Anders Planman (1724 – 25 April 1803)[1] was a Finnish astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician.
In 1763 he was appointed professor of physics in Turku and retained the position until 1801, when he quit due to poor health.
Because the tenureship as a professor was sometimes without a salary, Planman had also been ordained and worked as parish priest in Nousiainen and Paimio.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences provided money for expeditions to the north of Finland (Lapland) to make the observations.
By participating in the expeditions and also by working with data supplied to him the academy in Stockholm, he developed a new method to calculate the parallax.