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Esaias Tegnér

1782 - 1846

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Esaias Tegnér (Swedish: [tɛŋˈneːr]; 13 November 1782 (1782-11-13) – 2 November 1846 (1846-11-03)) was a Swedish writer, professor of the Greek language, and bishop. He was during the 19th century regarded as the father of modern poetry in Sweden, mainly through the national romantic epic Frithjof's Saga. He has been called Sweden's first modern man. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esaias Tegnér has received more than 81,815 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Esaias Tegnér is the 2,993rd most popular writer (down from 2,629th in 2019), the 415th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 369th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Swedish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 52.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Axel
1864
Fritiofs Saga
1908
Frithjofs saga
Accessible book
1831
Esaias Tegnérs samlade skrifter
swedish volume 4
kyrkliga tal
1847
Frithjof's Saga
Brutish viking romance, Lutefisk.
Among the finest of all the Norse sagas.
1877
Samlade skrifter
1918

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Esaias Tegnér ranks 2,993 out of 7,302. Before him are Miklós Radnóti, Wilfred Owen, Jim Rohn, Juan Ruiz, Miguel Torga, and Wallada bint al-Mustakfi. After him are Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Picander, Georges Schehadé, Arctinus of Miletus, John Cleland, and Friedrich Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Esaias Tegnér ranks 28. Before him are Pierre Berthier, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Robert Morrison, Princess Marie of Baden, Wilhelm von Biela, and Conrad Graf. After him are Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Orest Kiprensky, Alexander von Benckendorff, Julie Guicciardi, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, and Georg August Goldfuss. Among people deceased in 1846, Esaias Tegnér ranks 19. Before him are Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Domenico Dragonetti, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Maria Severa Onofriana, Joseph Weigl, and Étienne Pivert de Senancour. After him are Bagyidaw, Alexander Chavchavadze, Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 415 out of 1,879. Before him are Peter Artedi (1705), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), Sven Tumba (1931), Ralf Edström (1952), Klas Lestander (1931), and Johan Tobias Sergel (1740). After him are Pehr Kalm (1716), Joe Hill (1879), Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), and Stefan Johansson (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 34. Before him are David Lagercrantz (1962), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Vilhelm Moberg (1898), and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793). After him are Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Leif G. W. Persson (1945), and Gunilla Bergström (1942).

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