The Most Famous
PHOTOGRAPHERS from Sweden
This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Photographers. The pantheon dataset contains 148 Photographers, 1 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 19th most number of Photographers behind Latvia, and Turkey.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swedish Photographers of all time. This list of famous Swedish Photographers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Lennart Nilsson (1922 - 2017)
With an HPI of 50.50, Lennart Nilsson is the most famous Swedish Photographer. Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages on wikipedia.
Lennart Nilsson (24 August 1922 – 28 January 2017) was a Swedish photographer noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists.
2. Bertha Valerius (1824 - 1895)
With an HPI of 47.62, Bertha Valerius is the 2nd most famous Swedish Photographer. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Aurora Valeria Albertina Valerius, known as Bertha (21 January 1824, Stockholm – 24 March 1895, Stockholm), was a Swedish photographer and painter.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Swedish photographers born between 1824 and 1922. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Swedish photographers include Lennart Nilsson, and Bertha Valerius. As of April 2024, 1 new Swedish photographers have been added to Pantheon including Bertha Valerius.
