Sven Nilsson
Sven Nilsson (8 March 1787 – 30 November 1883) was a Swedish zoologist and archaeologist.
Life and work
Nilsson was a Swedish zoologist. He 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.
Nilsson was a prolific author, publishing large works on different groups of the fauna of Scandinavia. 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.
He corresponded with William Yarrell, acting as the authority on Swedish avifauna for Yarrell's History of British Birds (1843). For example, Yarrell records Nilsson as saying "it infests every house".
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Sven Nilsson (footballer)
Sven Nilsson (June 15, 1909 – 1983) was a Swedish football player and manager. He is most famous for being Malmö FF's manager during their first Championship season in 1944. Nilsson's son Bertil Nilsson is a former football player who himself played 342 matches for Malmö FF.
Player career
Nilsson played 302 matches in total (of which 172 were league matches) for Malmö FF and was one of the players who were banned in 1934 when the club was caught paying their players which was against the rules at the time. He was capped for Sweden once in a World Cup qualifier in Hamburg in 1937. Nilssons international career ended as he was called into the military as WWII raged through Europe.
Manager career
After his player career Nilsson coached Malmö FF during three different periods. He was manager of the club in 1944 when they won their first Swedish Championship. Nilsson was also manager of the club from 1945–1947 and in 1950 between managers.
Honours as manager
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