Swedish zoologist and archaeologist (1787-1883)

Sven Nilsson : en lärd i 1800-talets Lund / under redaktion av Gerhard Regnéll.

The primitive inhabitants of Scandinavia : an essay on comparative ethnography, and a contribution to the history of the development of mankind : containing a description of the implements, dwellings, tombs, and mode of living of the savages in the north of Europe during the stone age / by Sven Nilsson.

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