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Sweden's National Flower

National Flower of Sweden - Linnaea borealis - Twin Flower

The twin flower is a very delicate wild plant that grows in the spruce forest. It is about one inch high that grows in pairs and smells like vanilla.
Flower of Sweden - Twin Flower
A Bit of History
September, 2011 (Se the “Smålands”flower Linnéa named after Carl von Linné, who invented the sexual system of plants. Its so small and smell of vanilla in the night. It is blooming in the beginning of June.) The Twin Flower - Linnaea borealis is the national flower of Sweden. It is named after Carl Linnaeus who is considered to be the father of taxonomy; that is, the scientific classification of living things. Linnaeus' system, that he developed nearly 300 years ago, now known as the "Linnaean Classification System" is pretty much what is in use today for classifying flowers. It includes that familiar Latin- based two component system. Linnaeus was born 1707 in the Swedish province of Småland that is about ten miles from the little village of Nöttja where your grandfather Carl Dahlin was born in 1887. The photos were taken by Ann-Mari Dahlin, an architect that lives in Sweden, whose grandfather was Carl's oldest brother.
Swedish artwork that one would hang on a front door
Church in Nöttja -1948 -
The church, built in the 1300's, is still in use, and is considered by many as a national treasure. Carl (Beth Coyne's Grand-father) was baptized there, and his parents were married there.
Reconstruction of Linnaeus's home in the little village of Råshult ,
Vikingarännet, (The Viking Run)
Beth Dahlin - Coyne's Swedish cousins participating in the Vikingarännet, which translates as The Viking Run. The race, which is 80 Km (49,7 miles) starts in Uppsala then finishes in Stockholm, Sweden. Genetics, whether in humans or plants, is incredible! There is a pretty good chance that I (Beth) inherited my passion for distance running from the Swedish side of my father's family
Ohio Department of Agriculture Nursery Inspection 2010 - 2023
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