Swedish Museum of Natural History

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  • Name

    Swedish Museum of Natural History

  • Herbarium Code

    S

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Mats Wedin, Director of Botany, Mats.Wedin@nrm.se
    Vivi Vajda, Director of Paleobiology, vivi.vajda@nrm.se

  • Contact

    [46] 8 5195 4000
    Email: herbarium@nrm.se

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Swedish Museum of Natural History
    Svante Arrhenius väg 3
    Stockholm SE-114 18
    Sweden
    http://www.nrm.se/english/researchandcollections/botany/collections.565_en.html

  • CITES

    SE 001

  • Specialty

    Geography: Worldwide

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: Mainly Scandinavia and South America

    Exchange Wanted: All groups worldwide, especially South Africa, South America, and Australia

  • Notes

    Updated March 2022 (notes). No loans from Linnaean or Swartz herbaria. Worldwide collection of pollen slides. SPL formerly used for the Palynological Laboratory; SPA formerly used for the Section for Palaeobotany; use S for both. Postal address (letters): P. O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden. Visiting address: Frescativägen 40, 114 18 Stockholm. The botanical collections at the Swedish Museum of Natural History (S) have been closed for several years due to renovations, but are now open again for loans. For loan requests, donations and any other collections-related queries, please contact us using the herbarium@nrm.se address. We will gradually open for visits to the collections during the second half of 2025.

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  • Number of Specimens

    4570000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 94000 40100 108
    Bryophytes 720000 310000 4174
    Fungi/Lichens 670000 495000 6680
    Pteridophytes 64800 4159
    Seed Plants 1315000 104876
  • Date Founded

    1739

  • Updated

    17/03/2025

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    SK (40 000 specimens);
    SPA;
    SPL;
    SUNIV (30 000 specimens) in 1998.

  • Important Collectors

    S. Ahlner, E. Almquist, J. Ångström, E. Asplund, G. Bresadola, P. T. Cleve, P. Dietel, P. K. H. Dusén, C. F. Ecklon, E. L. Ekman, C. R. Florin, J. Fröhlich, T. G. Halle, T. Hasselrot, E. O. G. Hultén, N. C. Kindberg, F. W. Klatt, J. G. C. Lehmann, C. Linnaeus, C. Luerssen, G. O. A. Malme, H. A. Möller, C. Müller, K. Müller, A. G. Nathorst, B. Nordenstam, N. P. H. Persson, F. Philippi, R. A. Philippi, L. Preiss, A. F. Regnell, H. S. L. F. F. Rehm, L. Romell, G. Roth, R. Santesson, C. J. F. Skottsberg, O. W. Sonder, B. Sparre, O. P. Swartz, H. Sydow, P. Sydow, C. P. Thunberg, E. P. Vrang, C. L. P. Zeyher