Johannes Browallius, also called John Browall, was a Finnish and Swedish Lutheran theologian, physicist, botanist and at one time friend of Swedish taxonomist Carl Linnaeus.
Oil on canvas portrait of Johannes Browallius by Margareta Capsia, Helsinki University Museum, 1750
De scientia naturali, eiusque methodo, 1737
The Royal Academy of Turku or the Royal Academy of Åbo was the first university in Finland, and the only Finnish university that was founded when the country still was a part of Sweden. It was founded
Seal of the Royal Academy of Åbo
The Royal Academy before the city was destroyed by the Great Fire in 1827.
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 1 (Albert Edelfelt, 1902, painting in the ballroom of the University of Helsinki)
Inauguration of the Turku Academy Part 2