Israel af Ström

Israel af Ström (5 September 1778 – 24 October 1856) was a Swedish botanist and forestry researcher.

[1] Israel Adolf Ström was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1828, Israel af Ström initiated the founding the National Forest Institute (Skogsinstitutet) which in 1915 was made into a college (Skogshögskolan) and in 1977 became part of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

He was elected in 1838 as member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

[3][4] Ström wrote the main textbook about forestry in Sweden entitled Förslag till en Förbättrad Skogshushållning i Sverige (1822).