Tycho Tullberg

Tycho Fredrik Hugo Tullberg (9 October 1842 – 24 April 1920) was a Swedish zoologist, artist and sculptor.

He was a great-grandson of Carl Linnaeus and conducted studies on a wide range of animals including springtails, rodents, molluscs and whales.

His mother Sofia Lovisa Christina Ridderbjelke was the granddaughter of Carl Linnaeus.

In 1877 he studied the foot of the mollusc Mytilus edulis for which he received the Flormanska prize.

He was also involved in establishing the Swedish Linnean Society in 1917 serving as its chairperson until his death.