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[]

• 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
• 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, 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
• Anna Norrie (1860–1957), operetta singer
• 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[]

• hittagraven.stockholm.se

External links[]

Media related to Norra begravningsplatsen at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website