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Elsa Beskow

1874 - 1953

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elsa Beskow ranks 1,702 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Elsa Beskow ranks 60Before 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 48Before 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.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 264 out of 1,612Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Elsa Beskow ranks 22Before 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).