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6 unusual facts about Oscar II of Sweden


Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo

The only honor they received, in addition to the gold medals, was 10 Swedish krona from King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (which at the time was in a personal-union with Sweden).

King Oscar Fjord

It was named by A.G. Nathorst on his 1899 expedition as Konung Oscars Fjord for Oscar II, King of Sweden from 1872–1907.

Lövstabruk

His son, also named Charles, preserved the estate while he concentrated upon his interest in politics, agitating against the king.

N-body problem

Indeed in the late 19th century King Oscar II of Sweden, advised by Gösta Mittag-Leffler, established a prize for anyone who could find the solution to the problem.

Nobel Prize in Physics

In 1900, the Nobel Foundation's newly created statutes were promulgated by King Oscar II.

Oskarström

The name Oskarström is not named after the Swedish kings Oscar I or Oscar II but bookkeeper Oscar Bjorkman who was born in Ulricehamn and who in 1844 bought a piece of land with waterfalls by the Nissan river.


Dalen Hotel

After its opening in 1894, the hotel drew royal guests from all over Europe, playing host to the likes of King Oscar II of Sweden, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, King Leopold II of Belgium, King Haakon VII of Norway and his family, and several members of the British aristocracy.

Rahime Perestu Sultan

In 1885, during the visit of King Oscar II and Queen Sophia of Sweden to the Ottoman Empire, she received the Swedish queen, who was allowed to visit the Imperial harem.

Royal Swedish Opera

The old opera was demolished in 1892 to give way to the construction of a new Opera by Axel Johan Anderberg and it was finished seven years later, inaugurated by King Oscar II with a production of a Swedish opera (that tradition having been quite firmly established during the 19th century), Franz Berwald's Estrella de Soria.


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