Asmund Palm
Cornelius Asmund Palm (c. 1715 – 4 February 1780) Palm was a Swedish diplomat, executive consul for the Swedish Empire in its consulate in Constantinople serving Swedish interests in the region, and an executive chief of the Swedish Levantine Company in Smyrna.[1][2]
Asmund Palm | |
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| Executive consul in the Ottoman Empire for the Swedish Empire | |
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| Born | c. 1715 Germany |
| Died | 4 February 1780 Stockholm, Sweden |
Biography
Palm imported coffee beans, raisins and oriental carpets to Sweden. He settled in Sweden in the 1760s. He married Eva van Bruyn, daughter of a Dutch nobleman. With whom he had three known children. Both his daughters Elisabeth and Mimica Palm became artists, and married into the so called Nobles of Skeppsbron.[3][4] His son Gustaf Palm became a supercargo in Guangzhou serving the Swedish East India Company.
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References
- Nordiska museets och Skansens årsbok 1951 (PDF) (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- Biografiska anteckningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- https://www.svd.se/obekvam-generaldirektor
- https://gamlagoteborg.se/2016/07/26/gustaf-palm/
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Executive consul of Sweden to the Ottoman Empire | Succeeded by |
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