Electronic inventory of European bird collections
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (NRM)
What is in the bird collection?
| Skins | 116000 |
| Egg sets | 29000 |
| Skeletons | 26000 |
| Mounts | 8000 |
| Spirits | 1700 |
| Nests | 500 |
| Other Items | n/a |
People
Current staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Edelstam | voluntary associate | No |
| Ulf Johansson | curator | No |
Important past bird staff
| Full name | Job title | eBEAC member |
|---|---|---|
| Carl Edelstam | voluntary associate | No |
| Per Ericson | head | No |
| Göran Frisk | coll. Manager | No |
| Nils Gyldenstolpe | No | |
| Ulf Johansson | curator | No |
| Einar Lönnberg | No | |
| Friedrich W. Meves | No | |
| Fredrik A. Smitt | No | |
| Anders Sparrman | No | |
| Carl J. Sundevall | No |
Special collections
| Name | Country (from) |
|---|---|
| Voy. Eugenie | Sweden |
| Voy. Vega | Sweden |
Collectors
Important collections from
- Adelborg
- J. G. Anderson
- K. Bäckstrom
- O. Bamberg
- C. Bangert
- S. Bergman
- Bovallius
- G. de Wylder
- Eisenhofer
- G. W. Freyreiß
- S. H. Granvik
- J. W. Grill
- J. Hedenborg
- S. Hedin
- P. A. Holst
- G. Kolthoff
- K. E. Laman
- S. Lovén
- E. P. Mjöberg
- Nathorst
- R. Nicolin
- Nordenskiöld
- A. M. Ollala
- H. Sandeberg
- B. Y. Sjöstedt
- K. G. Söderbom
- L. Söderstrom
- P. Spatz
- T. F. Tullberg
- J. F. Victorin
- von Carlsson
- G. von Hofsten
- O. von Zedlitz
- J. A. Wahlberg
- General Westin
Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
Research dept., Sektionen för Vertebratzoologi, Box 50007, S-10405 Stockholm, Sweden
- Email:
- p.ericson@nrm.se
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- 46 8 519 540 00
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Brief history
Founded in 1739 as cabinet of the Royal Academy of Sciences (under presidency of C. von Linné), but a real increase in the coll. size occurred only when a new building was erected 1819–1820, when also the private coll. of G. von Paykull arrived. A few hundreds of specimens from the last decades of the eighteenth century are still present. Now belongs to the Swedish government
Updates
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