Norra begravningsplatsen
Norra begravningsplatsen
Norra begravningsplatsen, translated as the "Northern Burial Place" but often referred to as the Northern Cemetery, is a major cemetery of Stockholm, Sweden in the area of the city known as Solna.
Inaugurated on June 9, 1827, it is the burial site for a number of Swedish notables including:
- Salomon August Andrée (1854–1897), polar explorer
- Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916), Nobel Peace Prize recipient
- Ingrid Bergman (1915–1982), actress
- Bo Bergman (1869–1967), author, poet, lyricist
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Inga Tidblad (1901–1975), actress
See also: List of famous cemeteries
Categories: Cemeteries in Sweden | Stockholm