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Gunnar Broberg

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Gunnar Broberg

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-09-05 (Flen)
Died
2022-04-30 (Lund) age 79
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Lund, Sweden

Career

Occupations
Professor of History of Science and Ideas
Active Years
1971-2022
Affiliations
Lund University
Memberships
Royal Humanistic Scientific Society in Lund

Education

Uppsala University
Unknown
Country: Sweden

Awards

August Prize
1992
Work: Gyllene äpplen
Organization: Swedish Publishers' Association
Result: 受賞
Gleerups facklitterära pris
2004
Result: 受賞
Einar Hansens hederspris
2013
Result: 受賞
Kellgren Prize
2020
Result: 受賞
Stora historiepriset
2020
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gyllene äpplen

1992 Non-fiction

Book about golden apples, winner of August Prize.

History of science

Carl Linnaeus

2006 Biography

Biography of Carl Linnaeus.

Natural history

The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus

2019 Biography

Biography of Carl Linnaeus, translated into English in 2023.

Linnaeus
Translations
  • English translation: The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus (2023)

Bibliography

  • Järven, filfrassen, frossaren (1971)
  • Homo sapiens L (1975)
  • Brunögd, lätt, hastig, gjorde allting promt (1978)
  • Linnéminnen i Uppsala (1982)
  • Bilden av naturen (1983)
  • Nordström och hans skola (1983)
  • Oönskade i folkhemmet (1991)
  • Gyllene äpplen (1992)
  • Statlig rasforskning (1995)
  • När svensk historia blev en världsnyhet (1999)
  • Kattens historia (2004)
  • Tsunamin i Lissabon (2005)
  • Carl von Linné (2006)
  • Nattens historia. Nordiskt mörker och ljus under tusen år (2016)
  • Mannen som ordnade naturen: En biografi över Carl von Linné (2019)
  • Eugenics and the Welfare State: Sterilization Policy in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland (1996)
  • The Man Who Organized Nature: The Life of Linnaeus (2023)

Legacy

Swedish historian of science and ideas, known for works on Linnaeus and eugenics in Sweden. Professor at Lund University.