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The Linnaeus Garden

Fotograf Dan Pettersson Museum, Parks | Leave the city bustle behind, and step into Linnaeus' day-to-day world behind the fence on Svartbäcksgatan. The garden is a reconstruction of how Linnaeus’s botanical garden looked in the middle of the 18th century.

The Linnaeus Museum

Museum | Step right into the 18th century and the home of Carl Linnaeus. The Linnaeus Museum is a living documentation of what life was like in the 18th century, and Linnaeus’s immeasurable scientific achievement.

Linnaeus’ Hammarby

Museum, Parks | Experience rural tranquillity as it was in Linnaeus’s day at what was his own farm, Hammarby. Carl Linnaeus and his family’s summer home is a well-preserved 18th century farm with houses, gardens and beautiful surroundings.

The Botanical Garden

Museum, Parks | The Botanical Garden is a living museum with plants from all over the world. Here 8,000 species are cultivated for teaching, research and the preservation of biological diversity.

Linnaeus’ Sävja

Museum, Parks | In 1758 Carl Linnaeus bought two estates, Hammarby and Sävja. Here he was able to be undisturbed; here there was peace and quiet for the soul. Today Linnaeus’s Sävja is an idyllic rural environment with a farm café, museum, herb garden and cultural events.
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Rosehip, buttercup or Linnea? Make our floral tests based on knowledge from both Linnaeus botany and Jungian psychology. Go to the test.

Linnaeus’ Hammarby

Experience rural tranquillity as it was in Linnaeus’s day at what was his own farm, Hammarby

Parks & Sights

Explore Linnaeus’ Uppsala and experience the unique legacy he left behind in our parks and gardens.

Visit the home of Linnaeus

Step right into the 18th century and the home of Carl Linnaeus.

Guided tours during summer

Come along on a tour of Linnaeus’ own botanical garden or his summer residence.