Louis Gerhard De Geer

Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (died 1896)

Find birthday twins Open interactive profile

Born: July 18, 1818
Died: September 24, 1896
Zodiac sign: Cancer
Birth year: 1818

About Louis Gerhard De Geer

Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the first Prime Minister of Sweden from 1876 to 1880. He previously served as Prime Minister for Justice from 1858 to 1870. De Geer was the principal architect of the 1865 representation reform, replacing the Riksdag of the Estates with a bicameral parliament and playing a pivotal role in modernizing Swedish politics. Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång (18 July 1818 – 24 September 1896) was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the first Prime Minister of Sweden from 1876 to 1880.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Louis Gerhard De Geer timeline

1818Baron Louis Gerard De Geer af Finspång (18 July 1818 – 24 September 1896) was a Swedish statesman, lawyer, and writer who served as the first Prime Minister of Sweden from 1876 to 1880.
1865De Geer was the principal architect of the 1865 representation reform, replacing the Riksdag of the Estates with a bicameral parliament and playing a pivotal role in modernizing Swedish politics.

The world when Louis Gerhard De Geer was born

Louis Gerhard De Geer was born in 1818. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1818

Best-selling bookFrankenstein by Mary Shelley

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineUS-Canada border established at 49th parallel
Technology milestoneFirst blood transfusion using human blood
World population~990M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderJames Monroe
U.S. population9.1M

1818 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Louis Gerhard De Geer's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1818	2026
Population	9.1M	341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, Library of Congress, Wikidata. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.