The Swedish Levant Company, which was in business 1738–56, can be likened to the better-known East India Company. It traded primarily with the Levant, now called Turkey. Asmund Palm, the company’s representative in Constantinople (Istanbul), is depicted in traditional Turkish costume with a turban and his hand resting on a knife in his belt. The company also had a representative in Smyrna, now Izmir, and its imports included raisins and coffee.