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Knut Adolf Bovin (15 October 1853 – 8 August 1926) was a Swedish gardener, publicist and writer, active in Stockholm. Bovin was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the Svenska trädgårdsföreningen in Stockholm, and worked as a landscape architect and landscape gardener from 1885 until 1890. From 1890 he worked as a commercial gardener focusing on perennial plants. In 1895, Bovin began publishing the garden magazine Viola, which is still published and has been widely distributed. He was the initiator of the Gartnerfonden (1897), a support fund for gardeners, and the Swedish Trade Gardeners' Association (1902). He also worked actively for the formation of an association for fruit growers, the Swedish Pomological Society, and became one of its founders (1900).

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  • Knut Adolf Bovin (15 October 1853 – 8 August 1926) was a Swedish gardener, publicist and writer, active in Stockholm. Bovin was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the Svenska trädgårdsföreningen in Stockholm, and worked as a landscape architect and landscape gardener from 1885 until 1890. From 1890 he worked as a commercial gardener focusing on perennial plants. In 1895, Bovin began publishing the garden magazine Viola, which is still published and has been widely distributed. He was the initiator of the Gartnerfonden (1897), a support fund for gardeners, and the Swedish Trade Gardeners' Association (1902). He also worked actively for the formation of an association for fruit growers, the Swedish Pomological Society, and became one of its founders (1900). He was married to Anna Jansson. The couple had a child, daughter Karin, born in 1888. (en)
  • Knut Adolf Bovin, född 15 oktober 1853 i Arboga stadsförsamling, Västmanlands län, död 8 augusti 1926 i Kungsängen, Stockholms-Näs församling, Uppsala län, var en svensk trädgårdsodlare, publicist och trädgårdsförfattare, verksam i Stockholm. Bovin var lärare vid Kungliga Lantbruksakademiens och Svenska trädgårdsföreningens trädgårdsskolor i Stockholm, och verksam som trädgårdsarkitekt och trädgårdsanläggare 1885-1890. Från år 1890 verkade han som handelsträdgårdsmästare med inriktning på perenna växter. Bovin började 1895 utge trädgårdstidningen "Viola", som ännu utges och har fått stor spridning. Han var initiativtagare till Gartnerfonden (1897), en understödskassa för trädgårdsodlare, och Sveriges Handelsträdgårdsmästareförbund (1902). Han arbetade också aktivt för bildandet av en sammanslutning för fruktodlare, Sveriges Pomologiska Förening, och blev en av dess stiftare (1900). Han var gift med Anna Jansson. Paret fick ett barn, dottern Karin, född 1888. (sv)
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  • Knut Adolf Bovin (15 October 1853 – 8 August 1926) was a Swedish gardener, publicist and writer, active in Stockholm. Bovin was a teacher at the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry and the Svenska trädgårdsföreningen in Stockholm, and worked as a landscape architect and landscape gardener from 1885 until 1890. From 1890 he worked as a commercial gardener focusing on perennial plants. In 1895, Bovin began publishing the garden magazine Viola, which is still published and has been widely distributed. He was the initiator of the Gartnerfonden (1897), a support fund for gardeners, and the Swedish Trade Gardeners' Association (1902). He also worked actively for the formation of an association for fruit growers, the Swedish Pomological Society, and became one of its founders (1900). (en)
  • Knut Adolf Bovin, född 15 oktober 1853 i Arboga stadsförsamling, Västmanlands län, död 8 augusti 1926 i Kungsängen, Stockholms-Näs församling, Uppsala län, var en svensk trädgårdsodlare, publicist och trädgårdsförfattare, verksam i Stockholm. Han var gift med Anna Jansson. Paret fick ett barn, dottern Karin, född 1888. (sv)
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  • Knut Bovin (sv)
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