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The Bergianska trädgården, the Bergian Garden, is a botanical garden located in the Frescati area on the outskirts of Stockholm, close to the Swedish Museum of Natural History and the main campus of Stockholm University. Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... Frescati is a park-like area on the northern outskirts of Stockholm. ... The Swedish Museum of Natural History (in Swedish Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), in Stockholm, was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes back to the collections acquired mostly through donations by the Academy since its foundation in 1739. ... Stockholm University (Stockholms universitet) is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ...
The Garden was founded through a donation in 1791 from the historian and antiquarian Bengt Bergius and his brother Peter Jonas Bergius, a physician and scientist, to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and was originally located to their mansion and its adjacent garden on the road Karlbergsvägen, in what is now the Vasastaden district in central Stockholm but at the time still had a largely rural character. The garden was moved to its current location in 1885. 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or , founded in 1739 by King Frederick I, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ... Vasastaden, or Vasastan, is a 3. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The garden is today jointly administered by the Academy of Sciences and Stockholm University.
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