Norra begravningsplatsen
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.
| Norra begravningsplatsen | |
|---|---|
 Northern Chapel at Norra begravningsplatsen. | |
| Details | |
| Established | 9 June 1827[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E |
| Size | 62 hectare[1] |
| No. of graves | 33,000[1] |
| Find a Grave | Norra begravningsplatsen |
Tomb of Alfred Nobel
Grave of August Strindberg
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Prince Oscar Bernadotte's family tomb, where Folke Bernadotte is also interred.
Notable interments
- Salomon August Andrée (1854–1897), polar explorer
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916), Nobel laureate in Peace
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), composer
- Barbro Bäckström (1939–1990), sculptor
- Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), actress
- Bo Bergman (1869–1967), author, poet and lyricist
- Estelle Bernadotte née Manville (1904–1984), American–Swedish countess
- Folke Bernadotte (1895–1948), diplomat
- Franz Berwald (1796–1868), classical composer
- Arne Beurling (1905–1986), mathematician, professor of mathematics
- Ulla Billquist (1907–1946), singer
- Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), conductor and composer
- Gunnar Björnstrand (1909–1989), actor
- August Blanche (1811–1868), writer, publicist and politician
- Catharina Rosaura "Rosa" Carlén (1836–1883), author
- Charles de Champs (1873–1959), vice-admiral of the Swedish Navy
- Augusta Christie-Linde (1870–1953), zoologist
- Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930), architect
- Gustaf Dahl (1835–1927), architect
- Richard Dybeck (1811–1877), jurist and author of the lyrics to the Swedish national anthem
- Gösta Ekman (senior) (1890–1938), actor
- Hasse Ekman (1915–2004), actor, director and writer
- Elisabet Eurén (1864–1939), educator, women's rights and peace activist.
- Karin Fjällbäck-Holmgren (1881–1963), politician, suffragist and women's rights activist
- Knut Frænkel (1870–1897), engineer and Arctic explorer
- Isaac Grünewald (1889–1946), painter
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930), physician and Nobel laureate in Medicine
- Alice Habsburg (1889–1985), Polish Home Army member
- Justus Hagman (1859–1936), actor
- Waldemar Hammenhög (1902–1972), writer and novelist
- Per Albin Hansson (1885–1946), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Fanny Hjelm (1858-1944) artist, portraitist, miniaturist.
- Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), mathematician and writer
- Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
- Gustaf de Laval (1845–1932), engineer and inventor
- Arvid Lindman (1862–1936), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), author
- Karin Molander (1889–1978), actress
- Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize
- Alice Nordin (1871–1948), sculptor[2]
- Anna Norrie (1860–1957), operetta singer
- Jenny Nyström (1854–1946), artist and illustrator
- Samuel Owen (1774–1854), engineer, inventor and industrialist
- Ellen Palmstierna (1869–1941), women's rights and peace activist
- Ernst Rolf (1891–1932), entertainer and theatrical producer
- Nelly Sachs (1891–1970), author and Nobel laureate in literature
- Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), world and Olympic figure skating champion
- Victor Sjöström (Victor Seastrom) (1879–1960), international film director
- Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), businesswoman and hotel manager
- Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), world-class chess player
- Karl Staaff (1860–1915), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Emerik Stenberg (1873–1927), painter
- Mauritz Stiller (1883–1928), film director and actor
- August Strindberg (1849–1912), author and playwright
- Nils Strindberg (1872–1897), photographer and Arctic explorer
- Inga Tidblad (1901–1975), actress
- Hugo Theorell (1903–1982), scientist and Nobel laureate in Medicine
References
- "Norra begravningsplatsen" [Northern Cemetery]. www.stockholm.se (in Swedish). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- "Tripod with Lid". Swedish Museum. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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