, aged 27, she became the first female Danish fighter pilot, flying an F-16 jet fighter.
Biography
Bonde was brought up in Billund, Jylland, in a traditional Danish family where h ...
(born 1979), Danish fighter pilot
References
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Swedish noble families