Anneleen Kool

Head of the Botanical Garden, Associate professor
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Visiting address Sars' gate 1 Tøyen 0562 Oslo
Postal address P.O. Box 1172 Blindern 0318 Oslo Norway

As head of the Botanic Garden, I encourage that our living collections and the Botanic Garden as a whole are used for research, public outreach, teaching and conservation of the world's plant diversity. Plants play a central role in both culture and nature. I am involved in several interdisciplinary projects about the relationship between humans and plants.

My research is concentrated on ethnobotany, molecular identification and DNA barcoding and I am associated with the research group for Evolution, eDNA, genomics and ethnobotany (EDGE).

I am particularly interested in the impact of humans on wild plant diversity through thousands of years of plant use and trade and use data from both biological and cultural sources in my research.

Teaching

BIOS 1150: Biodiversity

BIOS 2200: Botanical diversity

BIOS 3050: Internships in the biosciences

BIO 4250: Evolution and systematics of organismal Groups: The Plant Kingdom

BIOS 4218: Field course in tropical rainforest ecology and biodiversity

 

Background

MSc in Biology (2003), Wageningen University

MSc in Biology (2004), Uppsala University

PhD in Systematic Botany (2012) Uppsala University

Awards

2007: Uppsala University’s Excellence in Teaching Award

 

Tags: Ethnobotany, DNA barcoding, Ancient DNA, Viking Age, Phylogenetics, Plant evolution, Medicinal plants

Publications

  • Kjesrud, Karoline; Olsen, Luka Natassja; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Sandstedt, Jade Jørgen Michael; Kool, Anneleen & Christiansen, Linda (2023). Plant Remains as Sources to Cultural History in Southeast Norway. In Ødegaard, Marie Kjærnet & Ystgaard, Ingrid (Ed.), Complexity and dynamics : Settlement and landscape from the Bronze Age to the Renaissance in the Nordic Countries (1700 BC–AD 1600). Sidestone Press. ISSN 9789464270426. Full text in Research Archive
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Westengen, Ola Tveitereid; Ulian, Tiziana; McMillion, Andrew; Lorimer, Matthias & Grace, Olwen [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds. Trends in Plant Science. ISSN 1360-1385. 28(12), p. 1370–1378. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.06.020.
  • Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Kool, Anneleen (2023). Finding Medieval Medicine Through Archaeobotany: An Ontological Approach. Environmental Archaeology. ISSN 1461-4103. doi: 10.1080/14614103.2023.2202933.
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Giraud, Nicolas J.; Karlsen, Pål; Annes, Alexis & Kool, Anneleen (2022). A transdisciplinary approach to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway. Plants, People, Planet. ISSN 2572-2611. doi: 10.1002/ppp3.10332. Full text in Research Archive
  • de Groot, Willemien; van Andel, Tinde; Kool, Anneleen; Hazenberg, Margret; Kjesrud, Karoline & Teixidor Toneu, Irene (2022). The 16th-19th Century Soundtoll Registers Online: Uncovering Traded Plant Diversity between the North and the Baltic Seas. Economic Botany. ISSN 0013-0001. 76, p. 285–299. doi: 10.1007/s12231-022-09550-x.
  • Ulriksen, Emilie Steinbakk; Butt, Hussain Shakeel; Ohrvik, Ane; Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Kool, Anneleen & Wangensteen, Helle [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). The discovery of novel immunomodulatory medicinal plants by combination of historical text reviews and immunological screening assays. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. ISSN 0378-8741. 296. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2022.115402. Full text in Research Archive
  • Manzanilla, Vincent; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Martin, Gary; Hollingsworth, Peter M.; de Boer, Hugo & Kool, Anneleen (2021). Using target capture to address conservation challenges: Population-level tracking of a globally-traded herbal medicine. Molecular Ecology Resources. ISSN 1755-098X. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13472. Full text in Research Archive
  • Giraud, Nicolas; Kool, Anneleen; Karlsen, Pål & Teixidor-Toneu, Irene (2021). From trend to threat? Assessing the sustainability of wild edible plant foraging by linking local perception to ecological inference. bioRxiv. ISSN 2692-8205.
  • ter Schure, Anneke Theresia Maria; Bajard, Manon Juliette Andree; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Ballo, Eirik Gottschalk & Bakke, Jostein [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of vegetation change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. ISSN 0277-3791. 270. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107175. Full text in Research Archive
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kool, Anneleen; Greenhill, Simon J.; Kjesrud, Karoline; Sandstedt, Jade & Manzanilla, Vincent [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences. ISSN 0962-8436. 376(1828). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0086. Full text in Research Archive
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline; Bjerke, Ernst; Parekh, Krupali Ashok & Kool, Anneleen (2020). From the “Norwegian Flora” (Eighteenth Century) to “Plants and Tradition” (Twentieth Century): 200 Years of Norwegian Knowledge about Wild Plants. Economic Botany. ISSN 0013-0001. doi: 10.1007/s12231-020-09507-y.
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Sweetness Beyond Desserts: The Cultural, Symbolic, and Botanical History of Angelica (Angelica archangelica) in the Nordic Region. Journal of Ethnobiology. ISSN 0278-0771. 40(3), p. 289–304. doi: 10.2993/0278-0771-40.3.289.
  • Xu, Maonian; Heidmarsson, Starri; de Boer, Hugo Joris; Kool, Anneleen & Olafsdottir, Elin Soffia (2019). Ethnopharmacology of the club moss subfamily Huperzioideae (Lycopodiaceae, Lycopodiophyta): A phylogenetic and chemosystematic perspective. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. ISSN 0378-8741. 245:112130, p. 1–8. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112130.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Poulsen, Axel Dalberg (2019). Joining transdisciplinary forces to revive the past: Establishing a Viking Garden at the Natural History Museum, Oslo. In Bjerregaard, Peter (Eds.), Exhibitions as Research - Experimental Methods in Museums. Routledge. ISSN 9781315627779. doi: 10.4324/9781315627779-3.

