Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten | |
Office: | Governor of Stockholm |
Term Start: | 1830 |
Term End: | 1838 |
Predecessor: | Carl Johan af Nordin |
Successor: | Axel Johan Adam Möllerhjelm |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1794 |
Birth Place: | Sparreholm Castle, Södermanland, Sweden |
Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten (9 October 1794 – 29 September 1875) was a Swedish statesman and Lord of the Realm. He served as governor of Stockholm 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 in Södermanland, Sweden, the son of Baron and the Countess Sophia Lovisa Mörner af Morlanda.[1] [2] He had a sister, Countess Ulla De Geer. He attended Uppsala University.
In 1825, Sprengtporten married Countess Ulrika Wilhelmina Brahe.