Hammarby

Proper noun

Meaning

A community in Sandviken, Gävleborg, Sweden.

A neighbourhood in southern Stockholm, Sweden.

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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