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Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 21 October 1833. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Nobel (née Ahlsell 1805–1889).
The Nobel family (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL), is a prominent Swedish family closely related to the history both of Sweden and of Russia in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its legacy includes its outstanding contributions to philanthropy and to the development of the armament industry and the oil industry.
Karolina Andriette Nobel (born Karolina Andriette Ahlsell; [1] [2] 30 September 1803 – 7 December 1889 [3]) was a Swedish woman and the mother of scientist Alfred Nobel. Andriette was the daughter of Carolina Roospigg, [4] and her father worked as a head clerk. [1] On the 8th of July 1827 she married Immanuel Nobel, Alfred's father.
By 1876, the Nobel brothers established themselves as the most competent refiner in Baku and Batumi and sent the first shipment of illuminating oil to St. Petersburg. [1] By 1879, Ludvig turned the initial business into a shareholding company, Branobel, of which he was the major shareholder and had as partners his brothers Robert and Alfred Nobel.
Emanuel Ludvig Nobel (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL, Swedish: [nʊˈbɛlː]; Saint Petersburg, 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1859 – Stockholm, 31 May 1932) was a Swedish oil baron, the eldest son of Ludvig Nobel and his first wife, Mina Ahlsell, grandson of Immanuel Nobel and nephew of Alfred Nobel.
Jane Austen, daughter of an Anglican clergyman Theodor Mommsen, son of a Lutheran minister Albert Schweitzer, Son of a Lutheran-Evangelical pastor Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a Methodist pastor Wright Brothers – sons of a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ Laurence Olivier, son of a priest of the Church of England Aretha Franklin, daughter of a Baptist minister Martin ...
He was a member of the Nobel family and the father of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, Alfred Nobel and Emil Oskar Nobel. In 1827 he married the children's mother, Andriette Ahlsell . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He also often experimented with nitroglycerin with his sons, which led to his son Emil Oskar's death because of an explosion at his father's factory ...
The manor served as the very last residence of Alfred Nobel in Sweden. [10] [11] Before he had moved in, his nephew, Hjalmar Nobel, conducted a renovation of the building. [12] The creation of the Nobel Foundation was led from Björkborn Manor by Ragnar Sohlman. [13] A major part of Alfred Nobel’s private library is still preserved at this ...