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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

1594 - 1632

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Gustavus Adolphus (9 December [N.S 19 December] 1594 – 6 November [N.S 16 November] 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden). During his reign, Sweden became one of the primary military forces in Europe during the Thirty Years' War, helping to determine the political and religious balance of power in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden has received more than 2,043,201 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is the 148th most popular politician (up from 153rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Politician.

Gustavus Adolphus was the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632. He is most famous for being a military genius and a tactical innovator. He is also credited with creating the first modern army.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ranks 148 out of 19,576. Before him are Bayezid II, Sun Yat-sen, Simón Bolívar, Al Gore, Augusto Pinochet, and Hatshepsut. After him are Pol Pot, Abdul Hamid II, Xerxes I, Alexander I of Russia, Hulagu Khan, and Shimon Peres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1594, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Nicolas Poussin, Willem Claesz. Heda, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Clara Peeters, César, Duke of Vendôme, Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency, Ngawang Namgyal, Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Cornelis van Poelenburgh, and John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar. Among people deceased in 1632, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Sigismund III Vasa, Frederick V of the Palatinate, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Giambattista Basile, Tokugawa Hidetada, Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, Jost Bürgi, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Infante Carlos of Spain, and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ranks 6 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Linnaeus (1707), Alfred Nobel (1833), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Selma Lagerlöf (1858), and Astrid Lindgren (1907). After him are Anders Celsius (1701), Tycho Brahe (1546), Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), August Strindberg (1849), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), and Charles XII of Sweden (1682).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ranks 1. After him are Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (1946), Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), Sigismund III Vasa (1566), Gustaf V of Sweden (1858), Olof Palme (1927), Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Oleg of Novgorod (900), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), and John III of Sweden (1537).

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