About this sound Hans Emil Villius (10 July 1923 – 22 June 2012) was a Swedish historian and popular TV and radio personality.Villius received his doctorate in history in 1951 with his dissertation Karl XII:s ryska fälttåg: Källstudier ("Charles XII's Russian campaign: A Source Study.") in which he critically analysed the narrative sources of Charles XII's officers during the campaign.