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Carl Gustaf von Rosen

1909 - 1977

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Count Carl Gustaf Ericsson von Rosen (19 August 1909 – 13 July 1977) was a Swedish pioneer aviator, humanitarian, and mercenary pilot. He flew relief missions in a number of conflicts as well as combat missions for Finland (whose first military aircraft his father had donated in 1918) and Biafra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Gustaf von Rosen has received more than 202,875 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Carl Gustaf von Rosen is the 29th most popular pilot (down from 24th in 2019), the 376th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 325th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Pilot.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Carl Gustaf von Rosen ranks 29 out of 71. Before him are Vladimir Ilyushin, Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Amy Johnson, Amet-khan Sultan, Igor Volk, and Leyla Mammadbeyova. After him are Charles Nungesser, Sarla Thakral, Olga Sanfirova, Pyotr Nesterov, Polina Osipenko, and Vladimir Kokkinaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Carl Gustaf von Rosen ranks 142. Before him are Leyla Mammadbeyova, Richard Wurmbrand, Henri Alekan, Hermann Lang, David Riesman, and Gerhard Gentzen. After him are Olga Rubtsova, Karl Schäfer, Jim Davis, Morris Swadesh, Luigi Villoresi, and Georg Konrad Morgen. Among people deceased in 1977, Carl Gustaf von Rosen ranks 106. Before him are Nathan Homer Knorr, Sergei Kruglov, Jim Thompson, Alexander Tcherepnin, Wilhelm Boger, and Otto Deßloch. After him are Ivan Fedyuninsky, Luigi Bertolini, Louis Beel, Henri Langlois, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, and Diana Hyland.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Gustaf von Rosen ranks 376 out of 1,879. Before him are Ebba Brahe (1596), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Gustav Trolle (1488), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), Björn Nordqvist (1942), and Daniel Solander (1733). After him are Kennet Andersson (1967), David Lagercrantz (1962), Lena Nyman (1944), Carl Milles (1875), Christina Nilsson (1843), and Marianne Fredriksson (1927).

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Among PILOTS In Sweden

Among pilots born in Sweden, Carl Gustaf von Rosen ranks 1. 

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