Since there are thousands of events (I think) taking place during the summer season I will continue to update this list. Do you miss anything of your interest or have some suggestions to put on the list, just contact me. Latest listings will be on top. Todays list will cover Skåne, Småland and greater Copenhagen [...]

The Swedish botanist Linnaeus sent his apostles round the world to collect knowledege about life on earth. Today we arrange “Idea travel tours”, to create meeting points and forums between historians, ethnographers, botanists and other people just interested to participate i todays debate for sustainable living. In Russia St Petersburg Center for the history of [...]

HRH The Crown Princess Victoria will inaugurate Linnaeus Week in Skåne at 11.00 am on Sunday June 3rd at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp. Alnarp Day, an annual event, is entirely in the spirit of Linnaeus. Organisers from all over Skåne will be showing there and talking about the summer programme. In [...]

The journey from Helsingborg to Kullen went on the sandy beaches, since no roads existed. On their way they passed Höganäs “a big fishing settlement with a important harbour and fishing industry.” He also described fishing tools and all kind of fish captured here. The old ritual alongside the coast and tools to capture worms [...]

The Atlantic Magazine journalist Emely Hiestand returns to Stockholm to visit the home of the famous botanist Carl Linnaeus. Afterwards she published a philosophic slideshow image of Sweden. Listen to her sensuous explanation for the Swedish expression “Lagom”. No other language have an accurate translation to this word so typical for Swedes to use in [...]