It was created on land donated to the university in 1787 by Sweden’s King Gustav III, who also laid the cornerstone of Linneanum, its orangery.

Uppsala University also maintains two satellite botanical gardens. The older of these is its original botanical garden, created in 1655 by Olaus Rudbeck, now called the Linnaean Garden.

The other satellite is Linnaeus Hammarby, the former summer home of Carl Linnaeus and his family.