Anders Spole

He was born at a farm in Målen [sv], the son of blacksmith Per Andersson and his wife Gunilla Persdotter.

[1] After three years of studies he continued at other universities in Prussia and Saxony, until his return to Barnarp in 1655, where he started preaching in the local church.

[1] He continued to study mathematics at Uppsala University, while at the same time being a tutor baron Sjöblad's sons.

[2][3] In 1695, by the order of King Karl XI, he travelled to Torneå and Kengis together with Johannes Bilberg to study the midnight sun.

[4] Spole married Martha Lindelius, a distant relative of Carl von Linné, in 1669.