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Hemavan Alpine Botanical Garden

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Descriptive tags: botanical garden mountain flowers alpine kings trail kungsleden 

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The garden was founded 1989 by Dr. Olof Rune. It is owned by Storumans Kommun, and is taken care of by the association Friends of the Alpine Botanical Garden.
Dr. Olof Rune worked as a tutor and a scientist in botany at the Umeå University during the time 1967-1984. During his many visits in botanical gardens in the European alps, the idea of creating a similar garden in the Swedish mountains took form. After his retirement in 1989, the dream could be fulfilled as the building of the botanical garden in Hemavan
 ..read more here ... www.fjallbotaniska.se/facts.htm  ( English , German & Swedish ) 

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