The Gyllenhaal family is an old Swedish noble family, dating back to the 1600’s.

Some of the famous and well-known members of the Gyllenhaal family are director Stephen Gyllenhaal and his famous children ( both actors) Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal.

Other members of the Gyllenhaal Family are Johan Abraham Gyllenhaal, Leonard Gyllenhaal, Carl Henrik Gyllenhaal, Lars Herman Gyllenhaal, Mathilda Valeria Beatrix Gyllenhaal, Anders Gyllenhaal, Liza Gyllenhaal-Bennett, Lars Gyllenhaal; and Sam Gyllenhaal.

The immigrant from Sweden for the American branch of the Gyllenhaal family is Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal.

The Gyllenhaal family orginated with Nils Gunnarsson Gyllenhaal’s father Gunne Olofsson Haal. Haal comes from the name of the farm estate Hahlegården, a crown homestead in South Härene Parish in the county of Västergötland in West Sweden. At first, the surname was spelled “Gyllenhahl”; and then “Gyllenhaal”

Other notable Swedish noble families are the Natt och Dag family (Sweden’s oldest noble family, which dates back to 1280), Oxenstierna (which dates back to the 14th century), Sweden’s second oldest family-the Bielke family (which dates back to 13th century); Bonde family (which dates back to the early 1400’s), Carpelan (which also dates back to the early 1400’s), Jägerhorn af Spurila (which also dates back to the early 1400’s), Sparre (which dates back to the early 1200’s), Stenbock (which dates back to the 1500’s); and Trolle (which dates back to the 14th century).