ADDITIONAL NOTE ON RASHULT 
The foregoing pages had been set in type, when 
an interesting article by Dr. Emil Lindell appeared 
in the “ Svensk Linne-Sallskapets Arsskrift,” vi. 
(1923) pp. 136 seqq. entitled “ Rashult Sodregard ” 
—the southern house at Rashult—which gives 
additional information concerning the history of the 
birthplace of Linnaeus. From this paper we learn 
that when Nils Linnaeus in 1705 became assistant to 
the rector of Stenbrohult, he took up his abode in the 
rectory, but during the winter of 1705-6, he had the 
modest dwelling at Rashult erected, which became 
famous for all future time as the Linnean birthplace. 
To this house Nils Linnaeus moved soon after his 
marriage, and in the following May, his elder son was 
born here. Less than two years later, in 1709, N. 
Linnaeus having succeeded his father-in-law as rector 
of Stenbrohult, he and his family moved into the 
rectory, being succeeded in the small house four 
years later by his brother-in-law, P. Zelander. On 
his death in 1725 his widow in 1726 married the new 
comminister, T. Nicander, who, however, died in 
1748, a few months after the death of Nils Linnaeus. 
In 1731, the birthplace of Linnaeus was rebuilt after 
a fire which destroyed the original house, but for 
economical reasons being rebuilt of old wood, it was 
condemned in 1751. It is strange that Carl Linnaeus, 
who came home on Christmas Eve, 1731, and stayed 
there till the spring of 1732, never alludes to the 
changes at Rashult, nor did he in 1741, even when 
mentioning the burning of the rectory. 
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