Olof Immanuel Fåhræus
1796–1884
Naturalist and politician. Studied at Uppsala, 1810–16; became an official in the customs department. State secretary, business and finance ministry, 1824. State councillor and civil minister, 1840–7. Governor of Göteborg and Bohus, 1847–64. Representative for Göteborg and Bohus in the Swedish upper house, 1866–78; in parliament from 1878. Interested in Coleoptera; wrote a monograph on the Curculionidae.
Source
SBH
Bibliography
SBH: Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Edited by Herman Hofberg et al. 2 vols. Stockholm: Albert Bonniers. 1906.
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