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Elisabeth Söderström

1927 - 2009

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Anna Elisabeth Söderström (married name Olow; 7 May 1927 – 20 November 2009) was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elisabeth Söderström has received more than 55,843 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Elisabeth Söderström is the 1,095th most popular singer (down from 1,068th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 602nd in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swedish Singer.

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  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elisabeth Söderström ranks 1,095 out of 4,381. Before her are Bobby Bland, Rika Zaraï, Jim Reeves, Flora Purim, Fedora Barbieri, and Odetta. After her are Matti Salminen, Despina Vandi, Jim Steinman, Hortense Schneider, Genesis P-Orridge, and Gala.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Elisabeth Söderström ranks 263. Before her are Mathé Altéry, Martin Špegelj, László Paskai, Cesar Chavez, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, and Joan Feynman. After her are Nikola Kljusev, Herbert W. Franke, Carmen Basilio, Nguyễn Thị Bình, Alex Katz, and Abdelaziz Ben Tifour. Among people deceased in 2009, Elisabeth Söderström ranks 209. Before her are José Luis López Vázquez, Tullio Pinelli, Juan Carlos Muñoz, Clodovil Hernandes, Michel Leblond, and Ron Silver. After her are Nizar Rayan, Alexis Argüello, Willy Ronis, Jack Cardiff, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, and Reinhard Mohn.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elisabeth Söderström ranks 623 out of 1,879. Before her are Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Eivar Widlund (1905), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Julia Beck (1853), and Hjalmar Andersson (1889). After her are Ture Nerman (1886), Petra Mede (1970), Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Mikael Håfström (1960), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), and Freddie Ljungberg (1977).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Elisabeth Söderström ranks 30. Before her are Ingvar Wixell (1931), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Tommy Körberg (1948), Alexander Bard (1961), Neneh Cherry (1964), and Kikki Danielsson (1952). After her are Günther (1967), Jenny Berggren (1972), Charlotte Perrelli (1974), Elisabeth Andreassen (1958), Måns Zelmerlöw (1986), and Brita Borg (1926).

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