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Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm in 1905. It is one of the amazing and famous actresses, which worked in the sphere of cinematography, including silent films. Probably, she is best known for such legendary movies as Anna Karenina, Camille and Romance. She was among Oscar Award nominees four times, but obtained only one, which honored her major contribution to film industry. After World war II Greta Garbo has not returned to film making again. She was likely to possess the anchoret character, which determined her fate staying aside from marriage obligations and children.
Ingrid Bergman
One more famous actress was born in the capital of Sweden in 1915 is Ingrid Bergman, which conquered Hollywood by receiving three Oscar awards. Particularly, she won these awards in nomination of Best Actress for Gaslight (1944) and Anastasia (1956) and Best Supporting Actress for Murder on the Orient Express (1974). She played roles in multiple films, turning them from ordinary ones to real masterpieces of cinema art.
Benni Andersson
Benni Andersson, one of ABBA quartet, is also a resident of Stockholm, who was born on December 16th 1946. This band has rocked the music world in 1970s, writing and singing one hit after another. It is interesting to learn that he learned English just before ABBA was formed in contrast to astonishing English-language singles of the group. Notwithstanding multiple albums issued with a band since 1973, Benni Andersson also has produced several of his own (1987, 1989).
Dolph Lundgren
Well-known actor Dolph Lundgren (real name of Hans Lundgren) was born in Stockholm in 1957. This Hollywood star is famous for showing great karate fighting skills in multiple movies of 1980-1990s. Nowadays he is a popular Sweden producer, an actor and a scenarist. Moreover, Dolph Lundgren is a winner of several sport championships in Australia and Great Britain and a prominent figure in bodybuilding.
Carl XVI Gustaf
Carl XVI Gustaf, a current king of Sweden, was born in royal family in Stockholm in 1946. It is in his duty to embody a good face of his country on the world arena. Since becoming a real king in 1973, Carl Gustaf has preserved national traditions, which date back to the Middle Ages, as well as supplemented them with modern developments. Being one of sport and nature lovers, King Carl XVI Gustaf is a head of International Scout Organization.
Alfred Nobel
The dynamite inventor and a person, whom the most prestigious scientific award was called after, Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm in 1833. Being an outstanding scientist and a prominent public figure, Alfred Nobel has gifted the entire heritage of his own for an organization of Nobel Prize Award. The invention of dynamite was crucial and momentous during his lifetime. In order to glorify such a famous inventor a chemical element of nobelium was named after him. Stockholm should be proud of such a citizen!
August Strindberg
Alfred Nobel’s contemporary, well-known playwright in the world, Johan August Strindberg was also born in Stockholm in 1849. He was the person, who initiated the development of modern Sweden literary trends, especially dramaturgy. His literary contribution includes no less than 60 plays and numerous novels and short stories.