Tags: Entomologist.
Carl Reinhold Sahlberg (January 22 1779 Eura – October 18 1860 Yläne) was a Finno-Swede naturalist primarily an entomologist specializing in beetles.In 1818 Carl Reinhold Sahlberg succeeded Carl Niclas Hellenius as professor of economy and natural history at Finland’s then only University in Turku (Åbo) the Academy of Åbo. In 1827 the town and the university were destroyed by fire.