The Most Famous
GEOGRAPHERS from Sweden
This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Geographers. The pantheon dataset contains 67 Geographers, 2 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 13th most number of Geographers behind Iran and Poland.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swedish Geographers of all time. This list of famous Swedish Geographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Otto Nordenskjöld (1869 - 1928)
With an HPI of 55.02, Otto Nordenskjöld is the most famous Swedish Geographer. His biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.
Nils Otto Gustaf Nordenskjöld (6 December 1869 – 2 June 1928) was a Swedish geologist, geographer, and polar explorer.
2. Torsten Hägerstrand (1916 - 2004)
With an HPI of 48.23, Torsten Hägerstrand is the 2nd most famous Swedish Geographer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Torsten Hägerstrand (October 11, 1916, in Moheda – May 3, 2004, in Lund) was a Swedish geographer. He is known for his work on migration, cultural diffusion and time geography. A native and resident of Sweden, Hägerstrand was a professor (later professor emeritus) of geography at Lund University, where he received his doctorate in 1953. His doctoral research was on cultural diffusion. His research has helped to make Sweden, and particularly Lund, a major center of innovative work in cultural geography. He also influenced the practice of spatial planning in Sweden through his students.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as geographers born between 1869 and 1916. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased geographers include Otto Nordenskjöld and Torsten Hägerstrand.
