Baron Louis Gerhard De Geer of Finspång (18 July 1818 – 24 September 1896) was a Swedish statesman and writer.
De Geer was born at Finspång manor. He was a lawyer, and in 1855 became president of the Göta Hovrätt, or lord justice for the appellate court of Götaland. From 7 April 1858 to 3 June 1870 he was Prime Minister of Justice. As a member of the nobility he took part in the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates from 1851 onwards. From 1867 to 1878 he was the member for Stockholm in the first chamber in the New Riksdag, and introduced and passed many useful reforms.
His son Louis De Geer was also prime minister of Sweden for a short period.
Read more about Louis Gerhard De Geer: Architect of The New Riksdag, First Prime Minister, Literary Works, Membership in Academies
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