Olof Immanuel von Fåhraeus
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Olof Immanuel Fåhraeus was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 politician and entomologist mainly interested in Coleoptera.

His collection is shared between the natural history museums of Stockholm and Göteborg. He wrote, with Carl Henrik Boheman
Carl Henrik Boheman
Carl Henrik Boheman was a Swedish entomologist.Boheman studied at Lund University and trained as an officer, participating in the invasion of Norway in 1814...

 Insecta Caffrariae annis 1838-1845 a J.A. Wahlberg
Johan August Wahlberg
Johan August Wahlberg was a Swedish naturalist and explorer.Wahlberg started studying chemistry at the University of Uppsala in 1829, and later forestry, agronomy and natural science, graduating from the Institute of Forestry in 1834...

 collecta. Coleoptera
. Holmiae : Fritze & Norstedt Vol. 1 pp. 299-625 published in 1851.

He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...

in 1840.
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