# Sparre

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**Sparre** (variously spelled *Sperra*, *Sper*, *Spar*) is a Scandinavian surname – originally borne by a [noble](/source/Nobility) family – and can refer to:

- [Aage Jepsen Sparre](/source/Aage_Jepsen_Sparre), Danish priest
- [Arvid Gustavsson Sparre](/source/Arvid_Gustavsson_Sparre) (1245–1317), Lord of Ekholmen, Sweden
- [Axel Sparre](/source/Axel_Sparre) (1652–1728), Swedish field marshal
- [Beata Sparre](/source/Beata_Sparre), Swedish courtier
- [Christian Sparre](/source/Christian_Sparre), Norwegian politician
- [Desirée Sparre-Enger](/source/Desir%C3%A9e_Sparre-Enger), Norwegian pop singer
- [Erik Sparre](/source/Erik_Sparre) (1550–1600), Swedish nobleman executed at the [Linköping Bloodbath](/source/Link%C3%B6ping_Bloodbath)
- [Gustaf Adolf Sparre](/source/Gustaf_Adolf_Sparre), Swedish art collector
- [Gustaf Adolf Vive Sparre](/source/Gustaf_Adolf_Vive_Sparre), Prime Minister for Justice of Sweden from 1848 to 1856
- [Gustaf Sparre (speaker)](/source/Gustaf_Sparre_(speaker)), Speaker of the Första kammaren 1896–1908
- [Malise Sparre](/source/Malise_Sparre) (d. 1389), claimant to the [Earldom of Orkney](/source/Earldom_of_Orkney)

Various governors of Swedish counties:

- [Axel Sparre](/source/Axel_Sparre_(1620%E2%80%931679)), Over-Governor of Stockholm from 1665 to 1673
- [Axel Wrede Sparre](/source/Axel_Wrede_Sparre), Over-Governor of Stockholm from 1770 to 1772
- [Carl Georg Sparre](/source/Carl_Georg_Sparre), Governor of Norrbotten County from 1825 to 1836
- [Carl Gustaf Sparre](/source/Carl_Gustaf_Sparre), Governor of Södermanland County from 1737 to 1739
- [Carl Larsson Sparre](/source/Carl_Larsson_Sparre), Governor of Västernorrland County from 1664 to 1677
- [Carl Sparre](/source/Carl_Sparre), Governor of Gävleborg County from 1763 and 1772 and Over-Governor of Stockholm from 1773 to 1791
- [Erik Carlsson Sparre](/source/Erik_Carlsson_Sparre), Governor of Södermanland County from 1657 to 1678
- [Erik Samuel Sparre](/source/Erik_Samuel_Sparre), Governor of Gävleborg County from 1813 to 1843
- [Fredrik Henrik Sparre](/source/Fredrik_Henrik_Sparre), Governor of Gävleborg County from 1762 to 1763
- [Göran Bengtsson Sparre af Rossvik](/source/G%C3%B6ran_Bengtsson_Sparre_af_Rossvik), Governor of Södermanland County from 1653 to 1657
- [Knut Sparre](/source/Knut_Sparre), Governor of Jämtland County from 1895 to 1906
- [Svante Larsson Sparre](/source/Svante_Larsson_Sparre), Governor of Stockholm County and Uppsala County from 1649 to 1651

## See also

- [Sparr (disambiguation)](/source/Sparr_(disambiguation))

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