A commemorative plaque mounted on a hillside in Vinterviken recalls Nobel’s accomplishments and honors Alfred Nobel for his epoch-making inventions and all workers who sacrificed their lives at the Nobel dynamite factories. Another plaque was unveiled nearby the same hillside on October 21, 1983, the 150th anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s birth. The inscription reads: “This plaque marks the site of the nitrate plant built by Alfred Nobel in 1865 for the manufacture of nitroglycerine. The plant was the world’s first commercial factory for the explosive that laid the basis for Alfred Nobel’s international success as an inventor and entrepreneur.”

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