Spaak

Spaak is a family originating from Bohuslän, Sweden, with notable branches in Belgium, France and Italy.[1]

Paul-Henri Spaak (1899–1972), Belgian statesman and one of the founding fathers of the European Union (1937).

Elias Jonæ Spaak (1650–1728), enrolled at Lund University in 1683 and subsequently postmaster and deputy customs chief inspector of Uddevalla, Bohuslän, assumed the family name in accordance with that of his residence. Among his issue were Protestant reformer Peter Spaak (1696–1769), and Magnus Spaak (1699–1768), who emigrated to Brussels, Belgium. Among Magnus Spaak's issue was Jacques Joseph Spaak (1742–1825), painter.

Members in selection

Sweden
  • Peter Spaak (1696–1769) Protestant reformer
  • George Spaak (1877–1966), engineer
  • Ragnar Spaak (1907–1979), physician

Belgium

France

Italy
gollark: The fact that we use three primary colours doesn't mean that that's the underlying reality.
gollark: Colours are a combination of different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation, ish.
gollark: They aren't in 3D space.
gollark: That's fair, I suppose. You can always directly feed the raw bytes into your nervous system.
gollark: So stuff with the same saturation and lightness actually has the same saturation and lightness.

See also

References
  1. Paul De Zuttere, Famille Spaak, dans : L'Intermédiaire des Généalogistes, n°385, Bruxelles, January–February 2010
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