Nils Holmgren

Swedish expedition 1904–1905 to the border area of Peru and Bolivia. Erland Nordenskiöld and Nils Holmgren in the front row. Nils Frithiof Holmgren (September 28, 1877 – September 7, 1954) was a Swedish zoologist and comparative anatomist. He was professor of zoology at Stockholm University from 1921 to 1944. He took a special interest in the taxonomy of termites.

Holmgren went to the Stockholm University College and in 1906 he defended his doctoral dissertation at the newly created Stockholm University. In 1912 he became a teacher at the zoological institute, and in 1919 assistant professor of zoology (replacing Wilhelm Leche), and in 1921 full professor. Holmgren was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1928.