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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 MobergVilhelm Moberg ( August 20, 1898 August 8, 1973) was a Swedish author. Moberg's most famous work is a series of four novels ( 1949- 1959) that describe one Swedish family's migration from Smalandia to Minnesota in the late 19th century, a destiny shared b (1898-1973), author
- Alfred NobelAlfred Bernhard Nobel ( October 21, 1833 December 10, 1896), Swedish chemist, engineer and the inventor of dynamite. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element Nobelium was named after him. Personal (1833-1896), inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize.
- Jenny NyströmJenny Nystrom (born 1854, Kalmar, Sweden; died 1946, Stockholm) was an artist and illustrator of children's books. She studied painting with Carl Larsson and Anders Zorn. She is famous for helping to popularize the Swedish Christmas figure jultomten (see (1854-1946), artist, illustrator
- Ernst Rolf (1891-1932), entertainer, theatrical producer
- Nelly SachsNelly Sachs ( 10 December 1891, Berlin 12 May 1970, Stockholm) was a German poet and dramatist who was transformed by the Nazi experience from a dilettante into a poignant spokesperson for the grief and yearnings of her fellow Jews. Born in Schoneberg, Be (1891-1970), author, Nobel Prize in literature
- Ulrich SalchowKarl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow ( August 7, 1877- April 19, 1949) was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century. Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships no less than 10 times, from 1901 to 1905, an (1877-1949), world and Olympic figure skating champion, jump named for him
- Victor SjöströmVictor Sjostrom born September 20, 1879 died January 3, 1960, was a Swedish actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born in Silbodal, Varmland County, Sweden, he was only a year old when his family moved to Brooklyn, New York where he remained until the d (Victor Seastrom) (1879-1960), international film director
- Karl Staaff (1860-1915), Prime Minister of Sweden
- Mauritz Stiller (1883-1928), film director
- August StrindbergJohan August Strindberg ( Stockholm, January 22, 1849 Stockholm, May 14, 1912) was a writer and playwright of Sweden. He is ranked among Sweden's most important authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theater. His work falls into two (1849-1912), author, playwright
- Inga Tidblad (1901-1975), actress
See also: List of famous cemeteriesThis is a list of famous cemeteries mausoleums and other places people are buried, world-wide. Please add as needed. Argentina La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires burial site of Eva Peron, Juan Manuel Fangio Cementerio de la Chacarita in Buenos Aires, Arge
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