1885 - 1940
Erik Gunnar Asplund (22 September 1885 – 20 October 1940) was a Swedish architect, mostly known as a key representative of Nordic Classicism of the 1920s, and during the last decade of his life as a major proponent of the modernist style which made its breakthrough in Sweden at the Stockholm International Exhibition (1930). Asplund was professor of architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1931. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Asplund has received more than 132,740 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Asplund is the 121st most popular architect (down from 113th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 153rd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Architect.
Gunnar Asplund is most famous for being the architect of the Stockholm City Hall.
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Among architects, Gunnar Asplund ranks 121 out of 424. Before him are Eero Saarinen, Hans Hollein, Leo von Klenze, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Filarete, and Camillo Sitte. After him are Balthasar Neumann, Albert Speer, Baldassare Longhena, James Stirling, Ettore Sottsass, and Paulo Mendes da Rocha.
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 115
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 116
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 117
1850 - 1923
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 118
1400 - 1469
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 119
1843 - 1903
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 120
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 121
1687 - 1753
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 122
1934 - 2017
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 123
1596 - 1682
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 124
1926 - 1992
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 125
1917 - 2007
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 126
1928 - 2021
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 127
Among people born in 1885, Gunnar Asplund ranks 52. Before him are Will Durant, Velimir Khlebnikov, Tamara Karsavina, Christian Wirth, Franz Böhme, and Otto Klemperer. After him are André Lhote, Per Albin Hansson, Alois Hudal, Sacha Guitry, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, and Seishirō Itagaki. Among people deceased in 1940, Gunnar Asplund ranks 37. Before him are Katharina Schratt, Frederick Cook, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, Vito Volterra, Édouard Vuillard, and Walter Chrysler. After him are Michael Hainisch, Saionji Kinmochi, Nicolae Iorga, Marcus Garvey, Princess Maria of Greece and Denmark, and Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev.
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 46
1885 - 1922
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 47
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 48
1885 - 1944
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 49
1885 - 1947
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 50
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 51
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 52
1885 - 1962
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 53
1885 - 1946
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 54
1885 - 1963
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 55
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 56
1885 - 1954
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 57
1885 - 1948
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 58
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 31
1865 - 1940
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 32
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 33
1860 - 1940
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 34
1868 - 1940
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 35
1875 - 1940
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 36
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 37
1858 - 1940
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 38
1849 - 1940
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 39
1871 - 1940
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 40
1887 - 1940
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 41
1876 - 1940
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 42
1892 - 1940
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 43
Among people born in Sweden, Gunnar Asplund ranks 174 out of 1,612. Before him are Kurt Hamrin (1934), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), Inger Nilsson (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), and Ingvar Carlsson (1934). After him are Sten Sture the Younger (1493), John I of Sweden (1201), Tage Erlander (1901), Oscar Montelius (1843), Britt Ekland (1942), and Knut Wicksell (1851).
1934 - 2024
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 168
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 169
1613 - 1676
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 170
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 171
1948 - 2017
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 172
1934 - Present
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 173
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 174
1493 - 1520
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 175
1201 - 1222
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 176
1901 - 1985
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 177
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 178
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 179
1851 - 1926
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 180
Among architects born in Sweden, Gunnar Asplund ranks 1. After him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), William Chambers (1723), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz (1716), Ragnar Östberg (1866), and Ferdinand Boberg (1860).
1885 - 1940
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 1
1654 - 1728
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 2
1723 - 1796
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 3
1710 - 1772
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 4
1716 - 1796
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 5
1866 - 1945
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 6
1860 - 1946
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 7