The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in London, formed in 1906, founded and maintained this hospital as part of their humanitarian war work.
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Swedish War Hospital
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Swedish War Hospital
During the Great War, 1914 - 18, this building was occupied by The Swedish Wa...
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Boy Telegraphist Arthur James Cownden
Boy Telegraphist on H.M.S. Shark, forces number J/81802. He died, aged 17, when his ship was torpedoed at the start of the Battle of Jutland. His number on the handwritten entry on the Blackheath W...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Elizabeth Stride
Elizabeth "Long Liz" Stride is believed to have been the third victim of the unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. Born Elizabeth Gustafsdotter near Gothenburg in Sweden. She was on...
1 memorial
Daniel Solander
Swedish botanist. Came to London in June 1760 to promote Carl Linnaeus’ taxonomy and used it to catalogue the natural history collections at the British Museum. Travelled with Joseph Banks on Capta...
1 memorial
Olof Palme
Swedish politician, statesman and Prime Minister (1969-76). Born Stockholm. 1986, late one night he and his wife were walking home from the cinema when he was shot in the back and died. No one was ...
1 memorial
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