) Northern Chapel at Norra begravningsplatsen. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 9 June 1827[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E |
| Size | 62 hectare[1] |
| No. of graves | 33,000[1] |
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Grave of August Strindberg
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Prince Oscar Bernadotte's family tomb, where also Folke Bernadotte is interred.
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
- Richard Dybeck (1811–1877), jurist, author of the lyrics to the swedish national anthem
- Salomon August Andrée (1854–1897), polar explorer
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916), Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), composer
- Barbro Bäckström (1939–1990), sculptor
- 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
- Sofya 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
- 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
- Rudolf Spielmann (1883–1942), world-class chess player
- Karl Staaff (1860–1915), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Emerik Stenberg (1873–1927), portrait painter
- 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, hotel manager
- Samuel Owen (1774–1854), engineer, inventor, industrialist
- Charles de Champs (1873–1959), vice admiral of the Swedish Navy
References
- ^ a b c "Norra begravningsplatsen" [Northern Cemetery]. www.stockholm.se (in Swedish). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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