Education
A Lutheran pastor, Bjerkander studied at the University of Uppsala.
Botanist entomologist mycologist priest
A Lutheran pastor, Bjerkander studied at the University of Uppsala.
With Anders Dahl he wrote Svenska Topographiska Sällskapet i Skara ("Schwedische topographische Gesellschaft zu Skara") and, as sole author several short scientific papers on Microlepidoptera. Taxa named for him are
Pyralis bjerkandriana (Mehlmotte)
Bjerkandera adusta (Willd ex Fr) P. Karst.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
In 1778, Bjerkander was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.