Alfre’ed Nobel, a Swedish chemist and a veiy skillful busines ss man, was born in Stockholm on October 21, 1833. The nanitne of Nobel’s father was Immanuel who was a great engineei-1” and inventor and built many bridges and buildings in Stockholm. After bankruptcy, Immanuel left his family in Stockholm in 1837 to start up a new business in Russia. His family joined him there. During his time in Russia, Immanuel had become fascinated to the explosive qualities of nitroglycerin. He realized that if nitroglycerin could be controlled, it would be extremely useful as a weapon and for mining and industry.As a child Alfred was very sick.