About Oscar Ringdahl
Lived 1885 – 1966 (aged 80). Oscar Ringdahl was a Swedish entomologist and zoologist.
Oscar Ringdahl (1885–1966) was a Swedish entomologist who specialised in Diptera and Trichoptera. He described many new species from Sweden and Lappland. Parts of his personal collection are in the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Lund University Zoology Museum (Lunds Universitet Zoologiska museet), Lund.
Biography
Oscar Ringdahl was born in Uppsala on 28 August 1885 into a family of teachers and showed an early interest in insect collecting on the shores of lake Mälaren.
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Who was Oscar Ringdahl?
Swedish entomologist
When was Oscar Ringdahl born?
Oscar Ringdahl was born on 23 June 1885.
When did Oscar Ringdahl die?
Oscar Ringdahl died on 8 February 1966.
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Oscar Ringdahl was an entomologist and zoologist.
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Oscar Ringdahl was Swedish.
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