1926 - 2011
Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books of verse, as well as several novels and short stories.In 1997, he won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize, known as the 'little Nobel'. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bo Carpelan has received more than 32,237 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Bo Carpelan is the 2,805th most popular writer (up from 2,839th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Finland (up from 114th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Finnish Writer.
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Among writers, Bo Carpelan ranks 2,805 out of 5,755. Before him are Hubert Selby Jr., Tarafa, Dorothea von Schlegel, Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, and Alberic of Trois-Fontaines. After him are Marco Foscarini, Lucius Afranius, H.D., Jean Ray, Miguel Torga, and Józef Czapski.
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,799
543 - 569
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,800
1764 - 1839
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,801
1504 - 1588
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,802
300 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,803
1201 - 1250
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,804
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,805
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,806
150 BC - 90 BC
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,807
1886 - 1961
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 2,808
1887 - 1964
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 2,809
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,810
1896 - 1993
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 2,811
Among people born in 1926, Bo Carpelan ranks 187. Before him are Ernst Ocwirk, Ingrid Haebler, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Big Mama Thornton, Estanislao Esteban Karlic, and Vicente Aranda. After him are Mieczysław Rakowski, Sonja Ziemann, Ivica Horvat, Shigeru Kayano, Vitaly Vorotnikov, and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. Among people deceased in 2011, Bo Carpelan ranks 143. Before him are Milivoj Ašner, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Sena Jurinac, Susannah York, Abdul Fatah Younis, and Osamu Dezaki. After him are Seve Ballesteros, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Helen Frankenthaler, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Gerry Rafferty, and Robert Brout.
1926 - 1980
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 181
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 182
1926 - 1987
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 183
1926 - 1984
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 184
1926 - Present
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 185
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 186
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 187
1926 - 2008
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 188
1926 - 2020
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 189
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 190
1926 - 2006
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 191
1926 - 2012
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 192
1926 - 1972
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 193
1913 - 2011
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 137
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 138
1921 - 2011
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 139
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 140
1944 - 2011
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 141
1943 - 2011
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 142
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 143
1957 - 2011
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 144
1940 - 2011
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 145
1928 - 2011
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 146
1915 - 2011
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 147
1947 - 2011
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 148
1928 - 2011
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 149
Among people born in Finland, Bo Carpelan ranks 111 out of 642. Before him are Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Juha Mieto (1949), Rauno Aaltonen (1938), Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864), Lauri Ingman (1868), and Kaija Saariaho (1952). After him are Eero Mäntyranta (1937), Mika Kaurismäki (1955), Lauri Lehtinen (1908), Anders Chydenius (1729), Aimo Lahti (1896), and Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907).
1901 - 1984
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 105
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 106
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 107
1864 - 1935
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 108
1868 - 1934
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 109
1952 - 2023
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 110
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 111
1937 - 2013
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 112
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 113
1908 - 1973
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 114
1729 - 1803
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 115
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 116
1907 - 1969
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 117
Among writers born in Finland, Bo Carpelan ranks 16. Before him are Eino Leino (1878), Minna Canth (1844), Juhani Aho (1861), Fredrika Bremer (1801), Pentti Linkola (1932), and Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943). After him are Frans Michael Franzén (1772), Paavo Haavikko (1931), Lydia Chukovskaya (1907), Sofi Oksanen (1977), Adolf Ivar Arwidsson (1791), and Johannes Linnankoski (1869).
1878 - 1926
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 10
1844 - 1897
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 11
1861 - 1921
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12
1801 - 1865
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 13
1932 - 2020
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 14
1943 - 2001
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 15
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 16
1772 - 1847
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 17
1931 - 2008
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 18
1907 - 1996
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 19
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 20
1791 - 1858
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 21
1869 - 1913
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 22