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  • Høeg, Ove Arbo; Kool, Anneleen & Karlsen, Pål (2021). Planter og tradisjon. Kolofon Forlag AS. ISBN 9788230021743. 751 p.
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Se en plante! Natural History Museum of Oslo. ISBN 978-82-7970-110-1. 13 p.

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  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2023). Co-conserving Indigenous and local knowledge systems with seeds.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2023). Botaniske hagers rolle i dag.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2023). Botanisk hages fortid og fremtid.
  • Linn, Gjellesvik Andresen; Fostad, Oddmund; Lofthus, Øystein; Østlie, Mai Linn; Høiland, Klaus & Kool, Anneleen (2023). Den store nyttevekstdagen - urtehagens dag.
  • Frisk, Charlotte; Kool, Anneleen & Teixidor Toneu, Irene (2023). Frø - Nordic seed heros . [Internet]. YouTube.
  • Knapstad, Mari; Winther, Ina Teresa; Indergaard, Ingrid; Kool, Anneleen; Giraud, Nicolas J. & Teixidor Toneu, Irene [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). Veileder for bærekraftig sanking av nyttevekster.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2023). Mennesker og planter - Nordens plantetradisjoner i fortid og fremtid .
  • Ohrvik, Ane; Inngjerdingen, Kari Tvete; Inngjerdingen, Marit & Kool, Anneleen (2023). Middelaldermedisinen er tilbake. [Radio]. NRK P2.
  • Ohrvik, Ane; Inngjerdingen, Marit; Inngjerdingen, Kari Tvete & Kool, Anneleen (2023). Svartebøker og gammel folketro inspirerer moderne medisin. Apollon : Forskningsmagasin for Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0803-6926. p. 50–57.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Vedeler, Marianne; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Serra, Daniel & Storaker, Anja [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Mat fra middelalderen.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Muskaug, Mai Linn; Bøckman, Petter & Ekrem, Gry (2022). Vikinghagens dag i Botanisk hage.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2022). Jumping the fence - Collaboration across disciplines and museum sections to study human-plant interactions .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2022). Planter i middelalderens Oslo.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Gjellesvik Andresen, Linn (2022). Index Seminum frø sending/IPEN medlemskap.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2022). a guided tour to the Botanical Garden.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Rui, Siri & Bjureke, Kristina (2022). Botanikk for barn: Spiselige ville planter.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Sandstedt, Jade & Teixidor-Toneu, Irene (2022). Combining historical, archaeological, linguistic, and ethnobotanical evidence to infer Viking-Age plant use .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2022). Mennesker og planter - Tverrfaglig samarbeid om fortid og fremtid .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2022). Hagevisjoner.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2022). Angelica archangelica: from Viking vegetable to Nordic delicacy - On safeguarding traditional knowledge in botanic gardens .
  • Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2022). Angelica archangelica: from Viking vegetable to Nordic delicacy - On safeguarding traditional knowledge in botanic gardens .
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2022). Combining local and academic knowledge to define and assess wild food plant sustainable foraging in Norway.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Gammal plantekunnskap kan gi ny medisin. Nationen. ISSN 0805-3782.
  • Jordan, Fiona M.; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Sandstedt, Jade Jørgen Michael & Greenhill, Simon J. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Angelica and sorrel salad: Ethnobotanical, historical, linguistic and archaeological evidence for Viking-Age plant use.
  • Jordan, Fiona M.; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Sandstedt, Jade Jørgen Michael & Greenhill, Simon J. [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). How did the Vikings use plants: Testing phylogenetic inference of past botanical cultures.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Boessenkool, Sanne & Ulriksen, Emilie Steinbakk (2021). Gammal plantekunnskap kan gi ny medisin.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Kjesrud, Karoline (2021). Ekko: Kreative munker.
  • Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Rydmark, Marcella Christine Orwick; Ulriksen, Emilie Steinbakk; Heien, Greta Karoline; Butt, Hussain Shakeel & Kool, Anneleen [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Exhibition: Pharmaceutical Time Travels: From Ancient Plant Remedies to Modern Medicines / Utstilling: Farmasøytisk tidsreise: Fra historiske planteremedier til moderne medisiner.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Muskaug, Mai Linn & Kimura, Kohichiro (2021). Mysterious Vikings. [TV]. NHK Japanese National Television.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid .
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Plant dyes and historical botany.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Vindegg, Gaute; Danielsen, Dag Inge; Paulsen, Kristian & Elgvin, Tore Oldeide (2021). Vikingplanten som gjenerobrer kjøkkenet.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Vedeler, Marianne & Kjesrud, Karoline (2021). Webinar Medieval Food Plants.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Arevya, - (2021). Vikings ate WHAT?!? Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Valheim - Interview w/ Botanist Anneleen Kool! [Internet]. Youtube.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Muskaug, Mai Linn; Bøckman, Petter; Sattin, Nicolo & Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Vikingdag i Botanisk hage.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Danielsen, Live S (2021). Planter i øl, fra vikingtid til i dag.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2021). Drev vikingene hagebruk.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Haugtrø, Beate (2021). Gammal plantekunnskap kan gi ny medisin. [Newspaper]. Nationen.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Haugtrø, Beate (2021). Gammal plantekunnskap kan gi ny medisin. [Newspaper]. Fjordabladet.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Haugtrø, Beate (2021). Gammal plantekunnskap kan gje ny medisin. [Newspaper]. Avisa Hordaland.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Vindegg, Gaute (2021). Smaker som spraker.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Danielsen, Dag Inge & Elgvin, Tore Oldeide (2021). Kvann: Søtsaken fra vikingtiden som forsvant – og gjenoppsto. [Internet]. https://titan.uio.no/biologi/2021/.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene & Sandstedt, Jade Jørgen (2021). Mennesker og planter i fortid og fremtid. In Høeg, Ove Arbo (Eds.), Planter og tradisjon. Kolofon Forlag AS. ISSN 9788230021743. p. B-1–B-4.
  • ter Schure, Anneke; Bajard, Manon Julietto Andree; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Ballo, Eirik Magnus Gottschalk & Bakke, Jostein [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Disentangling anthropogenic and environmental drivers of biological change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene.
  • ter Schure, Anneke; Bajard, Manon Julietto Andree; Loftsgarden, Kjetil; Høeg, Helge Irgens; Ballo, Eirik Magnus Gottschalk & Bakke, Jostein [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Anthropogenic and environmental drivers of biological change in southeastern Norway during the Holocene.
  • Fišer, Živa; Aronne, Giovanna; Aavik, Tsipe; Akin, Meleksen; Alizoti, Paraskevi & Aravanopoulos, Filippos [Show all 51 contributors for this article] (2021). ConservePlants: An integrated approach to conservation of threatened plants for the 21st Century. Research Ideas and Outcomes (RIO). ISSN 2367-7163. 7. doi: 10.3897/rio.7.e62810. Full text in Research Archive
  • Kool, Anneleen (2020). Plants, people, and participation.
  • Kurbonbekova, Shifo; Mirzorakhimov, Akobir; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset; de Boer, Hugo; Kool, Anneleen & Bussmann, Rainer W. [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2020). Nepeta glutinosa Benth. LAMIACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 519–523. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_92-1.
