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height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool><br clear="all"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Stockholm, Sweden</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>LOCATION</b></font><p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.stockholm.se/">http://www.stockholm.se/</a><p> <b>Population:</b><br>761,721 (2004)<p><p><p> <p><p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>SCHOOLS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>School</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/edu/646/000079409/">University of Stockholm</a></td><td><center>1878</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/edu/522/000241796/">Royal Institute of Technology</a></td><td><center>1827</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>ORCHESTRA</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>Orchestra</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/024/000196433/">Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1965</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/org/015/000196424/">Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra</a></td><td><center>1902</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>OPERA</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>Opera</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/org/188/000196597/">Royal Swedish Opera</a></td><td><center>1773</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>COMPANY HEADQUARTERS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="bordered"> <tr><th><b>Company</b></th><th><b>Founded</b></th></tr> <tr><td><a href="/company/589/000355521/">Spotify</a></td><td><center>2006</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/590/000125215/">Betsson</a></td><td><center>2000</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/659/000098365/">Autoliv</a></td><td><center>1953</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/035/000125657/">H&M</a></td><td><center>1947</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/379/000125004/">Investor AB</a></td><td><center>1916</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/336/000124961/">Electrolux</a></td><td><center>1910</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/188/000126807/">ASEA</a></td><td><center>1883</center></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/company/659/000119302/">Ericsson</a></td><td><center>1876</center></td></tr></table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>BIRTHS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_births"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000163348/"><font size=-1>Malin Akerman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Heartbreak Kid</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/556/000044424/"><font size=-1>Benny Andersson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Dec-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>ABBA</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/561/000132165/"><font size=-1>Bibi Andersson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Nov-1935</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Persona</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/158/000174633/"><font size=-1>Harriet Andersson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Feb-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Dogville</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/255/000140832/"><font size=-1>Pernilla August</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Feb-1958</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Best Intentions</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/273/000356202/"><font size=-1>Avicii</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Disc Jockey</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Sep-1989</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish House DJ</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000024764/"><font size=-1>Ingrid Bergman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Murder on the Orient Express</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000131915/"><font size=-1>Sune K. Bergström</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prostaglandins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000129793/"><font size=-1>Sissela Bok</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scholar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Dec-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ethicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000091479/"><font size=-1>Hjalmar Branting</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Nov-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish Prime Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/312/000093033/"><font size=-1>King Charles XII</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1682</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1718</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden, 1697-1718</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000041806/"><font size=-1>Neneh Cherry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Mar-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Raw Like Sushi</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000213501/"><font size=-1>Per Theodor Cleve</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1840</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/289/000044157/"><font size=-1>Britt Ekland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1942</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Man with the Golden Gun</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/779/000095494/"><font size=-1>Erik XIV</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Dec-1533</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-1577</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden, 1560-68</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/817/000130427/"><font size=-1>Ulf von Euler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000022158/"><font size=-1>Greta Garbo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Sep-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Vanted to be alone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/934/000092658/"><font size=-1>Gustav Adolph the Great</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1594</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1632</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden 1611-32</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000111933/"><font size=-1>Gustav V</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden, 1907-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000027151/"><font size=-1>Lasse Hallstrom</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Jun-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>My Life as a Dog</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/621/000042495/"><font size=-1>Signe Hasso</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1910</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jun-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Double Life</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/849/000162363/"><font size=-1>Toomas Hendrik Ilves</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Dec-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of Estonia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000135271/"><font size=-1>Erland Josephson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Sacrifice</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/651/000349601/"><font size=-1>Joel Kinnaman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1979</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Stephen Holder on <i>The Killing</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000032220/"><font size=-1>Vendela Kirsebom</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Model</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>1993 <i>Sports Illustrated</i> swimsuit issue</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/842/000206224/"><font size=-1>Jenny Lind</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1820</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Nov-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/270/000401064/"><font size=-1>Tove Lo</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Queen of the Clouds</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000401634/"><font size=-1>Fredrik Logevall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Historian</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Embers of War</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000023766/"><font size=-1>Dolph Lundgren</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Punisher</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/567/000025492/"><font size=-1>Yngwie Malmsteen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Guitarist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jun-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Heavy Metal guitar virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/616/000396425/"><font size=-1>Max Martin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Music Producer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Feb-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish hitmaker</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/753/000024681/"><font size=-1>Alfred Nobel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Oct-1833</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1896</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/692/000383540/"><font size=-1>Michael Nyqvist</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mikael Blomkvist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/797/000116449/"><font size=-1>Claes Oldenburg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pop-Art sculptor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/381/000109054/"><font size=-1>Lena Olin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Mar-1956</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Enemies: A Love Story</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000103969/"><font size=-1>Oscar II</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden and Norway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000089907/"><font size=-1>Olof Palme</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/770/000110440/"><font size=-1>Marcus Schenkenberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Model</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Aug-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Male supermodel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/867/000207246/"><font size=-1>Alexander