''Axel'' Joachim Erdmann (August 12, 1814 – December 1, 1869) was a Swedish

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

, mineralogist and chemist. He was the father of the geologist Edvard Erdmann and the linguist Axel Erdmann. Erdmann was a member of ''

Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for prom ...

'' (the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences) from 1846, becoming ''preses'' (chairman) in 1868. In 1850 Erdmann became a teacher at ''Bergsskolan'' (School of mining and mountain engineering) in Falun, and in 1852 also a teacher at ''Högre artilleriläroverket'' (The Higher Artillery School, which also was an educational institute for officers in technical service as well as both military and civil engineers) in

Marieberg, Stockholm Marieberg is a district located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm City Centre, Sweden. Marieberg is part of the Borough of Kungsholmen. It is located west of Fridhemsgatan/Riddarfjärden, south of Drottningholmsvägen and east of Essingel ...

. Erdmann was given the title of professor in 1854. In 1858, Erdmann founded '' Sveriges geologiska undersökning'' (Sweden's Geological Survey) and remained the general director until 1869.

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Erdmann 1. Axel Joakim
Nordisk familjebok (second printing, 1907), ''in Swedish''. Swedish mineralogists People from Stockholm 1814 births 1869 deaths {{Sweden-scientist-stub