Norra Begravningsplatsen

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Norra Begravningsplatsen

"Norra Kapellet" on Norra Begravningsplatsen
Details
Year established	1827
Location	Solna
Country	Sweden
Coordinates	59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E / 59.35667; 18.01917Coordinates: 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E / 59.35667; 18.01917

Tomb of Alfred Nobel

Grave of August Strindberg

Norra Begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Cemetery" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of Metropolitan Stockholm. The cemetery is located in the municipality of Solna.

Inaugurated on June 9, 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables.

Notable interments

• 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
• Knut Frænkel (1870-1897), engineer and Arctic explorer
• Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946), painter
• Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), physician, Nobel Prize in Medicine
• 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
• 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
• August Strindberg (1849-1912), author, playwright
• Nils Strindberg (1872-1897), photographer and Arctic explorer
• Inga Tidblad (1901-1975), actress
• Axel Hugo Theodor 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.

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