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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 76,412 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Esaias Tegnér is the 2,637th most popular writer (up from 3,022nd in 2019), the 370th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 412th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Esaias Tegnér ranks 2,637 out of 5,755. Before him are Takuboku Ishikawa, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, May Ziade, Shulamith Firestone, Joseph Delaney, and Ibn Kemal. After him are Ngaio Marsh, Naoya Shiga, Avetik Isahakyan, Liviu Rebreanu, László Krasznahorkai, and Jerzy Andrzejewski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1782, Esaias Tegnér ranks 25. Before him are Faustin Soulouque, Marcellin Marbot, Pierre Berthier, Robert Morrison, Princess Marie of Baden, and Eugène de Mazenod. After him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Wilhelm von Biela, Alexander von Benckendorff, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Orest Kiprensky, and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. Among people deceased in 1846, Esaias Tegnér ranks 15. Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Domenico Dragonetti, and Joseph Leopold Eybler. After him are Étienne Pivert de Senancour, Grand Duchess Maria Mikhailovna of Russia, Giuseppe Acerbi, Bagyidaw, Joseph Weigl, and Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 370 out of 1,612. Before him are Gunnar Nilsson (1948), Knut Nordahl (1920), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Sven Rydell (1905), and Oscar Swahn (1847). After him are Laurentius Petri (1499), Lennart Carleson (1928), Per Oscarsson (1927), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Malena Ernman (1970), and Göran Wahlenberg (1780).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Esaias Tegnér ranks 29. Before him are Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Karin Boye (1900), Sven Nordqvist (1946), Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Jonas Jonasson (1961), and Vilhelm Moberg (1898). After him are Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Artur Lundkvist (1906), and Lars Norén (1944).

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