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.

In 1799 Ekeberg was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 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 shows the Ekeberg Prize awarded 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

Image description: Portrait of Anders Gustaf Ekeberg from Mellin, Gustaf Henrik (eds) 427 porträtter af namnkunniga svenske män och fruntimmer, Stockholm, 1847. Photo: LIBRIS-ID: 1579474. [The image is cropped]
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Rune Hammarling

1936–1999.

Restorer.

Rune Hammarling took correspondence courses in drawing and painting and went as an apprentice at restorer Alf Hedman in Gävle where he worked for 17 years.

In 1981 he attended a restorer training in Copenhagen and started his own business two years later.

Hammarling has restored medieval paintings in a number of Upplandic churches and also the 1900-century paintings in Uppsala Cathedral, the University House's Aula, Carolina Rediviva, Geijersgården, as well as a number of student nations and castles in Gävle and Västerås.

 

Burial site: 0127-1201

Image description: Rune Hammarling does restoration work in Bälinge Church, Uppland, 1989. Photo: Rune Hammarling / Upplandsmuseet. [The image is cropped]
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Carl David af Wirsén

1842–1912.

Author, literary critic, poet.

Carl David af Wirsén was born in Vallentuna and became associate Professor in literary history in 1868 and lecturer in Swedish and Latin at the higher grammar school in Uppsala in 1870.

Wirsén published "Dikter" (1876) and later six more volumes of traditional idyllic poetry and several collections of religious poems.

The cemetery in Uppsala was given a poem and Wirsén wrote the text for the hymn "En vänlig grönskas rika dräkt" (Svenska Psalmboken, Psalm 201).

Wirsén was elected as a member of the Swedish Academy in 1879 and became its permanent secretary in 1884. As a member of the Academy,  he came with his conservatism to take on a contemporary literature-repellent stance.

As a literary reviewer in Post- och Inrikes Tidningar and in Vårt Land, Wirsén could for many years express a reactionary literature view. A selection of his reviews can be found in Kritiker (1901).

 

Burial site: 0140-1606

Image description: Carl David af Wirsén, Stockholm ca 1880-ca 1890. Photo: Johannes Jaeger / UUB [The image is cropped]
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Henrik Wilhelm Söderman

1829–1901.

Wholesale dealer, entrepreneur.

Henrik Wilhelm Söderman from Österbybruk became an apprentice to the tailor Nyblom in Uppsala at the age of 14.

Later, Söderman opened the spice shop and milk shed and also bought some land in Rasbo (seven farms together became the property Henriksberg), followed by the distillery in Lejstabro.

To have your own distillery was banned in 1855 and in 1860, a distillery was taken over at Fabriksgatan 4 in Svartbäcken by Frans Otto Törnlund and Söderman. At that time they had enough tax-coated land to start a distillery.

"Alcohol Money" became a major part of the city's income source and also financed much of Uppsala's industrialization. Examples are the Bavarian brewery and Upsala Ångkvarn, which were bought by Söderman and Törnlund. Uppsala Ångkvarn with mill, yeast factory and distillery was at the turn of the century 1900 the city's largest workplace.

Central Uppsala, with the walls around the Fyris creek, was created during the period 1860–1890 and was financed by sales and taxation of alcohol. In the 1860's there were 29 outlets and 27 alcohol outlets in Uppsala.

Söderman was a member of the city council from 1875 to 1878 and 1883 to 1900 and a member of the Drätselchamber and the building committee.

The gravestone is likely to be the largest in the cemetery in terms of weight and volume.

 

Burial site: 0124-1125

Image description: Henrik Wilhem Söderman, Uppsala ca 1878. Heinrich Osti / UUB. [The image is cropped]
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Tycho Hedén

1887–1962.

Politician, painter.

Tycho Hedén was a trained painter and also an ombudsman in the Swedish painters Union 1942–1954.

Hedén was interested in politics and he was the director of Folkets Hus, chairman of Uppsala Workers municipality, chairman of Uppsala County Social Democratic Party District 1920–1960, member of the city council from 1919 to 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 labour movement.

New residential areas were built in Uppsala during Hedén's time, which was led by City architect Gunnar Leche.

 

Burial site: 0150-2047

Image description: Tycho Hedén, Uppsala 1954. Photo: Uppsala-Bild / Upplandsmuseet. [The image is cropped]
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Fredrik Tamm

1847–1905.

Linguist.

Fredrik Tamm was born in Tveta in Södermanland and defended 1875 with a treatise on Swedish etymology, which is the doctrine of Proverbs ' historical origins and elaborated Etymological Swedish dictionary through the letter K.

Tamm devoted himself especially to etymological works and Swedish dictionary theory. For many years, Tamm stood in for the ailing professor of Swedish, Frits Läffler. From 1883-1898, Tamm was acting professor of Swedish for a total of ten years.

