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Franz Berwald

1796 - 1868

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Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer and violinist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Berwald has received more than 172,379 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Franz Berwald is the 219th most popular musician (up from 249th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 181st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Musician.

Franz Berwald was a Swedish composer of the Romantic era. He is most famous for his four symphonies and his Violin Concerto.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Franz Berwalds by language

Over the past year Franz Berwald has had the most page views in the with 18,178 views, followed by German (8,136), and Swedish (5,573). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (85.84%), Albanian (84.59%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (53.70%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Franz Berwald ranks 219 out of 3,175. Before him are Snoop Dogg, Mike Portnoy, Dave Brubeck, Izzy Stradlin, György Cziffra, and Chris de Burgh. After him are Lady Gaga, Pete Seeger, Jean-Marie Leclair, Mike Shinoda, Jaco Pastorius, and Oscar Peterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Franz Berwald ranks 7. Before him are Nicholas I of Russia, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Adolphe Quetelet, Michael Thonet, and Princess Charlotte of Wales. After him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Jakob Steiner, Peter Fendi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Carl Loewe, and Ang Duong. Among people deceased in 1868, Franz Berwald ranks 14. Before him are Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Okita Sōji, William T. G. Morton, Mihailo Obrenović, David Brewster, and Adalbert Stifter. After him are James Mayer de Rothschild, Kondō Isami, Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, James Brooke, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, and Tewodros II.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Franz Berwald ranks 152 out of 1,879. Before him are Zarah Leander (1907), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), Magnus I of Sweden (1106), Björn Andrésen (1955), Elias Magnus Fries (1794), and Halsten Stenkilsson (1050). After him are Inger Nilsson (1959), Emund the Old (1030), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Tomas Lindahl (1938), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), and Carl Peter Thunberg (1743).

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Among MUSICIANS In Sweden

Among musicians born in Sweden, Franz Berwald ranks 3. Before him are Benny Andersson (1946), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945). After him are Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Per Gessle (1959), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Stig Anderson (1931), Mikkey Dee (1963), Avicii (1989), Jan Johansson (1931), Tor Aulin (1866), and Eric Ericson (1918).

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