Norra begravningsplatsen

Norra begravningsplatsen
Northern Chapel at Norra begravningsplatsen
Interactive map of Norra begravningsplatsen
Details
Established9 June 1827[1]
Location
Solna
CountrySweden
Coordinates59°21′24″N 18°1′9″E / 59.35667°N 18.01917°E / 59.35667; 18.01917
Size62 hectare[1]
No. of graves33,000[1]
Tomb of Alfred Nobel
Grave of August Strindberg
Prince Oscar Bernadotte's family tomb, where Folke Bernadotte is also interred

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.

The largest part of the cemetery is managed by Stockholm municipality, despite being located in the neighbouring municipality of Solna. The site also has a Catholic and a Jewish burial ground with their own administrators. The Catholic burial ground was established in 1847 to the north of the oldest part of the cemetery and next to the Catholic part is the Jewish burial ground, which was established in 1857. The Catholic and Jewish burial grounds also have chapels.

Notable interments

Nobel laureates

Political figures and diplomats

Explorers and adventurers

  • Salomon August Andrée (1854–1897), polar explorer
  • Knut Frænkel (1870–1897), engineer and Arctic explorer
  • Nils Strindberg (1872–1897), photographer and Arctic explorer

Writers and literary figures

  • August Strindberg (1849–1912), author and playwright
  • Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973), author
  • Bo Bergman (1869–1967), author, poet, and lyricist
  • Catharina Rosaura "Rosa" Carlén (1836–1883), author
  • Richard Dybeck (1811–1877), jurist and lyricist of the Swedish national anthem
  • Waldemar Hammenhög (1902–1972), writer and novelist

Actors, actresses, and film directors

Musicians, composers, and entertainers

  • Franz Berwald (1796–1868), classical composer
  • Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), composer
  • Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), conductor and composer
  • Ernst Rolf (1891–1932), entertainer and theatrical producer
  • Ulla Billquist (1907–1946), singer
  • Anna Norrie (1860–1957), operetta singer

Visual artists and sculptors

  • Isaac Grünewald (1889–1946), painter
  • Barbro Östlihn (1930–1995), painter
  • Jenny Nyström (1854–1946), artist and illustrator
  • Alice Nordin (1871–1948), sculptor[2]
  • Barbro Bäckström (1939–1990), sculptor
  • Fanny Hjelm (1858–1944), portraitist and miniaturist
  • Emerik Stenberg (1873–1927), painter

Industrialists and inventors

  • Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
  • Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize

Architects and engineers

  • Isak Gustaf Clason (1856–1930), architect
  • Gustaf Dahl (1835–1927), architect
  • Samuel Owen (1774–1854), engineer, inventor, and industrialist
  • Gustaf de Laval (1845–1932), engineer and inventor

Scientists and mathematicians

Advocates for social and women's rights

  • Elisabet Eurén (1864–1939), educator and activist
  • Karin Fjällbäck-Holmgren (1881–1963), suffragist and activist
  • Ellen Palmstierna (1869–1941), activist

Military and nobility

  • Charles de Champs (1873–1959), vice-admiral of the Swedish Navy
  • Estelle Bernadotte née Manville (1904–1984), American–Swedish countess
  • Alice Habsburg (1889–1985), member of the Polish Home Army

Athletes

  • Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), world and Olympic figure skating champion
  • Janken Wiel-Hansen (1868–1938), Norwegian-Swedish athlete, pioneer in fencing and swordsmanship.

Business figures

  • Wilhelmina Skogh (1849–1926), businesswoman and hotel manager

References

  1. ^ a b c "Norra begravningsplatsen" [Northern Cemetery]. www.stockholm.se (in Swedish). City of Stockholm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Tripod with Lid". Swedish Museum. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Malmberg, Michaela (11 September 2020). "Sigrid (Signe) Alfhild Maria Salén". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon.

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