Uppsala University attempted to establish a professorship for Tamm, but it was not granted by the Royal Council. Maj:t, probably because at the time there was already a professor of Nordic languages and one of Swedish language. 1897 Tamm instead received the name, honour and dignity of professor.

Shortly afterwards, Tamm's wife passed away and he was diagnosed with facial cancer. The operation he underwent left him with a severe speech impediment.

On his birthday, March 30, 1905 he died and Nathan Söderblom held the eulogy in which was said:

"No one could be a better listener than he, this whether it was funny stories or scientific lectures, the latter, which he to the end, faithfully visited, whereever they were offered".

 

Burial site: 0132-1406

Image description: Fredrik Tamm with his wife Augusta Josefina Elisabeth Lundqvist, Uppsala 1894. Photo: Alfred Dahlgren / UUB. [The image is cropped]
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Gabriel W. Gillberg

1801–1890.

Spice dealer, grocer, brewer.

Gabriel Wilhelm Gillberg was born in Tegels Mora in Uppland, became a burgher in Uppsala 1840 and was a delegate for Uppsala Burghers on the Riksdag days in the 1840 's.

Gillberg also restored his residential building at Fyristorg (between Dombron and S:t Eriks gränd) in Italian Renaissance style. In 1935, the so-called Gillbergska Durchfarten was constructed, which solved the city's most serious traffic problems at the time.

The Gillbergian house at Fyris Torg, before the passage was built in 1934. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet .

Painting of the roadway before the inauguration in 1935. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet .

In the early 1860's, Gillberg became a donor to the Ultuna Agricultural Institute. He donated a large sum of money to the new building of the academic hospital. It meant that Gillberg was awarded the Royal Serafimer Medal.

After his death, Gillberg bequeathed his assets to the Gillberg Orphanage Foundation. The Gillberg orphanage was founded in 1843 and was initially located at Tullgarn but later moved to Sysslomansgatan. Many of the children admitted were very young and had parents who lacked the ability to educate their children.

 

Burial site: 0103-0178

Image description: Oil painting of G. W. Gillberg. Probably painted by Alexis Wetterberg in 1858. The portrait depicts the Serafimer medal. Photo: Henrik Zetterberg. The painting is located in the Swedish University of Agricultural sciences archives. [The image is cropped]
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Johan Fredrik Carlsson

1845–1922.

Master smith.

Johan Fredrik Carlsson was born in Mådra Skog Torp in Almunge and established himself as a master Smith in the old former mill smith at Akademikvarnen in the middle of Uppsala.

When the cathedral was restored in the 1880 century, Carlsson made the locks to the church gates. As an entrepreneur he was engaged by Uppsala City in 1910 when the gas-water and sewer lines were to be placed in the streets (J. F. Carlsson's Pipeline store).

Johan Fredrik Carlson sat in the city Council for 24 years, was one of the principals of Uppsala Savings Bank, member of the Board of Gillbergska Children's House Fund and for the Technical school, member of the Borgerskapets Elder and Gävle Chamber of Commerce and member of Uppsala Missionary Association.

 

Burial site: 0130-1305

Image descriptionJohan Fredrik Carlsson, possibly in 1915. Photo: Unknown photographer / Swedish Portrait Archive (CC BY-SA 4.0[The image is cropped]
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Martin Edlund

1884–1955.

Manager, Business executive.

Martin Edlund grew up in Börje outside of Uppsala. As a teenager, Edlund came to his uncle Gustaf Edlund who owned the mill at Vasksala Torg.

In 1914 Edlund became CEO of Uppsala Roller Mill as the uncle had bought up and expanded the business by contract with Skellefteå Baker Karl Lundström, who on Edlund's proposal marketed the Uppsala company's flour under the name Vasa with the King's picture on the packaging.

Lundström later started Wasabröd in Filipstad. In 1917 Edlund began manufacturing Vasa steam prepared oats and oatmeal.

Later, Holmgrens ättiksfabrik was bought and turned into Uppsala Ättiksfabrik AB, whose main product was mustard. It then changed its name to Slotts AB.

The technically talented german engineer Bruno Knebel was brought in (who became production manager) and Edlund managed to obtain a world patent on their closed system for the production of biological vinegar.

In 1936 Edlund in addition founded, The Uppsala Silk weaving factory with a noted children's crib for the children of the employees. He also started Children colony in Örsand (opposite Skokloster) and was a leader in the Children's Day movement.

 

Burial site: 0150-2038

Image description: Martin Edlund, oil painting. Photo: From private collection. [The image is cropped]
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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

Image description: Johan Bredman, oil painting from 1841 by Carl Staaff. Photo: Wikimedia Commons [The image is cropped]
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