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Canute II of Sweden

1200 - 1234

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Knut Långe ("the Tall"), also known as Canute II, was King of Sweden from 1229 until his death in 1234. He was the father of Holmger Knutsson, a later pretender for the Swedish throne. Both father and son were members of the House of Folkung. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Canute II of Sweden has received more than 53,728 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Canute II of Sweden is the 5,411th most popular politician (down from 5,372nd in 2019), the 217th most popular biography from Sweden and the 70th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Canute II of Sweden ranks 5,411 out of 19,576Before him are Karl Nesselrode, Constantine Kanaris, Naevius Sutorius Macro, Hormizd III, James III of Majorca, and Emperor Xingzong of Liao. After him are Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Egils Levits, Simon Thassi, Kijūrō Shidehara, Bocchus I, and Emperor Jingzong of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1200, Canute II of Sweden ranks 16Before him are Muhammad al-Nasir, Doquz Khatun, Shiban, Joan, Countess of Flanders, George III of Georgia, and Mstislav II of Kiev. After him are Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, Guillaume de Lorris, Sayf al-Din Ghazi I, Anonymus, Marcabru, and Nicholas Kanabos. Among people deceased in 1234, Canute II of Sweden ranks 4Before him are Emperor Go-Horikawa, Sancho VII of Navarre, and Emperor Chūkyō. After him are Stefan Radoslav, Ibn al-Farid, Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Emperor Mo of Jin, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and Robert III, Count of Dreux.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Canute II of Sweden ranks 217 out of 1,879Before him are Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Johan Banér (1596), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Loreen (1983), and Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539). After him are Jussi Björling (1911), Henrik Larsson (1971), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Thomas Bartholin (1616), Karin Boye (1900), and Ingemar Johansson (1932).

Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Canute II of Sweden ranks 70Before him are Sverker II of Sweden (1164), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), and Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916). After him are Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Anna of Sweden (1545), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), and Göran Persson (1949).