* Immanuel Nobel, ( 1801-1872 ), father of Ludvig and Alfred Nobel

Robert Hjalmar Nobel ( phonetic: ) ( 1829 – 1896 ) was the oldest son of Immanuel Nobel and his wife Caroline Andrietta Ahlsell, brother of Ludvig and Alfred Nobel.

In 1859, Nobel's father left his factory in the care of the second son, Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), who greatly improved the business.

In 1891, following the death of his mother and his brother Ludvig and the end of a long standing relationship, Nobel moved from Paris to San Remo, Italy.

The Nobel family, including Ludvig Nobel, the founder of Nobelbra, and Alfred Nobel, the founder of the Nobel Prizes, was a descendant of Rudbeck through his daughter Wendela, who married one of her father's former students, Peter Olai Nobelius.

In 1865, the plant passed into private ownership by a group of investors which included Ludvig Nobel.

* Ludvig Nobel, ( 1831-1888 ), brother of Alfred Nobel, founder of Branobel and its first president

* Emanuel Nobel, ( 1859-1932 ), son of Ludvig Nobel and Branobel's second president

* Marta Helena Nobel-Oleinikoff, ( 1881-1973 ), daughter of Ludvig Nobel

* Branobel, or The Petroleum Production Company Nobel Brothers, Limited, an oil industry founded by Ludvig Nobel

His sister, Wendela, married Peter Olai Nobelius, and from them descends the Nobel family, including Ludvig Nobel, founder of Nobelbra and Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prizes.

The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen ( 1805 – 1875 ), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard ( 1813 – 1855 ), the short stories of Karen Blixen ( penname Isak Dinesen, ( 1885 – 1962 ), the plays of Ludvig Holberg ( 1684 – 1754 ), the modern authors such as Herman Bang and Nobel laureate Henrik Pontoppidan and the dense, aphoristic poetry of Piet Hein ( 1905 – 1996 ), have earned international recognition, as have the symphonies of Carl Nielsen ( 1865 – 1931 ).

He was a member of the Nobel family and the father of Robert Nobel, Ludvig Nobel and Alfred Nobel.

Carl Jonas Love ( Ludvig ) Almqvist ( 28 November 1793, Stockholm, Sweden – 26 September 1866, Bremen, Germany ), was a romantic poet, early feminist, realist, composer, social critic and traveller.

ASEA was founded 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Stockholm as manufacturer of electrical light and generators.

Founder Ludvig G. Braathen died on 27 December 1976, while still acting as chief executive officer ( CEO ).

Ludvig Gustav Braathen ( 17 March 1891 – 27 December 1976 ) was a Norwegian entrepreneur that founded the shipping company Ludvig G. Braathens Rederi and the airline Braathens SAFE.

Carl Ludvig Engel, or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel ( 3 July 1778 – 4 May 1840 ), was a German architect known for his neoclassical ( empire ) style.

The oldest son of count Carl Ludvig Douglas ( 26 July 1908 Stjärnorp-21 January 1961 Rio de Janeiro ), a Swedish nobleman and diplomat who was Royal Swedish Ambassador to Brazil, and his Prussian wife Ottora Maria Haas-Heye ( 13 February 1910 Partenkirchen-17 July 2001 ).

Ludvig Henrik Carl Herman Holstein-Holsteinborg ( 18 July 1815 – 28 April 1892 ) was a Danish politician.

* 9 July 1577 – 1583 Ludvig Ludvigsson Munk til Norlund ( b. c. 1532 – d. 1602 )

Frank Ludvig Spitzer ( July 24, 1926-February 1, 1992 ) was an Austrian-born American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, including the theory of random walks, fluctuation theory, percolation theory, the Wiener sausage

He came to Helsinki in 1831 and became a member of the circle of young nationalist men surrounding Johan Ludvig Runeberg, in whose home he stayed for some time.

In 1831 she married the famous and much older critic and dramatist Johan Ludvig Heiberg, a marriage that raised her position even further and just made her known as “ Mrs. Heiberg ”.

A few months later he joined the Nobel's mechanical factory owned by a Swede named Ludvig Nobel ( 1831 – 1888 ), brother of Alfred Nobel of Nobel Prize fame, where he worked until 1877.

* 1804 – Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Finnish poet ( d. 1877 )

He went on his first expedition in 1902 – 1904, known as The Danish Literary Expedition, with Jørgen Brønlund, Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, to examine Inuit culture.

* 1694 – Johan Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician ( d. 1763 )

* January 28 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian dramatist and writer ( b. 1684 )

* December 3 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer ( d. 1754 )

Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg ( December 13, 1684 – January 28, 1754 ) was a writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright born in Bergen, Norway, during the time of the Dano-Norwegian double monarchy, who spent most of his adult life in Denmark.

* Otto Ludvig Sinding ( 1842 – 1909 )-painter

– Franz Berwald's Symphony No. 4 receives its premiere performance, conducted by Ludvig Norman.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg ( 5 February 1804, Jakobstad – 6 May 1877, Porvoo ) was a Finnish ( Finland-Swedish ) poet, and is the national poet of Finland.

* Ludvig Meyer ( 1897 – 1900 )

* November 28 – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer ( d. 1887 )

* August 28 – Ludvig Norman, Swedish composer ( d. 1885 )

The principal contributors to Danish literature are undoubtedly Hans Christian Andersen ( 1805 – 1875 ) with his fairy tales, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard ( 1813 – 1855 ), storyteller Karen Blixen ( 1885 – 1962 ), playwright Ludvig Holberg ( 1684 – 1754 ), and modern authors such as Henrik Pontoppidan and Herman Bang.

Ludvig Holberg ( 1684 – 1754 ) is considered by many to be the founder of the Danish theatre.

* Jørgen Brønlund ( 1877 – 1907 ), was also a polar explorer born in Ilulissat, He grew up with Rasmussen and accompanied him, along with Harald Moltke and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, on the Danish Literary Expedition ( 1902 – 1904 ) to examine Inuit culture.

In 1888 Alfred's brother Ludvig died while visiting Cannes and a French newspaper erroneously published Alfred's obituary.