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KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 39. N:o l. 2 
Pxtent: Bohuslän, Gullmarn. 
Duration: the summer months. 
Ways and Means: A subvention from the Royal Academy of Science. 
1859. 
W. LILLJEBORG, together with SVEN LOovÉN and TH. THORELL, spent one of 
the summer months at Kristineberg at the mouth of the Gullmar Fjord, to study 
marine invertebrates. At his own cost. 
1859—187? 
AMMONDSEN, Sailing-master on board a ship belonging to the Royal Greenland 
Commercial Fleet of Copenhagen. During his voyages he made considerable collec- 
tions of invertebrated animals, which were presented to the Swedish State Museum. 
186? 
HI. WIDEGREN, Ph. D. (Zoologist and Superintendent of the Swedish Fisheries), 
undertook numerous expeditions to the lakes in different parts of Sweden and to the 
adjacent seas, mainly for the purpose of making himself familiar with the fisheries 
and of studying the salmon, but also in order to investigate the invertebrated fauna. 
He visited and explored many places on the Baltic coast of Sweden, and in the year 
1863 he made collections in the "Tdde Fjord", on the North West coast of Sweden. 
The State Museum contams large series of animals from our great lakes and from 
the adjacent seas. 
1861. 
(Swedish Arctic Expedition). 
Leader: OTTO TORELL, Ph. D., Professor (Zoologist, Geologist and Geographer). 
Staff of Scientists on board: A. E. NORDENSKIÖLD (Geologist), K. CHYDENIUS 
(Physicist), N. DUNÉrR, Ph. D. (Astronomer), C. W. BLOMSTRAN» (Geologist), I. ÅA. 
MALMGREN, Ph. D. (Polychaeta, Vertebrates), F. A. Smitt (Bryozoa, Fishes), A. v. 
Gois, M. D. (Decapoda, Amphipoda and Foraminifera) and G. VON YHLEN (Sports- 
man and Artist). 
Vessels: The Aeolus and the Magdalena, two small ships, the former of about 
ninety-two tons, and the latter of about eighty-two. 
Commanders: Lieutenaånt B. LILLIEHÖÖK and Captain KUYLENSTJERNA. 
Object: A comprehensive survey of the geology and natural history of Spitz- 
bergen, and preliminary surveys to determine the possibility of measuring the arc of 
a meridian on Spitzbergen. 