Skarsgård</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Eric Northman on <i>True Blood</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000025281/"><font size=-1>Art Spiegelman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cartoonist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Maus</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/905/000107584/"><font size=-1>Inger Stevens</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1934</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Apr-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Farmer's Daughter</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000097893/"><font size=-1>August Strindberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jan-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>R鰀a Rummet</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000163540/"><font size=-1>Mats Sundin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Hockey</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Feb-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Toronto Maple Leafs</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000087317/"><font size=-1>Emanuel Swedenborg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jan-1688</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Mar-1772</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000172684/"><font size=-1>Ann Telnaes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cartoonist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1960</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Political cartoonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/099/000098802/"><font size=-1>Carl Gustaf, Count Tessin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Aristocrat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-1695</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1770</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Head of Swedish Chancellory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000100136/"><font size=-1>Arne Tiselius</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Aug-1902</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1971</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electrophoresis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000276155/"><font size=-1>Tomas Tranströmer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Scandinavian poet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000206098/"><font size=-1>Astrid Varnay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Sep-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Wagnerian soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000125214/"><font size=-1>John Wattin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chairman of MySQL</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=black><b>DEATHS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_deaths"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000091567/"><font size=-1>Klas Pontus Arnoldson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1844</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000092599/"><font size=-1>Svante Arrhenius</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Oct-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Explored electrolytic conductivity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000066368/"><font size=-1>Nils Asther</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Single Standard</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/311/000131915/"><font size=-1>Sune K. Bergström</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prostaglandins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000094766/"><font size=-1>Jöns Jacob Berzelius</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1779</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1848</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Inventor of modern chemical notation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/084/000136673/"><font size=-1>Green Bar Bill</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Nov-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prominent Scouter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/382/000173860/"><font size=-1>Anita Björk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Miss Julie</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/143/000213501/"><font size=-1>Per Theodor Cleve</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Feb-1840</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Discovered holmium (Ho) and thulium (Tm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/518/000099221/"><font size=-1>Gustaf Dalén</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Inventor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Nov-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Automatic sun valve</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/074/000084819/"><font size=-1>René Descartes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Philosopher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1596</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-1650</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Discours de la M閠hode</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000135272/"><font size=-1>Allan Edwall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Brothers Lionheart</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/817/000130427/"><font size=-1>Ulf von Euler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/380/000100080/"><font size=-1>Hans von Euler-Chelpin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1964</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Enzymes of sugar fermentation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/294/000129904/"><font size=-1>Ragnar Granit</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Physiology of the retina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000125746/"><font size=-1>Allvar Gullstrand</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Doctor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jun-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jul-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ophthalmologist, refraction of light in the eye</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/269/000111933/"><font size=-1>Gustav V</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1858</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden, 1907-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/924/000163435/"><font size=-1>Hjalmar Hammarskjöld</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1862</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Oct-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/978/000159501/"><font size=-1>Eyvind Johnson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Aug-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Rain at Dawn</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000135271/"><font size=-1>Erland Josephson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jun-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-2012</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Sacrifice</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/178/000139758/"><font size=-1>Erik Axel Karlfeldt</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1864</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Apr-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><I>Songs of the wilderness and love</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000087958/"><font size=-1>Pär Lagerkvist</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jul-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Barabbas</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000170661/"><font size=-1>Bertil Lindblad</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Astronomer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Nov-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-1965</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spiral structure of the galaxy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000170681/"><font size=-1>Astrid Lindgren</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Nov-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Pippi Longstocking</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/566/000026488/"><font size=-1>Anna Lindh</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Sep-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish Foreign Minister</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/465/000136057/"><font size=-1>Gerald Mohr</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Nov-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/277/000116926/"><font size=-1>Gunnar Myrdal</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1987</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Monetary Equilibrium</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/915/000091642/"><font size=-1>Warner Oland</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Oct-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Charlie Chan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/284/000103972/"><font size=-1>Oscar I</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Jul-1799</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1859</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden and Norway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/281/000103969/"><font size=-1>Oscar II</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1829</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>King of Sweden and Norway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000089907/"><font size=-1>Olof Palme</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1986</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000141466/"><font size=-1>Nelly Sachs</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>O the Chimneys</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/559/000099262/"><font size=-1>Manne Siegbahn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Dec-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>X-Ray spectroscopy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/187/000097893/"><font size=-1>August Strindberg</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jan-1849</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>R鰀a Rummet</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000129282/"><font size=-1>Hugo Theorell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Oxidation enzymes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/280/000028196/"><font size=-1>Ingrid Thulin</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/983/000276155/"><font size=-1>Tomas Tranströmer</a></td> 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