''Expedition Linné'' is a 2007 documentary film made for the 300th anniversary of the birth of

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

botanist, physician, and zoologist

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his Nobility#Ennoblement, ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalise ...

. The film was made by Swedish wildlife photographer Mattias Klum and journalist Folke Rydén and is intended to increase public understanding of and respect for nature in a journey through the seven

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s, into

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, and across the

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Prince Carl Philip A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

of Sweden was on the film team for training in his studies of graphic design.

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* * 2007 films 2000s Swedish-language films Swedish documentary films Commemoration of Carl Linnaeus 2007 documentary films 2000s Swedish films {{2000s-Sweden-film-stub