Gunnar Broberg

Books¹

The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus Gunnar Broberg
A new biography of Carl Linnaeus, offering a vivid portrait of Linnaeus’s life and work
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Ideas¹

Råshult, Linnaeus’s place of birth. Greyscale image of cabins and trees.

The guardian tree: The birthplace of Carl Linnaeus In ancient times, Nordic people believed that the World Tree was an ash and the protective guardian tree a linden—a Tilia. The biography of Linnaeus should surely begin with a linden. Read More