Much more than
the Flower King

Carl Linnaeus is without comparison Sweden’s best-known scientist ever at a global level. To many he is the Flower King, renowned for his method for classifying plants, which was presented in 1735 in Systema Naturae. However, Linnaeus’ curiosity and creativity also drew him to other disciplines. He was not only a natural scientist, botanist, zoologist and geologist, but also a physician, health adviser and philosopher. One could say that Linnaeus thought in an interdisciplinary way, observing the interaction between people and nature. In modern terms, one might even call him the first ecologist.

To this day, we can find inspiration in his realisation that scientists should not shut themselves away, but should work in the field to study the world in an inquisitive scientific way, seeking and disseminating knowledge. The scientific expeditions that Linnaeus personally undertook together with his students illustrate this.

There is even more information about Carl Linnaeus in the Uppsala University website Linnaeus online.
Pages about Linnaeus: Linnaeus 2007/Gunnar Broberg, Uppsala University/Linnaeus online etc.

His life and work
Traveller and writer
Disciples
Systema Naturae
and the sexual system



Linnaeus’ birthplace, Råshult, is today a popular tourist destination.