Robert Fredrik von Kræmer

1791–1880.

Governor, Member of Parliament.

Robert Fredrik von Kræmer came from Tavastland in Finland and participated as an officer in the campaign to Germany in 1813 and to Norway in 1814.

He was the governor of Uppsala from 1830 to 1862 and was as county manager an undisputed central figure and took a number of important initiatives. Communications improved through road construction, bridge construction, dredging of sail joints, and the formation of steamboat companies.

Kræmer also took the initiative for the founding of Ultuna Agricultural Institute and to the start of Sweden's first cooperative trade in Örsundsbro in 1850.

Kræmer also played a significant role in the development of the city of Uppsala. The city park, the walk at Flustret and Västgötaspången was created during his participation and he was known for his tree plantings, which were mentioned in Gunnar Wennerberg's Gluntarne:

"Cross what that Kræmer is good for the city. He builds bridges and plants wood."

 

Burial site: 0156-0249

Image description: Robert Fredrik von Kræmer, Stockholm, circa 1870. Photo: W.A Eurenius & P.L Quist / UUB. [The image is cropped]
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Cristopher Jacob Boström

1797–1866.

Philosopher.

Christopher Jacob Boström was born in Piteå and became a student in Uppsala in 1815.

From 1842 to 1863 he was professor of practical philosophy in Uppsala and was Sweden's most influential philosopher during the 19th century. He constructed a metaphysical system with roots in German and Swedish idealism. Boström was a convincing lecturer and excelled in speeches.

Boström's so-called rational idealism with its strong emphasis on the individual's duties in a moral and rational society came to exert a profound influence on mindsets in Sweden in the late half of the 19th century.

Boströmianism, named after its author, was the only original philosophical system that arose in Sweden in the 19th century and came through Boström's disciples to dominate Swedish university philosophy throughout the late 19th century.

His disciples included Sigurd Ribbing, Yngve Sahlin and Axel Nyblaeus. Boström's niece is Ebba Boström, founder of the Samaritans home. She is also buried in the Old Cemetery.

 

Burial site: 0119-0995

Image description: Christopher Jacob Boström, 1865. Photo: Litografiskt allehanda, femte årgången. Sigrid Flodins förlag. / Wikimedia Commons. [The image is cropped]
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Olof von Nackreij

1728–1783.

Judge of the Court of Appeal, governor.

Olof von Nackreij was born in Filipstad and became a student in Uppsala in 1743.

He was a Judge of the Court of Appeal in Göta court of appeal, county governor of Halland, Kronoberg County and became governor of Uppsala County in 1782. In 1778 Nackreij was elevated to Baron and was among the leaders in the Caps, a political faction during the Age of Liberty (1719–1772) in Sweden.

The beginning of the Baron letter from 1778. Photo: UUB.

The heraldry image from the Baron letter. Photo: UUB.

Olof von Nackreij died unmarried at Uppsala Castle in 1783 and thus ended his baronial lineage. Nackreij had asked to be buried in the Poor Cemetery as it was called at the time.

 

Burial site: 0112-0610A

Image description: Olof von Nackreij's heraldry image from the Baron letter from 1778. Photo: UUB. [The image is cropped]
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Anders Gustaf Ekeberg

1767–1813.

Chemist.

Anders Gustaf Ekeberg was the son of the ship builder Joseph Eric Ekeberg and Hedvig Ulrica Kilberg.

In 1784 Ekeberg was enrolled at Uppsala University, where he was taught by Carl Peter Thunberg. After graduation and study trips, Ekeberg became associate Professor in chemistry in 1794.

Ekeberg was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1799. In 1802 he discovered the element tantalum (Ta).

An explosion accident in the beginning of the 1800's led to Ekeberg becoming blind in one eye.

One of the scientific discoveries that Ekeberg made was a method for producing a strong, clear and translucent porcelain. The secret behind the method, he took with him to the grave.

The friends carved his name on a stone pillar in the cemetery wall and three words in Latin: Chemico (he was a chemist) Amicitia (friendship) Memor (memory) and the death year with Roman letters MDCCCXIII. Photo: Henrik Zetterberg.

The picture depicts the Ekeberg prize distributed by the Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center. Photo: TIC.

In recognition of Ekeberg's pioneering work, the TIC (Tantalum-Niobium International Study Center) institued an award in 2017 to promote knowledge and understanding of tantal. The award was called the Anders Gustaf Ekeberg tantalum Prize ("Ekeberg prize") in his memory.

 

Burial site: 0101-0030

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Johan Bredman

1770–1859.

Astronomer.

Johan Bredman, born in Oviken in Jämtland, became Associate professor in mathematics in 1801 and Assistant professor in 1802 at the observatory.

At that time, the observatory was in such a condition, that the practical work could not be carried out satisfactorily. All the instruments were from Celsius' time and by the end of the 1700s the observatory was considered to have been condemned. Bredman was Professor of astronomy in 1811–1841 and also an author of textbooks.

He is mentioned in Wennerberg's Glunterne regarding "another planet whose name not the Bredman knows" (Gluntarne No. 3 Uppsala is best). It was said that Bredman was a skilled lecturer and an interested teacher.

Johan Bredman was the first inspector of Norrland Nation and was honored with the nation's greatest tombstone. He bequeathed money to the observatory and to scholarships for people from northern part of Sweden and other charitable purposes.

 

Burial site: 0119-0995

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Fredric Mallet

1728-1797.

Astronomer, mathematician.

Fredric Mallet began studying at Uppsala University in 1745 with astronomy and mathematics as main subjects.

In 1754, Mallet started a training trip in Europe, a trip that lasted 28 months. After his return, he was appointed an observer at the Uppsala Observatory on Svartbäcksgatan, a service that he held for 16 years.

