Alfred Nobel

Alfred Nobel is one of the most awesome Swedes to have ever walked the earth.
He is an inventor, who (as most people would know) created the dynamite.

He was born in Stockholm year 1833, and he grew up in a poor family.

During his life he invented various different items, including the Dynamite.
What he did with the nitroglycerine was to make it safer to use and handle, because it exploded more easily before.

When he died he realized that his inventions could be used as tools of death, which was an idea he did not like.
Therefore he created a fund, that gives prizes to people who make breakthroughs in various fields, that include: Physics/Medicine, Peace, Literature, Kemistry, and Economy.
If you get a prize from the fund you will win a "Nobel Prize", which is regarded pretty highly around the world.