Historical place archive

Stockholm in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Stockholm in Switzerland. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records2 event labels6 people1913–2019

Historical events in Stockholm

1913

1913
Nobel Prize
Alfred Werner · Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on the linkage of atoms in molecules, especially inorganic compounds.

1919

10 December 1919
Nobel Prize in Literature
Carl Spitteler · Literature

Is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for his epic poem Olympian Spring.

1937

1937
Nobel Prize
Paul Karrer · Chemistry

Winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, for carotenoids, flavins & vitamins a & b2

2017

2017
Nobel Prize
Jacques Dubochet · Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules.

2019

2019
Nobel Prize
Didier Queloz · Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

2019
Nobel Prize
Michel Mayor · Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Switzerland and Stockholm. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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