The Linnaeus Garden

Welcome to Sweden's oldest botanic garden and the garden of Olof Rudbeck Sr and Carolus Linnaeus.
Closed for the season. Open again 1 June 2021.
Restricted availability due to the covid-19-pandemic.

Covid-19 & changed opening hours

How the pandemic affect your visit to The Linnaeus Garden.

By an annual ticket

Get free entrance to the Linnaeus Garden, Linnaeus' Hammarby and the Tropical Greenhouse.

Visit the Linnaeus Garden

– with the Director's Lodge, the Linnaeus museum.

Students and teachers

Book a school visit to learn more about Linnaeus and his science, in any of our three Gardens.

The educator's garden

Photo of the Orangery in the Linnaeus Garden and blooming flowers in the autumn parterre.

Take a tour in the garden where Linnaeus tought his students.

Events in The Linnaeus Garden

More events

The Director's Lodge

Photo of the Linnaeus Museum, with annual plants flowering in the foreground.

The Linnaeus museum, was Linnaeus's home and study for 35 years.

Linnaeus' Orangery Venue for parties and events

Photo of the Orangery in The Linnaeus Garden in wintertime. The building is yellow with blue window frames.

Book the Orangery for parties and dinners.

A botanical heritage

Photo of wild tulip with yellow petals, in The Linnaeus Garden. Photo by Magnus Lidén, Uppsala University.

Wild tulip has been grown since the time of Olof Rudbeck the elder.

Museum shop

Notebooks and bookmarks with pink peonies as a motif.

Souvenir, gifts, books and cards. Closed during winter.

Copy of the statue of Venus that Linnaeus brought to the botanical garden in Uppsala in the 18th century. The Orangery in the background, summer flowers in the foreground.

The Linnaeus Garden – a haven in Uppsala

The Linnaeus Garden was the first botanical garden in Sweden founded in 1655 by Olof Rudbeck the elder. It is laid out in the French Style and restored following Linnaeus' and Carl Hårleman's design from 1745. Today approximately 1 000 species are grown here. All known to have been cultivated by Linnaeus and arranged according to his own system.

The Linnaeus Garden – a historic gem in central Uppsala

The Linnaeus Garden is an oasis hidden behind a planked fence on Svartbäcksgatan in central Uppsala. The botanic garden, with Carl Linnaeus’ professorial residence, exhibitions, café and shop is open from the beginning of May to the end of September.

The former home of Carl Linnaeus is now the Linnaeus Museum, managed by Uppsala University on behalf of the Swedish Linnaeus Society. The museum is open for pre-booked groups throughout the year.

Covid-19 & changed opening hours

Getting to the The Linnaeus Garden

The Linnaeus Garden is on Svartbäcksgatan, north of the pedestrian street.

The nearest bus stop is ’Skolgatan’, just around the block from The Linnaeus Garden. City bus lines (numbers 2, 5, 13, 14 and 42) stop there, as do regional buses (numbers 110, 111 and 115, for example) also stop at . Buses 110 and 115 also call at Old Uppsala (Gamla Uppsala).

Dittany, or burning bush, in flower in front of the manor at Linnaeus' Hammarby.

Also visit Linnaeus' Hammarby

The summer home och the Linnaeus Family

Open May–September.

The East facing entrance of the late 18'th century orangery at the botanical garden in Uppsala. Eight massive columns support a triangular pediment, all in white stone, reminding of an antique roman temple.

Also visit the Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden after Linnaeus

open year around.

Last modified: 2021-05-12