Memorials & famous biographies

Swedish king and military leader who transformed Sweden into a great European power and played a crucial role in the Thirty Years' War

Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist, and science fiction author who won the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on magnetohydrodynamics and plasma physics

Swedish writer, poet, and former sailor, Harry Martinson was a Nobel laureate in Literature in 1974, known for his ability to 'catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos'

Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist who invented automatic regulators for lighthouses and buoys, significantly improving maritime safety

Finnish children's writer, illustrator, painter, and comic strip author, best known as the creator of the Moomins and for her distinctive art style

Swedish writer and Nobel laureate known for his groundbreaking novels and narrative art in the service of freedom

Queen of Sweden who abdicated her throne to convert to Catholicism and pursue intellectual interests as a writer, painter, art collector, and philosopher in Rome

Swedish poet known for his symbolist poetry masquerading as regionalism, posthumously awarded the 1931 Nobel Prize in Literature after having refused it in 1919 due to his position as permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy

Swedish polymath, scientist, theologian, and mystic known for his book Heaven and Hell

Swedish electronic music producer and DJ who brought EDM to mainstream radio and is regarded as one of the most successful artists in the genre

Swedish chemist, physician, and university teacher considered one of the founders of modern chemistry and known as the "Father of Swedish Chemistry"

Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden for two terms, leading the Social Democratic Party

Swedish writer and Nobel laureate known for his profound exploration of eternal human questions through poetry and prose

Swedish writer, poet, and painter, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1916, known for works celebrating Swedish history and life

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician best known for proposing the centigrade temperature scale, which was later named Celsius in his honor, and for founding the Uppsala Astronomical Observatory

Swedish scientist, Nobel laureate in Chemistry, and one of the founders of physical chemistry, known for his electrolytic theory of dissociation

Swedish poet, psychologist, and translator who received the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature for his condensed, translucent poetry giving fresh access to reality

Swedish-American actress, leading star of Hollywood's silent and early golden eras, renowned for her melancholic screen persona and considered one of the greatest screen actresses

Swedish actress and autobiographer, regarded as one of the most influential actresses in cinema history, acclaimed for winning three Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, making her the youngest performer to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting

Swedish diplomat and economist who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Pioneering Swedish writer, Nobel laureate, and first woman member of the Swedish Academy, known for her imaginative novels and children's literature

Swedish chemist and inventor known for inventing dynamite and establishing the Nobel Prizes

Swedish botanist and physician who formalized binomial nomenclature and is known as the 'father of modern taxonomy'