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Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden

1710 - 1771

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Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick (Swedish: Adolf Fredrik, German: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 1710 – 12 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death in 1771. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach. He was an uncle of Catherine the Great and husband to Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.The first king from the House of Holstein-Gottorp, Adolf Frederick was a weak monarch, installed as first in line to the throne following the parliamentary government's failure to reconquer the Baltic provinces in 1741–1743. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden has received more than 605,488 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden is the 850th most popular politician (up from 966th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Germany (up from 271st in 2019) and the 67th most popular German Politician.

Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, is most famous for being the last Swedish monarch to reign over both Sweden and Norway. He was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden has had the most page views in the with 82,817 views, followed by Russian (41,293), and German (18,401). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Breton (64.11%), Ukrainian (56.71%), and Ido (53.50%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 850 out of 19,576. Before him are Shoshenq I, Anastasius I Dicorus, Viktor Orbán, Georges Clemenceau, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. After him are George II of Greece, Amadeo I of Spain, Antigonus I Monophthalmus, Jalal Talabani, Gordian III, and Gwangjong of Goryeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are Louis XV of France, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. After him are Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Thomas Reid, Thomas Simpson, Mohammed ben Abdallah, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Domenico Alberti, and Thomas Arne. Among people deceased in 1771, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Claude Adrien Helvétius, Philip Miller, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Henri Pitot, Louis-Michel van Loo, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, Alexei Razumovsky, John Bevis, Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Tobias Smollett.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 236 out of 7,253. Before him are Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), Max Scheler (1874), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620). After him are Georgius Agricola (1494), Erich Hartmann (1922), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Paul Heyse (1830), Herbert Marcuse (1898), and Carl Schmitt (1888).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden ranks 67. Before him are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Walter Ulbricht (1893), and Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620). After him are Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Friedrich Ratzel (1844), Valentinian II (371), and Princess Ludovika of Bavaria (1808).

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