Bildt family

Bildt
Swedish noble family
Current regionNorthern Europe (mainly Sweden)
Place of originJylland, Denmark
Estate(s)Morlanda manor

The Bildt family is a Scandinavian noble family – uradel – of Danish origin,[1][2] noted for counting two of its members as Swedish prime ministers. The Bildt family was naturalized as a Swedish noble family at the Swedish house of nobility in 1664 (No. 678).[3]

Notable members

  • Carl Bildt (born 1949), Swedish prime minister
  • Carl Bildt (1850–1931), Swedish diplomat and historian
  • Gillis Bildt (1820–1894), Swedish baron and prime minister[2]
  • Knut Gillis Bildt (1854–1927), Swedish army officer and politician

References

  1. ^ "Bildt", Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian Bokmål), 2021-11-25, retrieved 2022-02-16
  2. ^ a b "Bildt, släkt". sok.riksarkivet.se. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  3. ^ "Bildt :Riddarhuset". www.riddarhuset.se. Retrieved 2022-02-16.

Further reading

  • Norrby, Göran (2019). Bildt – historien om en släkt (in Swedish). ISBN 9789173291514.
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