Hierta family

The Hierta family (, lit. "Heart"; ; ), also Hjerta and Järta is a Swedish-Finnish-Russian noble family – uradel – of Swedish origin. The Finnish branch of the Hierta family was naturalized as a Finnish noble family, in what was then the Grand Duchy of Finland, at the Finnish house of nobility in 1818.

Notable members

• Lars Johan Hierta (1801–1872), Newspaper publisher
• Anna Hierta-Retzius (1841–1924), Women's rights activist and philanthropist
• Hans Hierta (1774–1847), Swedish administrator and revolutionary

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