OSCAR JOSEF

ALIN (1846-1900)  , Swedish historian and politician, was born at Falun on the 22nd of December 1846 . In 1872 he became docent, and in 1882 professor of political economy at Upsala, of which university he was afterwardsrector . In September 1888 he was elected a member of the first chamber of the Riksdag, where he attached himself to the conservative protectionist party, over which, from the first, he exercised great authority . But it is as a historian that Alin is most remarkable . Among his numerous works the following are especially worthy of note: Bidrag till svenska radets historia under medeltiden (Upsala, 1872); Sveriges F_istoria, 1511—1611 (Stock-holm, 1878) ; Bidrag till svenska statsrickets historia (Stockholm, 1884-1887); Den svensk-norsk Unionen (Stockholm, 1889--1891), the best book on the Norwego-Swedish Union question from the Swedish point of view; Fjerde Artiklen of Fredstraktaten i Kiel (Stockholm, 1899); Carl Johan och Sveriges yttre politik, 1810-1815 (Stockholm, 1899); Carl XIV. och Rikets Stander, 184o-1841 (Stockholm, 1893) . He also edited Svenska Riksdagsakter, 1521-1554 (Stockholm, 1887), in conjunction with E . Hildebrand, and Sveriges Grundlagar (Stockholm, 1892) . He died at Upsala on the 31st of December 19oo . Obituary notice in Sv . Hist . Tidssk . (1901) .

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