Historical figures in Stockholm
The atlas holds 14 people and 22 moments here, from 1649 to 2015. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Alfred Nobel and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Writers, Scientists and Performers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
René Descartes
from 1649 to 1650
4 moments here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Alfred Nobel
from 1833 to 1863
3 moments here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Vladimir Lenin
from 1906 to 1910
2 moments here
Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
Albert Camus
in 1957
2 moments here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Nadine Gordimer
from 1991 to 2001
2 moments here
South African novelist, short-story writer, and anti-apartheid activist whose work examined apartheid, race, power, and moral responsibility.…
Marie Curie
in 1905
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1921
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Carl Linnaeus
in 1738
1 moment here
Swedish botanist, physician, and naturalist who formalized binomial nomenclature and devised an influential system for classifying organisms.…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1982
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Stephen Hawking
in 2015
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Jules Verne
in 1861
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Freddie Mercury
in 1986
1 moment here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Wangarĩ Maathai
in 1984
1 moment here
Kenyan environmentalist, democracy activist, academic, founder of the Green Belt Movement, parliamentarian, and the first African woman awarded the…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1945
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Moments
- 1649 Arrives in Stockholm René Descartes
- 1649 Lives in Chanut's Västerlånggatan house René Descartes
- 1650 Tutors Queen Christina at Tre Kronor René Descartes
- 1650 Dies at Chanut's Stockholm residence René Descartes
- 1738 Physician in Stockholm Carl Linnaeus
- 1833 Birth at Norrlandsgatan Alfred Nobel
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1861 Scandinavian journey to Stockholm Jules Verne
- 1863 Move to Stockholm for nitroglycerin experiments Alfred Nobel
- 1905 Travels to Stockholm for Nobel obligations Marie Curie
- 1906 Fourth Party Congress in Stockholm Vladimir Lenin
- 1910 Holidayed in Stockholm Vladimir Lenin
- 1921 Addresses the Swedish Academy Rabindranath Tagore
- 1945 Nobel Prize award ceremony Gabriela Mistral
- 1957 Lucia ceremony in Stockholm Albert Camus
- 1957 Nobel banquet speech Albert Camus
- 1982 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm Gabriel García Márquez
- 1984 Right Livelihood Award acceptance Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1986 Magic Tour opening Freddie Mercury
- 1991 Nobel Prize award ceremony Nadine Gordimer
- 2001 Nobel Centennial Symposium lecture Nadine Gordimer
- 2015 Lecture at Stockholm Waterfront Stephen Hawking