Nils Gabriel Djurklou (24 July 1829 â 31 March 1904) was a Swedish writer, archeologist, chamberlain and ethnologist.
Djurklou was born in NorrbyÃÂ¥s at Sörby Manor, near ÃÂrebro in Sweden, then part of the Union between Sweden and Norway.
He was a member of the Swedish aristocratic . His father, Baron Gabriel Djurklou (1780âÂÂ1843), was a military personnel. Djurklou's mother, Baroness Christina Silfverschiöld (1790âÂÂ1853), was the daughter of .
Djurklou graduated from Uppsala University in 1854.
Djurklou published several books on folk life in Sweden. Furthermore, he founded a provincial vernacular and ancient monuments association in 1856, in Närke, the first of its kind in Sweden.
Djurklou was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, starting in 1862 as a corresponding member, and in 1872 as a working member.