Oscar Josef Alin (22 December 184631 December 1900) was a

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historian and politician.

Life

Alin was born in

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, Sweden. In 1872 he completed his doctorate and became

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, and in 1882 ''professor skytteanus'' of Government and Eloquence at

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. As ''professor skytteanus'' he succeeded Vilhelm Erik Svedelius, whom he also followed in the inspectorship of the university's Västmanland-Dalarna Nation. In September 1888 he was elected a member of the first chamber of the Riksdag, where he attached himself to the

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party, over which, from the first, he exercised great authority. He retired from the Riksdag in 1899 to become ''rector magnificus'' of the university, but died already at the end of the next year. It is as a historian that Alin is most remarkable.

Works

Among his numerous works the following are especially worthy of note: *''Bidrag till svenska rådets historia under medeltiden'' (Upsala 1872); * ''Sveriges historia, 1511-1611'' (Stockholm, 1878); * ''Bidrag till svenska statskickets historia'' (Stockholm, 1884–1887); * ''Den svensk-norsk unionen'' (Stockholm, 1889–1891), the best book on the Norwego-Swedish Union question from the Swedish point of view; * ''Fjerde artiklen af fredstraktaten i Kiel'' (Stockholm, 1899); * ''Carl Johan och Sveriges yttre politik, 1810-1815'' (Stockholm, 1899); * ''Carl XIV Johan och rikets ständer, 1840-1841'' (Stockholm, 1893). He also edited ''Svenska riksdagsakter, 1521–1554'' (Stockholm, 1887), in conjunction with Emil Hildebrand, and ''Sveriges grundlagar'' (Stockholm, 1892).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Alin, Oscar 19th-century Swedish historians Academic staff of Uppsala University 1846 births 1900 deaths People from Falun Members of the Riksdag 19th-century Swedish politicians Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala