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Gustaf Palm

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Gustaf Palm
Supercargo for the Swedish East India Company
Personal details
Bornc. 1760
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Died1807
Canton, Guangdong, China

Gustaf Palm (c. 1760–1807) was a Swedish supercargo for the Swedish East India Company in Guangzhou. He was the son of Asmund Palm.[1][2]

Biography

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Gustaf Palm was born in the Ottoman Empire to Asmund Palm, a diplomat and merchant of the Swedish Levant Company,[3] and his wife Eva van Bruyn. He was brother of artists Elisabeth and Mimica Palm.

Palm was enrolled as supercargo for the Swedish East India Company.[4] He was the last enlisted person holding that position in Guangzhou.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Gustaf Palm". gamlagoteborg.se (in Swedish). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  2. ^ Östman, Margareta (2008). Au champ d'Apollon: écrits d'expression française produits en Suède (1550-2006) (in French). Kungl. Vitterhets Histoire och Antikvitets Akademien. ISBN 978-91-7402-375-6.
  3. ^ Forsstrand, Carl (1917). Köpmanshus i gamla Stockholm: nya bidrag till skeppsbroadelns historia (in Swedish). Geber.
  4. ^ provins, Freemasons Sweden IX (1925). Kalender och matrikel över samtliga under Frimurare-ordens IX. provins: lydande L : Skotska S:t Andreasloger och V : S:t Johannesloger samt brödraföreningar jämte kortfattad historik över dessa loger 1925-1926 (in Swedish).
  5. ^ Dyke, Paul A. Van (2020-03-20). Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700–1842. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8528-35-6.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Supercargo to the Swedish East India Company
1799–1807
Succeeded by