WRITER

Erik Gustaf Geijer

1783 - 1847

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Erik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer. His writings served to promote Swedish National Romanticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik Gustaf Geijer has received more than 78,946 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Gustaf Geijer is the 3,433rd most popular writer (up from 3,568th in 2019), the 491st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 489th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Swedish Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 3,433 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu Firas al-Hamdani, Alexander Sumarokov, Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, Natallia Arsiennieva, and René Barjavel. After him are Nobuko Yoshiya, Booker T. Washington, Betty Mahmoody, Robert Kerr, Alberto Savinio, and Nikola Vaptsarov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 31. Before him are Nadezhda Durova, Cheung Po Tsai, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles Julien Brianchon, Guglielmo Pepe, and Pattimura. After him are John Crawfurd, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Vicente Rocafuerte, José de la Riva Agüero, and Hannah Van Buren. Among people deceased in 1847, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 32. Before him are Marie Antoinette Murat, William Smith, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Tyagaraja, Daniel O'Connell, and Alexey Venetsianov. After him are Robert Liston, José Joaquín de Olmedo, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, Archduke Friedrich of Austria, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, and Frans Michael Franzén.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 491 out of 1,879. Before him are Karl Staaf (1881), Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542), August Nilsson (1872), Agneta Andersson (1961), Jan Olsson (1944), and Erik Ivar Fredholm (1866). After him are Lena Endre (1955), Ruben Östlund (1974), Carola Häggkvist (1966), Rudolf Svensson (1899), Gustaf Cederström (1845), and Katarina Taikon (1932).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Erik Gustaf Geijer ranks 41. Before him are Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), and Gunilla Bergström (1942). After him are Viktor Rydberg (1828), Liza Marklund (1962), Viveca Sten (1959), Torgny Lindgren (1938), Sven Lindqvist (1932), and Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790).

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