Johan ''Rutger'' Sernander (2November 186627October 1944) was a Swedish botanist,

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, alt ...

and archaeologist. He was one of the founders of the study of

palynology Palynology is the "study of dust" (from grc-gre, παλύνω, palynō, "strew, sprinkle" and ''-logy'') or of "particles that are strewn". A classic palynologist analyses particulate samples collected from the air, from water, or from deposits ...

which would later be developed by Lennart von Post, as well as a pioneer in the early Swedish natural conservation and

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

movements. He was among other societies a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the

Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities also called simply the Royal Academy of Letters or Vitterhetsakademin abbreviated KVHAA ( sv, Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien Historie och Antikvitets Akademien or or ) is the Swedish royal ...

and

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

.''Matrikel över ledamöter av Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien och Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets akademien'', Bengt Hildebrand (1753–1953), Margit Engström och Åke Lilliestam (1954–1990), Stockholm 1992 s. 54 Sernander was one of the founders of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation in 1909, as well as its chairman during a number of the first years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sernander, Rutger People from Närke 20th-century Swedish geologists Swedish naturalists Phytogeographers Palynologists 1866 births 1944 deaths Burials at Uppsala old cemetery 19th-century Swedish geologists Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

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