1874 - 1953
Elsa Beskow (née Maartman; 11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsa Beskow has received more than 139,364 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Elsa Beskow is the 1,702nd most popular writer (up from 1,947th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 279th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Swedish Writer.
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Among writers, Elsa Beskow ranks 1,702 out of 5,755. Before her are Manuel Puig, John Gay, Adamantios Korais, Voltairine de Cleyre, Joseph Addison, and Masaoka Shiki. After her are Akiyuki Nosaka, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Namık Kemal, Aryadeva, Alma Reville, and Miguel Hernández.
1932 - 1990
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,696
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,697
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,698
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,699
1672 - 1719
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,700
1867 - 1902
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 1,701
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,702
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,703
1851 - 1921
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,704
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,705
200 - 250
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,706
1899 - 1982
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,707
1910 - 1942
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 1,708
Among people born in 1874, Elsa Beskow ranks 60. Before her are George Tupou II, Johannes Schober, Martin Lowry, Franz Schmidt, Serge Koussevitzky, and William Lyon Mackenzie King. After her are René-Louis Baire, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Ellery Harding Clark, Marguerite Long, Isaac Carasso, and Wu Peifu. Among people deceased in 1953, Elsa Beskow ranks 48. Before her are Wilhelm Stuckart, Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Noe Zhordania, Johan Laidoner, Otto Meissner, and Mary Anderson. After her are Bill Tilden, Jacques Thibaud, Herman J. Mankiewicz, René Fonck, Sergei Winogradsky, and Julian Tuwim.
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 54
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 55
1874 - 1936
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 56
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 57
1874 - 1951
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 58
1874 - 1950
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 59
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 60
1874 - 1932
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 61
1874 - 1938
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 62
1874 - 1949
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 63
1874 - 1966
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 64
1874 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 65
1874 - 1939
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 66
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 42
1902 - 1953
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 43
1868 - 1953
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 44
1884 - 1953
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 45
1880 - 1953
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 46
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 47
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 48
1893 - 1953
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 49
1880 - 1953
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 50
1897 - 1953
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 51
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 52
1856 - 1953
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 53
1894 - 1953
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 54
Among people born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 264 out of 1,612. Before her are Maria Gripe (1923), Helge von Koch (1870), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Adam Afzelius (1750), and Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277). After her are Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), Árni Magnússon (1663), Hans Blix (1928), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Björn Waldegård (1943), and Erik Acharius (1757).
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 258
1870 - 1924
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 259
1889 - 1918
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 260
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 261
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 262
1277 - 1319
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 263
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 264
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 265
1663 - 1730
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 266
1928 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 267
1871 - 1927
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 268
1943 - 2014
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 269
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 270
Among writers born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 22. Before her are Håkan Nesser (1950), Jan Guillou (1944), Olaus Petri (1493), Per Wahlöö (1926), Maria Gripe (1923), and Camilla Läckberg (1974). After her are Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Karin Boye (1900), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Jonas Jonasson (1961), and Vilhelm Moberg (1898).
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 16
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 17
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 18
1926 - 1975
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 19
1923 - 2007
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 20
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 21
1874 - 1953
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 22
1869 - 1941
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 23
1900 - 1941
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 25
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 26
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 27
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 28