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Gustaf Palm (c. 1760–1807) was a Swedish supercargo for the Swedish East India Company in Guangzhou. He was the son of Asmund Palm.

Biography

Gustaf Palm was born in the Ottoman Empire to Asmund Palm, a diplomat and merchant of the Swedish Levant Company, and his wife Eva van Bruyn. He was brother of artists Elisabeth and Mimica Palm.

Palm was enrolled as supercargo for the Swedish East India Company. He was the last enlisted person holding that position in Guangzhou.

References

1. "Gustaf Palm". gamlagoteborg.se (in Swedish). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
2. Östman, Margareta (2008). Au champ d'Apollon: écrits d'expression française produits en Suède (1550-2006) (in French). Kungl. Vitterhets Histoire och Antikvitets Akademien. ISBN 978-91-7402-375-6.
3. Forsstrand, Carl (1917). Köpmanshus i gamla Stockholm: nya bidrag till skeppsbroadelns historia (in Swedish). Geber.
4. provins, Freemasons Sweden IX (1925). Kalender och matrikel över samtliga under Frimurare-ordens IX. provins: lydande L : Skotska S:t Andreasloger och V : S:t Johannesloger samt brödraföreningar jämte kortfattad historik över dessa loger 1925-1926 (in Swedish).
5. Dyke, Paul A. Van (2020-03-20). Whampoa and the Canton Trade: Life and Death in a Chinese Port, 1700–1842. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8528-35-6.

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