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Áskell Löve Áskell Löve (20 October 1916 – 29 May 1994) was an Icelandic people, Icelandic systematic botany, botanist, particularly active in the Arctic. Education Áskell studied botany at Lund University, Sweden, from 1937. He received his PhD in 1 ...

(1916–1994), Icelandic systematic botanist *

Doris Löve Doris Benta Maria Löve, ''née'' Wahlén (born 2 January 1918 in Kristianstad – deceased 25 February 2000 in San Jose, California) was a Swedish systematic botanist, particularly active in the Arctic. Biography Doris Löve was born in Krist ...

(1918–2000), Swedish systematic botanist *

Þorsteinn Löve Þorsteinn Löve (29 July 1923 – 10 April 2002) was an Icelandic athlete. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and comm ...

(1923 – 2002), Icelandic athlete

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