MILITARY PERSONNEL

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori

1592 - 1657

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Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg (October 22, 1592 – May 10, 1657) was a Swedish nobleman of Finnish descent, military officer, and Governor-General. He was appointed member of the Royal Council in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor General of Livonia in 1652 and Lord High Constable since 1653. In the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), he was instrumental as a commander in securing victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Horn, Count of Pori has received more than 77,951 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Horn, Count of Pori is the 656th most popular military personnel (down from 616th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 215th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Military Personnel.

Gustav Horn, Count of Pori was a Swedish military officer who served as a general in the Swedish army during the 18th century. He is most famous for his role in the Swedish-Russian War of 1788-1790.

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Over the past year Gustav Horn, Count of Pori has had the most page views in the with 12,362 views, followed by Swedish (6,011), and German (4,867). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (33.21%), Serbian (30.74%), and Hebrew (26.75%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori ranks 656 out of 2,058. Before him are Jarosław Dąbrowski, Jang Bogo, Wilhelm Rediess, Casimir Pulaski, Yoshijirō Umezu, and Hans Karl von Diebitsch. After him are Hua Xiong, Charles Huntziger, Pang De, Maurice Sarrail, Wei Qing, and Heinz Harmel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori ranks 9. Before him are Hong Taiji, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, Gerard van Honthorst, Jacques Callot, and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham. After him are Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, Saib Tabrizi, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Luarsab II of Kartli, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. Among people deceased in 1657, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori ranks 8. Before him are Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, Frans Snyders, Balthasar van der Ast, Clara Peeters, and Kâtip Çelebi. After him are Jacob van Campen, Laura Mancini, Andrew Bobola, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, Hayashi Razan, and Robert Blake.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori ranks 243 out of 1,879. Before him are Sven Nykvist (1922), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Mats Wilander (1964), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), John Ericsson (1803), and Camilla Läckberg (1974). After him are Lennart Bernadotte (1909), Árni Magnússon (1663), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), Johan Vilhelm Snellman (1806), Anna of Sweden (1545), and Gunnar Björnstrand (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Sweden

Among military personnels born in Sweden, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori ranks 5. Before him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), and Johan Banér (1596). After him are Magnus Stenbock (1664), Henri Saint Cyr (1902), Gustaf Dyrssen (1891), and Hans von Rosen (1888).

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