The Most Famous
Philosophers from Sweden
This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Philosophers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,267 Philosophers, 6 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 30th most number of Philosophers behind Romania and Syria.
Top 6 Philosophers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swedish Philosophers of all time. This list of famous Swedish Philosophers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Emanuel Swedenborg
1688 - 1772
HPI 76.0668 langsEmanuel Swedenborg was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian who is most famous for his work in the field of spiritualism.
- #2
Johan Vilhelm Snellman
1806 - 1881
HPI 63.4928 langsFinnish politician and author (1806–1881)
- #3
Lars Gustafsson
1936 - 2016
HPI 59.5619 langsSwedish writer (1936-2016)
- #4
Caspar Bartholin the Elder
1585 - 1629
HPI 59.2919 langsDanish polymath (1585-1629)
- #5
Nick Bostrom
b. 1973
HPI 55.0333 langsSwedish philosopher and author
- #6
Sara Danius
1962 - 2019
HPI 53.2728 langsSwedish academic
Overlapping Lives
Which Philosophers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Philosophers since 1700.
