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King Gustaf V of Sweden (1858–1950), son of King Oscar II, buried in Riddarholmen Church; Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859–1953), son of King Oscar II, buried at Stockholm's Northern Cemetery in Solna; Prince Vilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884–1965), son of King Gustaf V, buried at Flen Cemetery, Flen, with his daughter-in-law Karin Bernadotte
Inside the church a memorial to the memory of Descartes was installed by Gustav III. Other famous people buried in the church cemetery include Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, who was assassinated only a block from the church, Prime Minister Hjalmar Branting, physicist Carl Benedicks, and the composer Anders Eliasson.
Gustav III was known in Sweden and abroad by his royal titles, or styles: Gustav, by the Grace of God, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, Grand Prince of Finland, Duke of Pomerania, Prince of Rügen and Lord of Wismar, Heir to Norway and Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn and Dithmarschen, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, etc. [11]
This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
Tomb of Alfred Nobel Grave of August Strindberg Prince Oscar Bernadotte's family tomb, where Folke Bernadotte is also interred. Norra begravningsplatsen, literally "The Northern Burial Place" in Swedish, is a major cemetery of the Stockholm urban area, located in Solna Municipality. Inaugurated on 9 June 1827, it is the burial site for a number ...
Maÿ sts KONUNG GUSTAF III s Bisättning by Joseph Martin Kraus was composed in 1792 as music for the funeral ceremonies (laying out) of the Swedish King Gustav III. The four-movement work was performed on 13 April 1792 in Riddarholmen church , the traditional burial church in Stockholm of Swedish monarchs.
The only part of the planned palace completed after Gustav III's death was a highly detailed wooden model, along with a few sketches and drawings. The model was completed a few years after Gustav III's death and is now the main attraction in Haga Park Museum, which is located in the central Copper Tents within the park.
Gustav III died of his wounds on 29 March and on 16 April Anckarström was sentenced. He was stripped of his estates and nobility privileges. He was sentenced to be cast in irons for three days and publicly flogged, his right hand to be cut off, his head removed, and his corpse quartered. [1]