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Fredrik Idestam

1838 - 1916

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Knut Fredrik Idestam (28 October 1838, Tyrväntö, Grand Duchy of Finland – 8 April 1916, Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fredrik Idestam has received more than 232,448 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Fredrik Idestam is the 159th most popular businessperson (up from 203rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Finland (up from 61st in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Businessperson.

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  • 230k

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  • 58.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Fredrik Idestam ranks 159 out of 847. Before him are Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, John Langenus, Melitta Bentz, Henry Ford II, and Lorenzo Sanz. After him are Malcolm Glazer, Karl Albrecht, Johnny Kitagawa, Tomáš Baťa, Fusajiro Yamauchi, and Paul Elvstrøm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Fredrik Idestam ranks 31. Before him are 11th Dalai Lama, Edward W. Morley, Cleveland Abbe, Vladimir Markovnikov, William Henry Perkin, and Arthur Auwers. After him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Gustav von Schmoller, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Jules Brunet, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, and Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1916, Fredrik Idestam ranks 48. Before him are Julius Fučík, Vasily Surikov, Cleveland Abbe, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Joseph Gallieni, and Ōyama Iwao. After him are Hans Richter, Antonio Sant'Elia, August Leskien, Max Immelmann, Nedeljko Čabrinović, and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 55 out of 751. Before him are Eero Saarinen (1910), Kimi Räikkönen (1979), Antti Aarne (1867), Armi Kuusela (1934), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), and Ville Ritola (1896). After him are Alexander Stubb (1968), Lasse Virén (1949), Wäinö Aaltonen (1894), Eino Leino (1878), Bengt Holmström (1949), and Tarja Turunen (1977).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Finland

Among businesspeople born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 1. After him are Jorma Ollila (1950), and Michael Widenius (1962).

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