Israel af Ström (5 September 1778 – 24 October 1856) was a Swedish botanist and

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

researcher. He introduced systematic forest management in Sweden and initiated the founding the Swedish National Forest Institute.

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Israel Adolf Ström was born in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, Sweden. He was the son of Erland Ström (1736 – 1806) and his wife Juliana Schröder (1752 – 1833). His father was the inspector for the Royal

Djurgården Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small resident ...

. He was enrolled at

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in 1789. Between 1820 and 1850 he was curator of the Royal Djurgården. In 1828, Israel af Ström initiated the founding the National Forest Institute (''Skogsinstitutet'') which in 1915 was made into a college (''Skogshögskolan'') and in 1977 became part of the

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, or Swedish Agricultural University (, SLU) is a public research university in Sweden. Although its main campus and head office is located in Ultuna, Uppsala, the university has several campuses ...

. He was elected in 1838 as member of the

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. Ström wrote the main textbook about

in Sweden entitled'' Förslag till en Förbättrad Skogshushållning i Sverige ''(1822). It was the only Swedish book on the subject for over 100 years.

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