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Hammarby

Proper noun

Meaning

A community in Sandviken, Gävleborg, Sweden.

A neighbourhood in southern Stockholm, Sweden.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Broberg (2006), p. 42. In December 1777, he had another stroke which greatly weakened him, and eventually led to his death on 10 January 1778 in Hammarby. Source: Internet

Blunt (2004), p. 219. In Hammarby, Linnaeus made a garden where he could grow plants that could not be grown in the Botanical Garden in Uppsala. Source: Internet

He began constructing a museum on a hill behind Hammarby in 1766, where he moved his library and collection of plants. Source: Internet

In April 1766 parts of the town were destroyed by a fire and the Linnean private collection was subsequently moved to a barn outside the town, and shortly afterwards to a single-room stone building close to his countryhouse at Hammarby near Uppsala. Source: Internet

Linnaeus felt Uppsala was too noisy and unhealthy, so he bought two farms in 1758: Hammarby and Sävja. Source: Internet

Criminal investigator Conny Sjöberg and the Hammarby police discover that there’s a link between the murders. Source: Internet

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