Johan Jakob Nervander (23, February 1805 - 15 March 1848) was a Finnish poet, physicist and meteorologist.He was born to Johan Nervander, a pharmacist in Uusikaupunki, and his wife Beata Bergbom. In 1820 Nervander became a student at the Royal Academy of Turku where he was a friend of Johan Ludvig Runeberg.During the period 1832-1836 Nervander went on a long journey to central and southern Europe, by a scholarship for travelling awarded by the Royal Academy of Turku.