Tycho Hedén was a trained painter and also ombudsman in the Swedish Painters' Union 1942-1954.
Hedén was interested in politics at an early age and he was the manager of Folkets hus, chairman of Uppsala arbetarekommun, chairman of Uppsala läns socialdemokratiska partidistrikt 1920-1960, member of the city council 1919-1959 and member of the county council 1930-1962.
For several decades, Tycho Hedén was a leading politician in Uppsala and influential in the city's labor movement.
New residential areas were built in Uppsala during Hedén's time, which was led by the city architect Gunnar Leche.
Fredrik Tamm was born in Tveta in Södermanland and in 1875 he defended his thesis on Swedish etymology, which is the study of the historical origins of words, and compiled the Etymological Swedish Dictionary up to and including the letter K.
Tamm devoted himself in particular to etymological work and Swedish dictionary theory. For many years Tamm deputized for the ailing professor of Swedish language, Frits Läffler. Between 1883-1898 Tamm was acting professor of Swedish language for a total of ten years.
Uppsala University tried to establish a professorship for Tamm, but it was not granted by the Royal Majesty. Maj:t, probably because at the time there was already a professor of Nordic languages and one of Swedish. In 1897, Tamm was instead given the name, honor and dignity of professor.
Soon afterwards, Tamm's wife passed away and he was diagnosed with facial cancer. The surgery he underwent left his speech severely impaired.
On his birthday, March 30, 1905, he died and Nathan Söderblom gave the eulogy in which it was said:
"No one could be a better listener than he, whether it was for funny stories or scientific lectures, which he faithfully attended to the end whenever they were offered".
Image description: Fredrik Tamm with his wife Augusta Josefina Elisabeth Lundqvist, Uppsala 1894. Photo: Alfred Dahlgren / UUBThe image is cropped] Click here for an uncropped image
Johan Fredrik Carlsson was born in Mådra skogstorp in Almunge and established himself as a blacksmith in the old former mill forge at Akademikvarnen in the center of Uppsala.
When the cathedral was restored in the 1880s, Carlsson made the locks for the church doors. As a contractor, he was hired by the city of Uppsala in 1910 when the gas, water and sewage pipes were to be laid in the streets (J. F. Carlsson's pipeline business).
Johan Fredrik Carlson was a member of the city council for 24 years, one of the principals of Uppsala Sparbank, a member of the board of the Gillbergska Children's House Foundation and of the Technical School, a member of the Civic Elders and the Gävle Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Uppsala Missionary Society.
Image description: Johan Fredrik Carlsson, possibly 1915 Photo: Unknown photographer / Swedish Portrait Archive (CC BY-SA 4.0The image is cropped] Click here for an uncropped image
Martin Edlund grew up in Börje outside Uppsala. As a teenager, Edlund came to his uncle Gustaf Edlund who owned the mill at Vasksala square.
In 1914, Edlund became CEO of Uppsala Valskvarn, which his uncle had bought, and expanded the business through a contract with Skellefteå baker Karl Lundström, who, at Edlund's suggestion, marketed the Uppsala company's flour under the name Vasa with his father's picture on the packaging.
Lundström later started Wasabröd in Filipstad. In 1917, the enterprising Edlund began producing Vasa steam-prepared oatmeal and oat flour.
Later, Holmgren's vinegar factory was bought and transformed into Uppsala Ättiksfabrik AB, whose main product was mustard. It then changed its name to Slotts AB.
The technically gifted engineer Bruno Knebel (who became production manager) was brought in from Germany and Edlund succeeded in obtaining a world patent for his closed system for producing biological vinegar.
In 1936, Edlund also founded the Uppsala silk weaving mill with a famous nursery for the children of employees. He also started the children's colony in Örsand (opposite Skokloster) and was a leader in the Children's Day Movement.
Herman Baumbach was born near Grästorp and is usually called the most famous lintel. He came to Uppsala in 1876 and graduated at the age of 61 after 84 semesters of study. He belonged to the Västgöta nation from 1876 until his death in 1931.
Pencil drawing of Herman Baumbach, drawn by Carl Lindorm Möllersvärd. Photo: UUB.
Booklet with 20 drawings made by the artist Lindorm Möllerswärd. The motifs are famous profiles in Uppsala, including Herman Baumbach. Photo: Anja Szyszkiewicz / Upplandsmuseet.
Baumbach's studies focused on Latin, German and English and he had high grades. With a plum top, a large overcoat and tippy galoshes, Baumbach became a fixture of street life.
Johanne Grieg Cederblad was born in Bergen, Norway.
In 1933, she settled in Uppsala and was very involved in public education. She also worked with the elderly and patients in psychiatric hospitals. Grieg Cederblad was also a children's author and lecturer.
Grieg Cederblad was also a translator of Swedish fiction into Norwegian from the time she arrived in Sweden until the late 1940s. The job was given to her by her brother Harald (founder, major owner and CEO of Gyldendal Norsk Forlag). She also wrote articles for Alle Kvinners Blad.
