Vilhelm Fredrik Palmblad, a Swedish author, born at Liljested, Dec. 16, 1788, died in Upsal, Sept. 2, 1852. He studied at the university of Upsal. In 1810 he bought the academic printing office, and began the publication of the "Phosphorus," in 1812 of the Poetisk Kalen-der, and in 1813 of the Svensk Literaturti-dende, all of which periodicals had much influence in the development of Swedish literature, turning it from French to German models. In 1830 he was made vice president and subsequently president of the Swedish literary society, and in 1835 professor of Greek literature in the university of Upsal, and became editor of the biographical lexicon of distinguished Swedes, completed in 23 vols, in 1857. He wrote, besides other works, Supplementa in Lexica Grceca (1822), and several novels, of which Familjen Falkensvard (2 vols., Orebro, 1844-'5) and Aurora Konigsmark are the most deserving of mention. One of his most important works was the uncompleted Hand-hole i physiska och politiska Geographia (5 vols., Upsal, 1826-37). He also contributed to Ersch and Gruber's Encyklopadie, and to Brockhaus's Conversations-Lexikon.