Prof Sven Ludvig Lovén (6 January 1809 – 3 September 1895), was a Swedish marine zoologist and

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. The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences within the

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was named in his honour.

Life

Lovén was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He studied at

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in 1823, and enrolled at

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in 1829. The following year, he was appointed associate professor of zoology at

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where he studied anatomy and microscopy techniques under the guidance of

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(1795–1876) and

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(1771–1832) at

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. He made scientific journeys in the early 1830s along the Swedish west coast. During 1836–1837, he made a trip to

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in northern Norway and to Spitsbergen. In 1840, Lovén was elected a member of the

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. In 1841, he was appointed professor and curator at the Swedish Museum of Natural History invertebrate department, a position he came to hold until 1892. He was also professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. Between 1870 and 1892, Lovén devoted most of his scientific work to echinoderms, mainly sea urchins. Lovén founded Kristinebergs Marina Research Station at

Fiskebäckskil Fiskebäckskil is a locality in Lysekil Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden, at the mouth of the Gullmarn fjord. It had 379 inhabitants in 2010. Once primarily a fishing community, it transformed into a shipping community in the 19th ce ...

on the island of Skaftö in 1877.

Recognition

In 1871, Lovén was made an external member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, in 1872 as a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences and in 1875 a member of the

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. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the

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in 1885. He was admitted into the

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in 1886. In 1909, the Royal Academy of Sciences established the Sven Lovén Memorial Fund, which awards the Lovén Medal (''Lovénska medaljen''). Several geographical locations at Svalbard are named after him. These include the headland Kapp Lovén at

Nordaustlandet Nordaustlandet (sometimes translated as North East Land) is the second-largest island in the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway, with an area of . It lies north east of Spitsbergen, separated by Hinlopen Strait. Much of Nordaustlandet lies under la ...

, the mountain Lovénberget in

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on Spitsbergen, the lake

Lovénvatnet Lovénvatnet is a lake in Oscar II Land Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land. The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden ...

Oscar II Land Oscar II Land is the land area between Isfjorden and Kongsfjorden on Spitsbergen, Svalbard. The long glacier Sveabreen divides Oscar II Land from James I Land. The area is named after Oscar II of Sweden Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January ...

, and the glaciers Lovénbreane at Brøggerhalvøya.

Biological references

The

World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialis ...

(WoRMS) lists 174 marine species named by Lovén. Many of these have become synonyms. Two species he named, the hydrozoan ''Lovenella clausa'' (

Lovenellidae __NOTOC__ Lovenellidae is a family of hydrozoans. Their hydroids live together in upright stolonal or sympodial colonies, and their gonophores are pedunculate free-roaming medusae.Schuchert (2005) The relationships of this fairly small but d ...

) and the crustacean ''Lovenula falcifera'' (now '' Paradiaptomus''), were in genera named after him by other zoologists.WoRMS: Species named by Lovén.
Accessed 2015.2.19.

References

External links

Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Sciences – Kristineberg website
* 1809 births 1895 deaths Employees of the Swedish Museum of Natural History Scientists from Stockholm Lund University alumni Honorary Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Foreign Members of the Royal Society Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class) Swedish curators Swedish malacologists Marine zoologists Swedish marine biologists Swedish physiologists 19th-century Swedish zoologists Academic staff of Lund University {{zoologist-stub