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Björn Floderus

1867 – 1941

Swedish physician and botanist

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Lived 1867 – 1941 (aged 74). Björn Floderus was a Swedish botanist and physician.

Björn Gustaf Oscar Floderus (14 August 1867, Uppsala – 12 May 1941, Stockholm) was a Swedish physician and botanist, specializing in the willow genus Salix. He was the son of educator Manfred Mustafa Floderus (1832–1909).

Beginning in 1885 he studied medicine at the University of Uppsala, where in 1897 he became privat docent of surgery.

As a botanist, he engaged in study trips to Arkhangelsk and Novaya Zemlya (1911), western Greenland (1921), the northern shore of Kola Peninsula (1923, 1927) as well as conducting numerous botanical excursions throughout the Nordic countries. In Norway, he studied in-depth, willow flora native to the Arctic coast. On two of his journeys, he explored Kalastajasaarento. "On the Salix Flora of Kamtchatka", Almqvist & Wiksells, 1926. "Salicaceae Fennoscandicae", Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt, 1931 (with Otto Rudolf Holmberg).

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Uppsala University, Stockholm University
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Björn Gustaf Oscar Floderus, Flod.

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Who was Björn Floderus?

Swedish physician and botanist (1867–1941)

When was Björn Floderus born?

Björn Floderus was born on 14 February 1867 in Uppsala.

When did Björn Floderus die?

Björn Floderus died on 12 May 1941 in Stockholm.

What was Björn Floderus's occupation?

Björn Floderus was a botanist and physician.

What nationality was Björn Floderus?

Björn Floderus was Swedish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Björn Floderus

· Wikidata: Q5733753

· DBpedia: Björn Floderus

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