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Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden

1778 - 1837

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Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 1808–09 by Russian forces was the immediate cause of Gustav's violent overthrow by officers of his own army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden has received more than 529,032 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is the 936th most popular politician (down from 782nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 36th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Politician.

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden is most famous for his failed invasion of Russia in 1709.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ranks 936 out of 15,577. Before him are Andrew II of Hungary, Sebastian of Portugal, Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, Louis V of France, Benjamin Disraeli, and Kurt Waldheim. After him are Park Geun-hye, Ptolemy IV Philopator, Balbinus, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Alberto Fujimori, and Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ranks 5. Before him are Louis Bonaparte, Marie Thérèse of France, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, and Humphry Davy. After him are José de San Martín, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Fernando Sor, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Clemens Brentano. Among people deceased in 1837, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are Alexander Pushkin, Charles Fourier, and William IV of the United Kingdom. After him are John Constable, Hortense de Beauharnais, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giacomo Leopardi, Georg Büchner, John Field, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and François Gérard.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ranks 42 out of 1,612. Before him are Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Benny Andersson (1946), Tomas Tranströmer (1931), and Anita Ekberg (1931). After him are Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), Princess Märtha of Sweden (1901), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Astrid of Sweden (1905), and Charles XV of Sweden (1826).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden ranks 16. Before him are Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), John III of Sweden (1537), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), and Gustav III of Sweden (1746). After him are Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (1688), Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844), Eric XIV of Sweden (1533), Charles XV of Sweden (1826), Axel Oxenstierna (1583), and Olof Skötkonung (980).

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