Vintage 1930s Swedish classroom scene with a teacher at the chalkboard, students at wooden desks, educational butterfly charts on the wall, and a hardcover butterfly journal on a desk in the foreground.

The Art of Teaching Nature: Max Richter’s 1939 Swedish Butterfly Charts

In 1939, Swedish publisher Norstedts released a series of school charts documenting the country’s butterflies and insects with scientific precision and artistic beauty. Illustrated by Max Richter, the Insekter skolplansch became enduring masterpieces — and a window into a tradition of natural history education that stretches back to Linnaeus himself.

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