Bernhard Saarsoo (8 July 1899 – 29 June 1964) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n and Swedish

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and

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. Saarsoo was born in Aaspere,

Haljala Parish Haljala Parish () is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. It has a population of 4297 (2021) and an area of 549 km2. Populated places Small borough Haljala - Võsu Villages Aaspere - Aasu - Aasumetsa - Aaviku - ...

in the former Russian Empire. He published a number of notable papers on his studies in the 1930s including ''Uus robiheinaliik Eestis'' (1933) and ''Floristilisi märkmeid IV'' (1938). He lived and worked in exile in

Växjö Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...

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beginning in 1944, when he fled from the Soviet invasion and occupation of Estonia.

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Article in journal Eesti Loodus
1890s births 1969 deaths People from Haljala Parish People from Kreis Wierland 20th-century Estonian botanists 20th-century Estonian physicians 20th-century Swedish physicians Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to Sweden 20th-century Swedish botanists {{Sweden-botanist-stub