Linnaeus University is a state university in the Swedish historical province (landskap) Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University and Kalmar University (Högskolan i Kalmar), and is named in honour of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus. The university is named after the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus. Born 1707 in the village of Råshult about 55 km southwest of Växjö, he attended the Växjö trivial school and gymnasium from 1716 to 1727.The university's logo is a stylized tree. The origin is a drawing made by Linnaeus taken from his 1725 publication Örtabok. While the tree is said to be a symbol of May and to represent the power of growth, it also symbolizes the university's ambition to be a global university with the region as its base and the world as its arena.