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| Gränby - Home of Linnaeus' daughter |
| Linnaeus' next youngest daughter, Sara Christina Linnaeus, moved
to Gränby in 1796 with her husband Captain Duse. Linnaeus' wife,
Sara Elisabeth Moraea, was still alive in the first years that Sara
Christina and her husband lived on the farm. This living situation
brought Linnaeus' wife and daughter into constant and intense contact
while taking care of Gränby together.
After Sara Christina´s husband died, she lived as a widow in Gränby with her maid and her adopted son Gustav Sillen. The care of Gränby continued to be in the hands of women when Sillen and Sara Christina´s maid inherited the Gränby upon Sara Christina´s death. In this way, care for the house and grounds of Gränby fell to women for decades. While the house burned to the ground in 1972, the garden remained intact. Plants growing in the garden today are probably descendants of Linnaeus' Hammarby. Remnants of the agricultural fields tended by Sara Christina and Sara Elisabeth are also viewable. In 2003, Sara Christina Linnaeus' Gränby farm was dedicated to the women living around Linnaeus. A park representing the gardens of Sara Christina and including plants from Linnaeus' Hammarby is planned in memorial. A work of art will mark the location of the house. It is our wish that Gränby will act as a platform for cultural activities and will focus attention on the women in Linnaeus' family, his botanical work for women, and on the forgotten women in the scientific community of Uppsala. Gränby is partly administrated by the city of Uppsala who is also the owner of the land. |
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