Gustaf von Paykull

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Gustav von Paykull (August 21, 1757 - January 28, 1826) was a Swedish friherre or baron and hovmarskalk a kind of courtier, ornithologist and entomologist.

He was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy and a founder of the natural history museum (Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet) in Stokholm.

His best known publications are:

• Monographia Histeroidum. Upsaliae : Palmblad iv 114 pp. (1811).

• Fauna Suecica. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman 3 volumes.

(3 volumes,1798,1799,1800)

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