Rutger Sernander

Johan Rutger Sernander (2 November 1866 – 27 October 1944) was a Swedish botanist, geologist and archaeologist. He was one of the founders of the study of palynology which would later be developed by Lennart von Post, as well as a pioneer in the early Swedish natural conservation and ecology movements. He was among other societies a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences,^[1] the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[2] Sernander was one of the founders of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in 1909, as well as its chairman during a number of the first years.^[3]

Johan Rutger Sernander
Rutger Sernander
Born	2 November 1866 Viby, Närke, Sweden
Died	27 October 1944 (1944-10-28) (aged 77) Uppsala, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Alma mater	Uppsala University
Known for	Palynology
Spouse	Signe Lindhagen
Children	1
Scientific career
Fields	Geology, Botany, Palynology, Archaeology
Institutions	Uppsala University

He was professor of plant biology at Uppsala University from 1908 until 1931.^[4]

He was married to Signe Lindhagen and they had one daughter, Greta Sernander-DuRietz.^[4]

Lichens named after him include Leptogium sernanderi DuRietz. (now Leptogium rivulare),^[5] which he found around 1914 but the type specimen was probably collected later by his daughter.^[4]

See also

• Blytt–Sernander system