Heilbron, Frängsmyr "dominated the history of science in Sweden from his chair at the University of Uppsala for a quarter century.
Tore Frängsmyr worked as a freelance journalist at the newspaper Norra Västerbotten in the 1950s, while he was still at school.
[4] Frängsmyr wrote several works in English, including books about Linnaeus, Berzelius, and Vetenskapsakademien, which contributed to the spreading of knowledge about the Swedish history of science.
In 2001, the daughter of Swedish industrialist Hans Rausing donated money to Uppsala university to institute a chair in the history of science.
[3] In 2008, colleagues and friends celebrated his 70th birthday with a commemorative volume of seventeen essays on history of science titled Aurora Torealis; essayists included Robert Darnton, J.L.