Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus is a work of art in Älmhult Municipality, Kronoberg County. Carl Linnaeus is situated nearby to the arts center Twisted Creatives, as well as near the square Stortorget.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Also known as: “Carl von Linné”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Älmhult railway station and IKEA Museum.
Älmhult railway station
Railway station
Photo: Sven pe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Älmhult railway station is situated 190 metres west of Carl Linnaeus.
IKEA Museum
Museum
Photo: Kigsz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The IKEA Museum is a museum located in Älmhult, Sweden, that opened to the public on 30 June 2016. It presents the history of the furnishing company IKEA. IKEA Museum is situated 360 metres west of Carl Linnaeus.
Älmhult Church
Church
Photo: Pklarsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Älmhult Church is situated 700 metres west of Carl Linnaeus.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Älmhult and Råshult.
Älmhult
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Älmhult is a town in Småland in southern Sweden. The town has about 9,000 inhabitants, with a total of 15,000 in the municipality.
Råshult
Hamlet
Råshult is a village just north of Älmhult in Kronoberg County, Småland, Sweden. It is notable as the birthplace of the seminal biologist and "father of modern taxonomy", Carl Linnaeus. In Råshult there is also a memorial to him. Råshult is situated 9 km northeast of Carl Linnaeus.
Carl Linnaeus
- Categories: tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Älmhult Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
56.55131° or 56° 33′ 5″ northLongitude
14.13997° or 14° 8′ 24″ eastInception
1946Open location code
9F8PH42Q+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 5990491285OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Russian—“Carl Linnaeus” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Помнік Карлу Лінэю”
- Russian: “Памятник Карлу Линнею”
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