Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck ( 1630 – 1702 ), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age.

The Swedish scholar Olaus Rudbeck published Atland in several volumes, starting in 1679.

The esoteric text Oera Linda, published in 1872, mentions it under the name Atland ( the name used by Olaus Rudbeck ).

The Queen, who would eventually declare her abdication in the great hall of Uppsala Castle, visited the university on many occasions ; in 1652 she was present at an anatomical demonstration arranged at the castle for the young physician Olaus Rudbeck.

The lymphatic system was first described independently by Olaus Rudbeck and Thomas Bartholin.

Olaus Rudbeck in 1696.

In 1652, Olaus Rudbeck ( 1630 – 1702 ), a Swede, discovered certain transparent vessels in the liver that contained clear fluid ( and not white ), and thus named them hepatico-aqueous vessels.

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Olaus Rudbeckius, junior or Olof Rudbeck ( d. y.

) ( 1660 – 1740 ), Swedish explorer and scientist, son of Olaus Rudbeck Sr, Rudbeck Jr. succeeded his father as professor of medicine at Uppsala University.

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The historical writings of Olaus Rudbeck were also revived and used for creating vivid imagery.

* Olaus Rudbeck, famous Swedish polymath and one of the discoverers of the lymphatic system ( He also wrote Atlantica, a book in which he attempted to demonstrate that all peoples of the world originated in Sweden, and that Uppsala was the lost Atlantis ).

The genus name honors Olaus Rudbeck, who was a professor of botany at the University of Uppsala in Sweden and was one of Linnaeus's teachers.

He showed artistic talents at an early age and was given an education in Mathematics and language at Uppsala, where he must have been influenced by Olaus Rudbeck who was at the time highly engaged in the scientific basis of architecture and botany.

It was popularized and became the standard terminology by the work of Johannes Schefferus, Acta Lapponica ( 1673 ), but was also used earlier by Olaus Magnus in his Description of the Northern peoples ( 1555 ).

It is also based on Olaus Petri's work and a few Finnish manuscripts.

A nephew of Olaus the Elder, Petter Rudebeck, also wrote antiquarian books going even further, purporting to locate the scene of the Trojan War and ancient city of Troy in southern Sweden.

Biarmia as illustrated on Carta Marina ( 1539 ) by Olaus Magnus. Bjarmaland ( also spelled Bjarmland and Bjarmia ) was a territory mentioned in Norse sagas up to the Viking Age and-beyond-in geographical accounts until the 16th century.

There were also scholars, such as Johannes Magnus ( died 1544 ), who wrote the " Historia de omnibus Gothorum sueonumque regibus " and the " Historia metropolitanæ ecclesiæ Upsaliensis ", and his brother Olaus Magnus ( d. 1588 ), who wrote the " Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus " and who was the last Catholic Archbishop of Upsala.

" Olaus Magnus Gothus ', the Upsala Archbishops ', history of the nordic people's different manners and camps, also about the wonderful differences in customs, holy practices, superstitions, bodily exercises, government and food keeping ; further on war, buildings and wonderful aids ; further on metals and different kinds of animals, that live in these neighbourhoods (...)".

Olof Mårtensson ( 1557-March 25, 1609 ) also known in the Latin form Olaus Martini, was Archbishop of Uppsala from 1601 to his death.

There were also scholars, such as Johannes Magnus ( died 1544 ), who wrote the " Historia de omnibus Gothorum sueonumque regibus " and the " Historia metropolitanæ ecclesiæ Upsaliensis ", and his brother Olaus Magnus ( d. 1588 ), who wrote the " Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus " and who was the last Archbishop of Upsala.

It also permeated the writings of the Swedish writer Johannes Magnus ( Historia de omnibus gothorum sueonumque regibus ) and his brother Olaus Magnus ( Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus ).

It was also presented in an exaggerated version by Olaus Rudbeck in his Atlantica ( 1685 – 89 )

Olof Persson ( sometimes Petersson ; born January 6, 1493 in Örebro, died April 19, 1552 in Stockholm ), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri ( or less commonly, Olavus Petri ), was a clergyman, writer, and a major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden.

She married the conductor and singing teacher Olaus Andreas Grøndahl in 1875, and was generally known thereafter as Agathe Backer-Grøndahl.

Two of the most famously described 17th century cabinets were those of Ole Worm, known as Olaus Wormius ( 1588 – 1654 ) ( illustration, above right ), and Athanasius Kircher ( 1602 – 1680 ).

Olaus Laurentii ( who is known under the Latin form of his Swedish name Olof Larsson ) came from Uppland and studied at the universities of Prague, Leipzig and Paris.

Along with Olaus Petri and his brother Laurentius, Andreae completed the full translation of the Bible into Swedish, known as the " Gustav Vasa Bible " of 1541.

Olaus Petri is the main character of August Strindberg's play Master Olof ( Swedish title: Mäster Olof ).

* 1601 – 1609 Olaus Martini ( Olof Mårtensson )

However, in his ( first published in 1735 ), Linnaeus instead called this plant " Rudbeckia ", for Olaus Rudbeck and his son Olof Rudbeck, Lapland explorers who knew the species.

A 17th century artwork of Olaus Rudbeck | Olof Rudbeck dissecting the world and revealing the secret location of Atlantis ( which he believed to be hidden in Sweden ).

Under any circumstance, he was the son of Ingrid Ylva, who according to Olaus Petri was a daughter of Sune Sik and granddaughter to Sverker the Elder, which would make Birger a matrilineal member of the House of Sverker.

This has caused some historians to view Olaus Petri's account of him as unreliable.

Olaus expressed his outrage and was as a result almost executed himself, but a German who had seen him in Wittenberg saved him by explaining he was a German.

After much bargaining and many requests, Olaus ' friends managed to get him released on bail.

At the death of the brother in 1544, Pope Paul III issued him as his brother's successor as Archbishop of Uppsala ; admittedly nothing more than a title, as Sweden was not Catholic anymore and Olaus was banned.