Sven Nilsson (zoologist)

Sven Nilsson (8 March 1787 – 30 November 1883) was a Swedish zoologist and archaeologist.

Nilsson was director of the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Sweden's natural history museum) from 1828 to 1831, professor of Natural History at Lund University from 1832 to 1856, and rector of Lund University from 1845 to 1846.

[1] Nilsson was a prolific author, publishing large works on different groups of the fauna of Scandinavia.

He worked as a field archaeologist and introduced ethnographic perspectives in archaeology.

He was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1821.