Norra begravningsplatsen
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Northern Chapel at Norra begravningsplatsen. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 9 June 1827[1] |
| Location | Solna |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°ECoordinates: 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E |
| Size | 62 hectare[1] |
| No. of graves | 33,000[1] |
Tomb of Alfred Nobel
Grave of August Strindberg
Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Cemetery" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables.
Notable interments[2]
- Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897), polar explorer
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844-1916), Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974), composer
- Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), actress
- Bo Bergman (1869-1967), author, poet, lyricist
- Folke Bernadotte (1895-1948), diplomat
- Franz Berwald (1796-1868), classical composer
- Ulla Billquist (1907-1946). singer
- Ulf Björlin (1933-1993), conductor, composer
- August Blanche (1811-1868), writer, publicist, politician
- Isak Gustaf Clason (1856-1930), architect
- Gösta Ekman (senior) (1890-1938), actor
- Hasse Ekman (1915-2004), actor, director, writer
- Knut Frænkel (1870-1897), engineer and Arctic explorer
- Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946), painter
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), physician, Nobel Prize in Medicine
- Justus Hagman (1859–1936), actor
- Waldemar Hammenhög (1902-1972), writer, novelist
- Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), mathematician, writer
- Ivar Kreuger (1880-1932), industrialist and financier
- Gustaf de Laval (1845-1932), engineer and inventor
- Arvid Lindman (1862-1936), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Estelle Manville Bernadotte af Wisborg (1904-1984), American-Swedish countess, married to Count Folke Bernadotte
- Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973), author
- Karin Molander (1889–1978), actress
- Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize.
- Jenny Nyström (1854-1946), artist, illustrator
- Ernst Rolf (1891-1932), entertainer, theatrical producer
- Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), author, Nobel Prize in literature
- Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949), world and Olympic figure skating champion, jump named for him
- Victor Sjöström (Victor Seastrom) (1879-1960), international film director
- Karl Staaff (1860-1915), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928), film director, actor
- August Strindberg (1849-1912), author, playwright
- Nils Strindberg (1872-1897), photographer and Arctic explorer
- Inga Tidblad (1901-1975), actress
- Hugo Theorell (1903-1982}, scientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- Wilhelmina Skogh (1849-1926), business woman, owned hotel- and restaurants.
- Samuel Owen (1774-1854), engineer, inventor, industrialist. Born in England.
References
- 1 2 3 "Norra begravningsplatsen" [Northern Cemetery]. www.stockholm.se (in Swedish). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ↑ http://hittagraven.stockholm.se/
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