Sävja was the first stop on one of his many botanizing paths, Herbatio Danensis. Here he would breakfast with his students before moving on to Hammarby. On this excursion, their customary rule was that the student who found the rarest flowers could sit beside Linnaeus while the other students had to eat standing up.
Linnaeus' last journey was to Sävja in 1777. Despite an illness, he ordered the coachman to take him to his Sävja home during Christmas time. While on this journey, Linnaeus' family became very worried because he took such a long time returning. After a lot of searching, they found him in the farmer's kitchen in Sävja. He was resting in front of the fire, smoking his pipe while the farm women baked bread for Christmas. On his way home, a winter rain soaked and chilled him. Linnaeus died in 10th January 1778.
Linnaeus' Sävja home remains to this day. An ash tree still grows where he planted it along with other plants. The surrounding farm fields and roads are also from Linnaeus' time. Linnaeus' Sävja is now owned by the city of Uppsala.