Palmblad,

Palmblad, VILHELM FREDRIK, a Swedish historian, was born 16th December 1788, at Liljested, in East Gothland, where his father held a post under the government, studied at Upsala, and became professor of Greek in the same university in 1835. He died 2d September 1852. Amongst his works (which deal with geography, history, and classical philology) are the Biografisk Lexikon (23 vols. 1835-59) and the historical novel Aurora Koningsmark (1847).