Hjalmar Stolpe

Knut Hjalmar Stolpe (23 April 1841 – 27 January 1905), was a Swedish entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer.

In 1883–1885 he took part in the Vanadis expedition which sailed around the world with the frigate Vanadis visiting South America, Oceania, Asia, and Europe. During land excursions, Stolpe collected 7500 cultural specimens for an intended ethnographical museum in Sweden. In 1900, an ethnographic department was established at Swedish Museum of Natural History (now the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden (Etnografiska museet). Hjalmar Stolpe became the ethnographic unit's first director. In 1903 he was appointed curator and professor.

Personal life From 1875 he was married to Emmy Holmgren (1841 - 1905). He died in 1905 in Stockholm.

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