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Gustav I of Sweden

1496 - 1560

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Gustav I (born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family; 12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Gustav rose to lead the Swedish War of Liberation following the Stockholm Bloodbath, where his father was executed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav I of Sweden has received more than 1,015,618 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Gustav I of Sweden is the 19th most popular social activist (up from 20th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Social Activist.

Gustav I of Sweden, also known as Gustav Vasa, was the King of Sweden from 1523 to 1560. He is most famous for leading Sweden to independence from Denmark and for creating a strong central government.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 74.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Gustav I of Sweden has had the most page views in the with 301,015 views, followed by English (119,587), and Finnish (51,051). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mirandese (4,014.29%), Swahili (111.98%), and Ido (98.30%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gustav I of Sweden ranks 19 out of 840. Before him are Jean-Paul Marat, Claus von Stauffenberg, Aung San Suu Kyi, Jane Addams, Nicholas Winton, and Rosa Parks. After him are Peter Kropotkin, Robert Owen, Bertha von Suttner, Thomas Müntzer, Olympe de Gouges, and Charlotte Corday.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1496, Gustav I of Sweden ranks 2. Before him is Hatice Sultan. After him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France, Menno Simons, Sebastiano Venier, Claude, Duke of Guise, João de Barros, Johann Walter, Angelo Beolco, and Dawit II. Among people deceased in 1560, Gustav I of Sweden ranks 2. Before him is Francis II of France. After him are Philip Melanchthon, Andrea Doria, Mary of Guise, Anastasia Romanovna, Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Imagawa Yoshimoto, Joachim du Bellay, Stańczyk, Jan Mandijn, and Melchor Cano.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav I of Sweden ranks 21 out of 1,879. Before him are Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Svante Arrhenius (1859), Olof Palme (1927), Ingrid Bergman (1915), and Greta Garbo (1905). After him are Bridget of Sweden (1303), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Ingrid of Sweden (1910), and Oleg of Novgorod (900).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Sweden

Among social activists born in Sweden, Gustav I of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Axel Munthe (1857), Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390), Joe Hill (1879), Greta Thunberg (2003), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), Katarina Taikon (1932), Gertrud Adelborg (1853), Ivan Betskoy (1704), and Isabelle Axelsson (2001).

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