Titles and Honours
Gripenstedt was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Swedish: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien) in 1858. He was ennobled by King Charles as a baron (Swedish: friherre) on 4 May 1860.
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