Norra begravningsplatsen

Cemetery in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden

59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E / 59.35667; 18.01917Size62 hectare^[1]No. of graves33,000^[1]Find a GraveNorra begravningsplatsen

Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Burial Place" 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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "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.