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Uppsala, Sweden
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.uppsala.se/
Population:
130,000
SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| Ingmar Bergman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1918 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
| Hans Blix |
Government |
28-Jun-1928 |
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Weapons inspector before Iraq War |
| Arvid Carlsson |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1923 |
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Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Anders Celsius |
Astronomer |
27-Nov-1701 |
25-Apr-1744 |
Astronomer, invented centigrade scale |
| Viveca Lindfors |
Actor |
29-Dec-1920 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Night Unto Night |
| Alva Myrdal |
Politician |
31-Jan-1902 |
1-Feb-1986 |
Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Torsten N. Wiesel |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1924 |
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Neurophysiology of vision |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Anders Jonas Ångström |
Physicist |
13-Aug-1814 |
21-Jun-1874 |
Founder of spectroscopy |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Anders Celsius |
Astronomer |
27-Nov-1701 |
25-Apr-1744 |
Astronomer, invented centigrade scale |
| Viveca Lindfors |
Actor |
29-Dec-1920 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Night Unto Night |
| Carolus Linnaeus |
Botanist |
23-May-1707 |
10-Jan-1778 |
Created a taxonomy of the species |
| Nathan Söderblom |
Religion |
15-Jan-1866 |
12-Jul-1931 |
Archbishop of Sweden |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
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