- Swedish Linnaeus Society
The Swedish Linnaeus Society (Swedish "Svenska Linnésällskapet") is a Swedish
learned society devoted to the study of the 18th century naturalistCarl Linnaeus . It was founded at a meeting taking place at Hammarby, the country house of Linnaeus outsideUppsala , onMay 23 1917 , the 210th birthday ofCarl Linnaeus . In 1918 it took over the old botanical garden in Uppsala 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 byUppsala 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 ,Uppsala University and theLinnean Society of London , the society is involved in the digital publication of the correspondence of Linnaeus.External links
* [http://www.linnaeus.uu.se/SLS/ENGINDEX.HTM The Swedish Linnaeus Society] , website (English version)
* [http://linnaeus.c18.net/ The Linnaean correspondence] , publication projectee also
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Linnean Society of London
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