Norra begravningsplatsen

Norra begravningsplatsen

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°E / 59.35667; 18.01917Coordinates: 59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E / 59.35667; 18.01917
Size	62 hectare[1]
No. of graves	33,000[1]

Tomb of Alfred Nobel

Grave of August Strindberg

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^[2]

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  Salomon August Andrée (1854-1897), polar explorer


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  Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844-1916), Nobel Peace Prize recipient


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  Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974), composer


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  Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), actress


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  Bo Bergman (1869-1967), author, poet, lyricist


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  Folke Bernadotte (1895-1948), diplomat


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  Franz Berwald (1796-1868), classical composer


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  Ulla Billquist (1907-1946). singer


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  Ulf Björlin (1933-1993), conductor, composer


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  August Blanche (1811-1868), writer, publicist, politician


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  Isak Gustaf Clason (1856-1930), architect


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  Gösta Ekman (senior) (1890-1938), actor


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  Hasse Ekman (1915-2004), actor, director, writer


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  Knut Frænkel (1870-1897), engineer and Arctic explorer


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  Isaac Grünewald (1889-1946), painter


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  Allvar Gullstrand (1862-1930), physician, Nobel Prize in Medicine


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  Justus Hagman (1859–1936), actor


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  Waldemar Hammenhög (1902-1972), writer, novelist


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  Per Albin Hansson (1885-1946), Prime Minister of Sweden


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  Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891), mathematician, writer


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  Ivar Kreuger (1880-1932), industrialist and financier


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  Gustaf de Laval (1845-1932), engineer and inventor


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  Arvid Lindman (1862-1936), Prime Minister of Sweden


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  Estelle Manville Bernadotte af Wisborg (1904-1984), American-Swedish countess, married to Count Folke Bernadotte
  


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  Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973), author


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  Karin Molander (1889–1978), actress


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  Alfred Nobel (1833-1896), inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize.


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  Jenny Nyström (1854-1946), artist, illustrator


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  Ernst Rolf (1891-1932), entertainer, theatrical producer


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  Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), author, Nobel Prize in literature


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  Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949), world and Olympic figure skating champion, jump named for him


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  Victor Sjöström (Victor Seastrom) (1879-1960), international film director


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  Karl Staaff (1860-1915), Prime Minister of Sweden


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  Emerik Stenberg (1873-1927), portrait painter


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  Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928), film director, actor


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  August Strindberg (1849-1912), author, playwright


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  Nils Strindberg (1872-1897), photographer and Arctic explorer


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  Inga Tidblad (1901-1975), actress


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  Hugo Theorell (1903-1982}, scientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine


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  Wilhelmina Skogh (1849-1926), business woman, owned hotel- and restaurants.


• 
  Samuel Owen (1774-1854), engineer, inventor, industrialist. Born in England.

References

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   ^ ^abc "Norra begravningsplatsen" [Northern Cemetery]. www.stockholm.se (in Swedish). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 22 May 2017..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ http://hittagraven.stockholm.se/
   

External links

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