Background
He was born on 13 May 1805 in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of Jöns Svanberg.
He was born on 13 May 1805 in Stockholm, Sweden, as the son of Jöns Svanberg.
Uppsala University.
He died on 16 July 1878 in Uppsala, Sweden. He was a student of Jöns Jacob Berzelius. From 1853 to 1874, he was the professor of chemistry at Uppsala University.
He also had a military career, and was appointed second lieutenant in the Swedish Navy Mechnical Corps.
His duties was the quality control of cannon and iron produced for the Swedish Navy. The mineral Svanbergite is named after him.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
In 1839, he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.