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| - Gyllenhaal is a Swedish noble family descended from the cavalry Lieutenant Nils Gunnarsson 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 Councilor, 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 the American branch.
* Stephen Gyllenhaal (b. 1949), film director (great grandson of Anders Leonard G.), was married to producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal.
* Anders Gyllenhaal, Washington Editor and Vice President of News, The McClatchy Company, former executive editor of the Miami Herald
* Lars Gyllenhaal (b. 1968, great great-great grandson of Lars Herman Gyllenhaal), Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Military History Commission.
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (b. 1977), Academy Award-nominated American actress (daughter of Stephen G.)
* Jake Gyllenhaal (b. 1980), Academy Award-nominated American actor (son of Stephen G.)
* Sam Gyllenhaal, musician (son of Anders G.)
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