  • Bussmann, Rainer W.; Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal; Mubalieva, Shoista; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset & de Boer, Hugo [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Juglans regia L. JUGLANDACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 433–441. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_76-1.
  • Bussmann, Rainer W.; Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal; Boboev, Mario; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset & de Boer, Hugo [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2020). Allium giganteum Regel Allium karataviense Regel. Allium rosenbachianum Regel Allium stipitatum Regel Allium suworowii Regel Allium tenuissimum L. Allium trautvetteranum Regel AMARYLLIDACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 69–86. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_16-1.
  • Boboev, Mario; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset; de Boer, Hugo; Kool, Anneleen & Bussmann, Rainer W. (2020). Paulia ovczinnikovii Korovin APIACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 559–561. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_100-1.
  • Boboev, Mario; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset; de Boer, Hugo; Kool, Anneleen; Bussmann, Rainer W. & Batsatsashvili, Ketevan [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Galagania fragrantissima Lipsky APIACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 345–347. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_62-2.
  • Boboev, Mario; Ghorbani, Abdolbaset; de Boer, Hugo; Kool, Anneleen; Bussmann, Rainer W. & Batsatsashvili, Ketevan [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch. APIACEAE. In Batsatsashvili, Ketevan; Kikvidze, Zaal & Bussmann, Rainer W. (Ed.), Ethnobotany of the Mountain Regions of Central Asia and Altai. Springer. ISSN 978-3-030-28946-1. p. 175–176. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77087-1_31-1.
  • Kool, Anneleen (2020). Mennesker og planter.
  • Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen; Foldvik, Therese; Olsen, Luka Natassja & Dahl, June (2020). Medisinplanter i middelalderbyen Oslo.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2020). Jumping the fence - Collaboration across disciplines and museum sections to study human-plant interactions .
  • Kool, Anneleen & Olsen, Luka Natassja (2020). Mennesker og planter:Nordensplantetradisjoner i fortid og fremtid.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Smedsrud, Morten Skipenes (2020). Smaker på vikingenes planter. [Internet]. Titan.uio.no.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Smedsrud, Morten Skipenes (2020). Smaker på vikingenes planter. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Apollon.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Christensen, Lina (2020). Nytteplantenes renessanse. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Forskerforum.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Kjørstad, Elise (2020). What did the Vikings really eat?
  • Kool, Anneleen & Kjørstad, Elise (2020). Hva spiste egentlig vikingene? [Internet]. Forskning.no.
  • Parekh, Krupali; Carlsen, Eira; Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kjesrud, Karoline & Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2020). Humle gjennom tidene.
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Kool, Anneleen & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2020). Ser vi egentlig plantene?
  • Teixidor Toneu, Irene & Kool, Anneleen (2020). Nordic plant uses from Gunnerus and Høeg. Version 1.4.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Disney, Walt (2019). Frozen II. [TV]. Hollywood.
  • Bjureke, Kristina; Aarvoll, Liv; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Kool, Anneleen & Lofthus, Øystein (2019). Urtehagens dag.
  • Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen & Schjølberg, Ulla Gjeset (2019). Rasende vikingkrigere kan ha vært i urte-rus. [Internet]. www.forskning.no.
  • Kjesrud, Karoline; Kool, Anneleen & Teixidor Toneu, Irene (2019). Nordic People and Plants. Rediscovering and Safeguarding Nordic Ethnobotanical Heritage.
  • Kool, Anneleen & Moe Disteler, Marit (2019). Hamp: miljøvennlig fiber eller rusmiddel? [Journal]. Aftenposten Innsikt.
  • Kool, Anneleen; Kjesrud, Karoline; Teixidor Toneu, Irene; Vindegg, Gaute & Danielsen, Dag Inge (2019). Nå kan DU delta i forskningen. [Business/trade/industry journal]. Palmebladet.

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