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Famous Swedish people

Famous Swedish people. Carl von Linné. Born in 1707 Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist Named animals and flowers in Latin The Swedish 100-kronor bill has an illustration of him. Astrid Lindgren. Born in 1907 Children’s author Author of 115 books, translated into 85 languages

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Famous Swedish people

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  1. Famous Swedish people

  2. Carl von Linné • Born in 1707 • Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist • Named animals and flowers in Latin • The Swedish 100-kronor bill has an illustration of him

  3. Astrid Lindgren • Born in 1907 • Children’s author • Author of 115 books, translated into 85 languages • Most famous character: Pippi Longstocking and Karlsson-on-the-Roof • Astrid Lindgren died in 2002, at the age of 94

  4. Alfred Nobel • Born in 1833 • Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, armaments manufacturer • The inventor of dynamite • Used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prize

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