The Swedish Chamber of Commerce in London, formed in 1906, founded and maintained this hospital as part of their humanitarian war work.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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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Raoul Wallenberg
Born near Stockholm. Worked for an import-export company owned by a Jewish Hungarian. Travelling frequently to Hungary, he learned Hungarian and become joint owner of the company. In spring 1944 th...
Person, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, Hungary, Sweden
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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
Louis Claud Bigot
Minister Plenipotentiary for the King of France in Sweden.
1 memorial
Gunder Hägg
Athlete. Born in Albacken, Sweden. He set over a dozen middle distance world records in events ranging from 1500 to 5000 metres, and was the first person to run a sub-fourteen minute 5000 metres.
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
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