The Swedish Linnaeus Society (
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''Svenska Linnésällskapet'') is a Swedish
learned society devoted to the study of the 18th century
naturalist Carl Linnaeus. It was founded at a meeting taking place at
Hammarby, the country house of Linnaeus outside
Uppsala, on May 23, 1917, the 210th birthday of Carl Linnaeus. In 1918 it took over the old botanical garden in Uppsala,
Linnaean Garden
The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus Garden ( sv, Linnéträdgården) is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University, Sweden, and nowadays one of two satellite gardens of the larger University of Uppsala Botanic Garden, the oth ...
, and from 1918 until 1923 restored it according to Linnaeus' own plans and specifications in his published work ''Hortus Upsaliensis'' from 1745. The care for the garden was taken over by
Uppsala University in 1977. The society still runs the Linnaeus Museum in the 17th-century house adjacent to the garden, where Linnaeus once lived.
The yearbook of the society, ''Svenska Linnésällskapets Årsskrift'', has been published since 1918. In addition, it has republished some of Linnaeus's own publications. In cooperation with, among others, the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special ...
, Uppsala University and the
Linnean Society of London, the society is involved in the digital publication of the correspondence of Linnaeus.
See also
*
Linnean Society of London
External links
The Swedish Linnaeus Society official website
The Linnaean correspondence publication project
Carl Linnaeus
Linnaeus
Organizations established in 1917
1917 establishments in Sweden
Uppsala University
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