MUSICIAN

Carl Michael Bellman

1740 - 1795

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Carl Michael Bellman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈmîːkaɛl ˈbɛ̌lːman] ; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet, and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well as in Scandinavian literature, to this day. He has been compared to Shakespeare, Beethoven, Mozart, and Hogarth, but his gift, using elegantly rococo classical references in comic contrast to sordid drinking and prostitution—at once regretted and celebrated in song—is unique.Bellman is best known for two collections of poems set to music, Fredman's epistles (Fredmans epistlar) and Fredman's songs (Fredmans sånger). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Michael Bellman has received more than 215,385 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Carl Michael Bellman is the 302nd most popular musician (up from 330th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Musician.

Carl Michael Bellman was a Swedish poet who is most famous for his poem "Fredmans Epistles" which was published in 1790.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Carl Michael Bellman has had the most page views in the with 65,005 views, followed by English (24,505), and German (9,562). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (79.84%), Galician (47.57%), and Chuvash (46.40%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Carl Michael Bellman ranks 302 out of 3,175. Before him are Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Jerry Reed, Lisa Gerrard, David Popper, Salif Keita, and Barış Manço. After him are Joe Strummer, Fela Kuti, Cozy Powell, Nicko McBrain, John Densmore, and Phil Rudd.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Carl Michael Bellman ranks 10. Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Isabelle de Charrière, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Jeanne Baret, Johann van Beethoven, and Johann Jacob Schweppe. After him are Giambattista Bodoni, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, James Boswell, and John Latham. Among people deceased in 1795, Carl Michael Bellman ranks 8. Before him are Alessandro Cagliostro, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Sayat-Nova, François-André Danican Philidor, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, and Georg Benda. After him are Ahilyabai Holkar, Josiah Wedgwood, Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken, Archduke Alexander Leopold of Austria, James Boswell, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Michael Bellman ranks 212 out of 1,879. Before him are Per Olov Enquist (1934), Ann-Margret (1941), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Sigfrid Edström (1870), Salomon August Andrée (1854), and Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916). After him are Johan Banér (1596), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Loreen (1983), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Canute II of Sweden (1200), and Jussi Björling (1911).

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Among MUSICIANS In Sweden

Among musicians born in Sweden, Carl Michael Bellman ranks 4. Before him are Benny Andersson (1946), Björn Ulvaeus (1945), and Franz Berwald (1796). After him are Per Gessle (1959), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Stig Anderson (1931), Mikkey Dee (1963), Avicii (1989), Jan Johansson (1931), Tor Aulin (1866), and Eric Ericson (1918).

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