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Gösta Ekman

1890 - 1938

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Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman (28 December 1890 – 12 January 1938) was a Swedish actor, director and singer. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gösta Ekman has received more than 149,429 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gösta Ekman is the 2,504th most popular actor (down from 2,187th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 396th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swedish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gösta Ekman ranks 2,504 out of 9,996Before him are Louis Seigner, Sarah Clarke, Park Chanyeol, Dana Reeve, Maureen Stapleton, and Savely Kramarov. After him are Zdeněk Svěrák, Nick Cravat, Maggie Grace, Richard Madden, Jane Kaczmarek, and Harry Langdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Gösta Ekman ranks 115Before him are Jean Rhys, Elpidio Quirino, Henny Porten, Harry Hopkins, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, and Erik Heinrichs. After him are Walter Hasenclever, Arthur Holmes, Oswald de Andrade, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, and Frank Morgan. Among people deceased in 1938, Gösta Ekman ranks 115Before him are Miguel Cabanellas, Maurice Emmanuel, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Lampião, Jānis Rudzutaks, and Boris Pilnyak. After him are Joseph Strauss, Abdurauf Fitrat, Leopoldo Lugones, Egon Friedell, Georges Urbain, and Florence Lawrence.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gösta Ekman ranks 422 out of 1,612Before him are Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883), Ernst Alexanderson (1878), and Bernhard Karlgren (1889). After him are Peter Artedi (1705), Jan Eliasson (1940), Ernst Josephson (1851), Svante Pääbo (1955), Arvid Lindman (1862), and John Ljunggren (1919).

Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Gösta Ekman ranks 40Before him are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Per Oscarsson (1927), Sofia Helin (1972), Lena Nyman (1944), Hillevi Rombin (1933), and Marika Green (1943). After him are Sven Wollter (1934), Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Mai Zetterling (1925), Kristina Wayborn (1950), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), and Ulla Jacobsson (1929).

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