This is a website about Karl Johan Johansson. It's based on three
articles (in Swedish) written by me and published in the annual Natio
Smolandica in 1999, 2000 and 2002-2003. Karl Johan Johansson (sometimes spelled
Carl Johan Johansson) was born in 1818 in the county of Småland in the south of
Sweden. From 1838 on he studied natural sciences at the university in Uppsala.
He remained there until his death in 1854, without managing to graduate. During
1851 to 1853 he was appointed by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to be
physicist aboard the frigate Eugenie of the Royal Swedish Navy, when it made an
around the world trip. During all his years in Uppsala he was a member of the
students' club Smålands nation. The nation is still today caring for his grave,
which can be found in the old cemetery of Uppsala.
Gunnar Carlson