Johanne Grieg Cederblad and Bothild Fredriksson examine clothes collected by the Swedish Norwegian Aid. The picture is published in UNT 1940. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet.
A memorial party for Nordahl Grieg in Stockholm in 1944. Pictured, from left: Carl Cederblad, Uppsala, Mrs. Johanne Grieg Cederblad, Minister Bull, Sigurd Hoel and theatre manager Hans Jacob Nielsen. Photo: National Archives Norway.
During the war years and the German occupation of Norway, Grieg Cederblad was very active in the Norway relief effort. In 1946, she was awarded the Haakon VII Cross of Freedom for her work.
Jan "Moltas" Erikson was born in Uppsala and earned his nickname in the Uppsala Cathedral Boys' Choir.
He became particularly well known for his roles in Hasse Alfredson's and Tage Danielsson's Mosebacke Monarki and På minuten. Erikson also played some minor roles in films.
Moltas Erikson, "Even househusbands do good at home", Uppsala November 1963. Photo: Uppsala-Bild / Upplandsmuseet.
Moltas Erikson, Uppsala 1967. Photo: Uppsala-Bild / Upplandsmuseet.
He also worked as a psychiatrist at Ulleråker Hospital in Uppsala. Erikson was also a summer radio presenter on several occasions.
"Moltas" Erikson is buried together with his parents, who had the sewing accessories shop Hultmans eftr. at Svartbäcksgatan.
Finn Malmgren was born in Gothenburg. In 1912, Malmgren enrolled at Uppsala University, where he later earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
Malmgren later participated in the polar explorer Roald Amundsen's Arctic expedition as assistant to the scientist Harald Ulrik Sverdrup.
On board the ship Maud, they left Nome, Alaska, in the summer of 1922 and, after spending three and a half years in the pack ice, returned to Alaska in August 1925. Together they managed to collect a large amount of research material and numerous observations.
In 1927, Malmgren defended his thesis on the properties of sea ice. Malmgren later became an associate professor of meteorology.
Finn Malmgren, May 1925, in front of the magnetic observation field. Photo: Stockholm University.
Finn Malmgren, May 1925 at his hoarfrost recorder. Photo: Harald Ulrik Sverdrup / Stockholm University.
During the North Pole expedition with the airship Italia in 1928, it crashed on the ice north of Spitsbergen. After a long hike, Finn Malmgren died and his remains were left on the ice. Parts of the expedition were rescued by the Russian icebreaker Krassin.
Malmgren's name is on the Västmanland-Dala nation's Burial site and a statue of him, by sculptor Nils Sjögren, was erected in 1931 in Börjeparken next to Västmanland-Dala nation. The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University awards a prize in his memory every three years for "contributions to Arctic research".
Margit Sahlin was one of Sweden's first three female priests and was ordained in 1960 after the Church of Sweden opened its doors to female priests by a decision of the Church Council and a new law was passed in 1958 and came into force in 1959.
Before that, she had acquired a broad academic background and defended her doctoral thesis in Romance languages on the ecclesiastical dance and the folk dance song, La Carole médiévale et ses rapports avec l´église (The Medieval Dance and its Relations with the Church ). As early as 1940, her thesis was interdisciplinary.
Sahlin initiated the creation of the Catherine Foundation and was its director for a total of 34 years. The Foundation is described as a meeting place for dialogue between church and society.
Sahlin was secretary of the Central Council of the Church of Sweden from 1945 to 1970 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology in Uppsala in 1978.
In the 1970s, she was also vicar of the Engelbrekt parish in Stockholm. She pioneered the formation of diocesan women's councils around the country and their umbrella organization, the Church Women's Council (now Women in the Church of Sweden).
Among the many books Margit Sahlin has written are Evangelization (1947), Man and Woman in Christ's Church (1950), The Ministry of the Word in a Changing World (1959), Time for a Rethink (1980), With Peter (1982), What God is Like (1985), The Secret Book. Reading the Bible Today (1994) and Jesus. The Secret of God (1999).
The Margit Sahlin Academy was established in 2015 and is a platform for the exchange of views between research, society, culture and the church in the spirit of Margit Sahlin.
Image description: Margit Sahlin at her summer house in Dalarna, unknown year. Photo: Ulf Palm. [The image is cropped] Click here for an uncropped image
Johan von Bahr was born in Stockholm and later became mayor of Uppsala.
After graduating from Uppsala Court of Appeal in 1883, von Bahr became an auditor in the Uppland Regiment in 1885, deputy chief of the court in 1886 and ombudsman at Uppsala University in 1891.
On his initiative, the so-called "von Bahrska hedge" was planted in the Löten district north of Heidenstam Square. The purpose of the hedge was to protect Uppsala from the north wind.
The hedge is one kilometer long and 100 meters wide and consists mainly of conifers. The planting work, completed in 1910, was carried out by volunteer schoolchildren who were given a practical lesson in nature at the same time.
