ALIN, OSCAR JOSEF 0846-190o), Swedish historian and politician, was born at Falun Dec. 22, 1846, and became rector of Uppsala university.
Among his numerous works the following are specially worthy of note: Bidrag till svenska rddets historia und,er medel tiden (1872); Sveriges Historia,1511–z6.rr (1878); Bidrag till svenska statsrickets historia (1884-87); Den svensk-norsk Unionen 0889-90, the best book on the Norwego-Swedish union question from the Swedish point of view ; Fjerde Artiklen af Fredstraktaten i Kiel 0899); Carl Johan och Sveriges yttre poutik, 1810-18z 5 (1899); Carl XIV. och Rikets St:finder, 184o 1841 (1893). He also edited Svenska Riksdagsakter, 1521-1554 (1887), in conjunction with E. Hildebrand, and Sveriges Grund lagar 0892).