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PinPoint · October 21, 2026

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Sweden

💡 Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden, on 21 October 1833, into a family that nurtured his early gift for chemistry and languages; he had filed his first patent by the age of 24. He went on to invent dynamite, hold 355 patents over his lifetime, and build the company Bofors into a major manufacturer of cannons and armaments, before bequeathing his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes.

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