Gyllenhaal family

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Gyllenhaal is a Swedish noble family descended from Lieutenant Nils Haal (d. 1680 or 1681), ennobled in 1652 with a change of surname to Gyllenhaal. Some notable members of this family are:

Johan Abraham Gyllenhaal (1750-1788), geologist and mineralogist.
Leonard Gyllenhaal (1752-1840), military officer and gentleman farmer, known as an entomologist and a leading Swedenborgian.
Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal (1788-1857), a military officer who participated in the Finnish war of 1808-1809, was later Governor of Blekinge County and Skaraborg County, Privy Councillor, and finally Director General of the Swedish customs. Created a baron in 1837.
Lars Herman Gyllenhaal (1790-1858), Swedish Prime Minister for Justice 1843-1844. Created a baron in 1843.
Mathilda Gyllenhaal (1796-1863), née de Orozco, singer, composer and socialite (married in her third marriage to cavalry lieutenant baron Carl Alexander Fredrik Gyllenhaal, son of Carl Henrik G.).
Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal (1842-1905; grandson of Leonard G.), Editor-in-chief of the Swedish-American newspaper Svenska Tribunen in Chicago. Ancestor of an American branch.
Stephen Gyllenhaal, film director (great grandson of Anders Leonard G.), married to producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, who is the sister of noted Columbia University historian Eric Foner.
Maggie Gyllenhaal (b. 1977), American actress
Jake Gyllenhaal (b. 1980), American actor