By the end of the 1700s, the Celsius observatory had decayed, but the building still remains in central Uppsala. The location in the middle of the city did not make it very suitable for observations. The instruments trembled when horse carriages pulled out on Svartbäcksgatan and the view was obscured by chimney smoke.

Astronomical Observatory, Uppsala. Engraver Fredrik Akrel. Illustration from Busser, Johan B., draft beskrifning on Upsala, Part 2, Uppsala 1769, pp. 112. The house was finished 1741. Photo: UUB.

The same building in 2019, which houses a goldsmith and various university departments. Photo: Henrik Zetterberg.

In 1769, Mallet was commissioned by the Academy of Sciences to study Venus from Pello in the Torne Valley. When Venus passes over the solar disc, was in the past important from a scientific point of view. By studying Venus from several different places on Earth, the researchers managed to determine the distance between the Earth and the sun.

In 1773 Fredric Mallet was appointed Professor of mathematics, a service he held until 1794.

 

Burial site: 0109-0466

Image description: Portrait of Fredric Mallet. Painting by O. Arenius. Photo: Swedish Biographical dictionary / National Archives. [The image is cropped ]
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Adolph Murray

1751–1803.

Anatomist, surgeon.

Murray began studying at Uppsala University in 1764. Initially he devoted himself to botany, but was increasingly interested in anatomy and dissections.

His anatomy studies led in 1771 up to a dissertation he defended under Linnaeus' leadership. In 1772 Murray graduated as a medical doctor in Uppsala. After his dissertation, Murray began a training trip in Europe and was in 1774 appointed professor of anatomy at Uppsala University.

He returned to Uppsala in 1776 and entered his office. In 1778 Murray became Uppsala's first professor of surgery. In his scientific work, he published a number of dissertations, as well as many other writings.

A significant contribution in Swedish is the Dissertation on the progress of anatomy in more recent times, which formed his voluminous bureau speech in the academy of Sciences in 1794 when he became its chairman.

Page from lecture notes. Murray is the author. Photo: UUB.

Murray's amputation tools for soft parts and for cutting bones. The picture also shows a dissertation by Murray from 1798. Photo: Urban Josefsson, Medical History Museum.

At the Medical History Museum in Uppsala there is a unique collection of surgical and gynecological instruments collected by Adolph Murray. Letters between Murray and Linnaeus are preserved at Uppsala University.

 

Burial site: 0109-0461A

Image description: Adolph Murray, ca 1787–ca 1835. Engraver, Erik Åkerland. Photo: UUB. [The image is cropped]
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Uno von Troil

1746–1803.

Archbishop.

Uno Trolius, later Uno von Troil, was born in Stockholm. After theological studies in Uppsala von Troil, between 1770–1773, undertook a long trip abroad in Europe and visited Iceland as well. His trip report was portrayed in Letters concerning travel to Iceland. The book was highly acclaimed and translated into German, English and French.

Uno von Troil was ordained in 1773 and, thanks to good relations with King Gustavus III, made a fast career. He became archbishop at the age of 40 and was interested in work for the poor and teaching.

Uno von Troil was also a keen supporter for general Ecclesiastical Affairs and published in 1793 Proposals for church songs for Church songs for the Swedish assembly and Proposals for a new Church handbook, both of which were characterized by his efforts to modernize the Swedish Language.

As a researcher in church history, he published the work Writings and documents to enlightenment in the history of the Swedish Church and Reformation (5 bands, 1790-91).

Uno von Troils "autobiography and travel Notes" is published In the Swedish memoirs and lettersof Henrik Schücks and Oscar Levertins.

Uno von Troil sat at the deathbed of King Gustavus III and later held his sermon.

 

Burial site: 0104-0225

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Johan Henrik Schröder

1791–1857.

Archaeologist, numismatist, university librarian.

Already during his studies, Schröder was commissioned to assist in the listing of Bishop Carl Nordin's large handwriting collection to Uppsala University Library. In 1815 Schröder received a Master of Arts degree at Uppsala University and associate professor of literary history.

Schroeder was also involved in the work on the editions of the older Swedish documents Scriptores rerum Suecicarum medii aevi (three parts, 1818, 1828, 1871-1876). He also took an interest in antiquity and art and carried out several trips through the country to record collections and archives and to describe ancient monuments and documents.

Numismatics was a particular interest that Schroeder devoted himself to and in 1820 he became head of the Uppsala University coin cabinet and later director of the University's Museum of Nordic Antiquities. Schroeder's knowledge of the book system led him to be engaged in cataloguing and expanding several private libraries.

In 1830 Schroeder became University Librarian in Uppsala and in August 1841 the book collections from Gustavianum were transferred to the newly built university library Carolina Rediviva. The staff of the Library, university and student nation's caretakers, teachers and students participated in the transport up Odinslund.

Schroeder's contacts with private book collectors and his many business trips in Europe contributed to expanding the Uppsala University Library with a considerable amount of rarities.

 

Burial site: 0104-0247

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Måns von Rosenstein

1755–1801.

Military, Rear Admiral.

Måns von Rosenstein, elder brother of Carl, became a lieutenant at the Army Navy in 1774.

From 1776 to 1778 he served in the British Navy and took part in Sir Peter Parker's squadron in the West Indies and attended the Battle of Quessant against France. As a French naval officer, Rosenstein participated in the American Revolutionary War, was captured by his former chief Admiral Parker, and brought to England.

On his return to Sweden in 1783 he became a second major in the Army fleet. Rosenstein distinguished himself particularly in the first Battle of Swedish Strait on August 24, 1789. He with his ship Oden managed to keep the Russian navy at bay to eventually be forced to surrender after which he was captured.

At the end of the war 1790, Rosenstein became a colonel in the army and was seven years later Rear Admiral.

 

Burial site: 0109-0462A

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