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:
- Karl 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 Clason (1856-1930), architect
- Isaac Grunewald (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
- List of famous cemeteries
