LIFE OF KALM. 



Pehr Kalm was born in March, 1716, in the Swedish 

 Province of Angermanland, three months after the 

 death of his father, Gabriel Kalm, Minister at Nerpes, 

 in Osterbotn. His mother's name was Catharina Ross. 

 Kalm became a student at Abo in 1735, where Professor 

 Brovallius directed his attention to Natural History. 



Brovallius introduced him to Baron Bjelke, who not 

 only received him into his own house, but sent him to 

 travel ; in 1740 to Tavastland, Savolax, and Karelen, 

 and in 1741 to Upland and Vestmanland. On setting 

 out for the latter he entered as a student at Upsala, 

 under the guidance and instruction of the great 

 Linnaeus. In 1742 he travelled through Vestgdtha 

 and Bohuslan, and published his " Vestgotha och 

 Bohuslanska Resa " in 1746. In 1743 he visited the 

 Skjargard, or Archipelago on both sides of Stockholm; 

 in Roslagen and Sodermanland. 



His contributions to the Flora Svecica of Linnaeus 



