KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 39. N:o (. 
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Survey of the Swedish Expeditions and Scientific Voyages that have 
brought home from the Arctic and Scandinavian Seas the Collections 
upon which this Paper is based. 
1835'—-1838. 
B. Fr. Fries, Ph. D. & M. D. Professor (Zoologist). 
Object and Extent: In 18335 to Bobuslän, in order to make collections of marine 
animals and to reconnoitre that remarkable stretch of coast with a view to further 
during next years more exhaustive investigations. In 1836, a renewed visit there, 
in order to find out a suitable locality for coming researches. In 1837 Prof. FRIES 
moved with his whole family and the two brothers W. amd F. v. WRIGHT (artists 
and naturalists), to Kristineberg (now the Swedish Marine Biological Station), and 
stayed here for a whole year (1837—38), for the purpose of studying the marine 
animals during all the seasons of the year. 
Ways and Means: from the Government and from the Swedish Royal Academy 
of Science. 
1836-1837. 
SVEN LOVÉN, Ph. D. (Zoologist: Mollusca, Echinodermata etc.). 
Object: To explore the fauna in the northern and arctic regions. 
FEatent: Lofoden and Finmarken. 
Duration: More than a year. 
Ways and Means: At his own expense. 
SSU 
The First Swedish Arctic Expedition.), 
SVEN LOvÉN, Ph. D. (Zoologist, Mollusca, Echinodermata etc.) 
Vessel: The schooner ""Enigheten'"'. 
Sailing-Master: Captain ANDREW MICHELSEN. 
Object: To study the natural history of the arctic regions. 
Extent: Spitzbergen: Prince Charles” Foreland, Green Harbour at the mouth of 
Ice Fjord, Cross” Bay, King's Bay etc. 
Duration: The "Enigheten”" sailed from Hammerfest on the 19th of June and 
arrived there agaim on the 7th of August. 
Ways and Means: At his own cost. 
1 Previous to that time scarcely any attempt had been made to investigate with the dredge the seas 
around the Scandinavian coasts. 
