Hjalmar von Sydow

Adolf Hjalmar von Sydow (22 August 1862 – 7 March 1932) was a Swedish lawyer and politician.

After practicing as a lawyer in Scania, he was made president of the Swedish Employers' Confederation in 1907, a position he held until 1931.

From 1916 until his death, von Sydow was a member of the First Chamber (upper house) of the Riksdag for the National Party.

[2] On 7 March 1932, von Sydow, along with two of his employees, the cook Karoline Herou and the maid Ebba Hamn, were found beaten to death at his apartment in Stockholm.

His son Fredrik von Sydow, the only suspect and the presumed murderer, committed suicide later the same day.