Carolus Linnæus (Carl von Linné) (1707-1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who formalized binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the `Father of modern taxonomy`, Linnaeus garden in Uppsala
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Drawing of a bee pollinating a flower from a photograph by Lennart Nilsson. The background consists of stylized pictures from the fertilization of a flower - a reconstruction of how the flower looks through the multifaceted eyes of a bee.
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Carolus Linnæus
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100 ETT HUNDRA KRONOR
SVERIGES RIKSBANK
OMNIA MIRARI ETIAM TRITISSIMA (Translation: One Hundred Kronor, Sweden`s Riksbank, Find wonder in all things, even the most commonplace)
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ETT
HUNDRA KRONOR 100 (Translation: One Hundred Kronor)