 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.