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Harald Edelstam

1913 - 1989

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Gustav Harald Edelstam (March 17, 1913 – April 16, 1989) was a Swedish diplomat. During World War II he earned the nickname Svarta nejlikan ("the Black Pimpernel," a reference to the Scarlet Pimpernel) for helping hundreds of Norwegian Jews, SOE agents, and saboteurs escape from the Germans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harald Edelstam has received more than 83,461 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Harald Edelstam is the 12,247th most popular politician (down from 10,668th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 466th in 2019) and the 116th most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harald Edelstam ranks 12,247 out of 15,577Before him are José María Gil-Robles, José María Bocanegra, Mikhail Myasnikovich, Stephen II of Croatia, Theodbert of Bavaria, and Vitaly Churkin. After him are Seru Epenisa Cakobau, Lee Hoi-chang, David Kabua, Markus Söder, William Perry, and Hipólito Mejía.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Harald Edelstam ranks 189Before him are Géza Kalocsay, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Joe Simon, Jean Nicolas, and Roberto Porta. After him are Earle Meadows, Barrington Moore Jr., Erich Eliskases, Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Willy Vandersteen. Among people deceased in 1989, Harald Edelstam ranks 158Before him are Arsenie Boca, Betti Alver, Pavel Kurochkin, Veniamin Kaverin, Yasushi Akutagawa, and José Bustamante y Rivero. After him are Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Halina Konopacka, Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, Gilles Andriamahazo, Nikolai Grinko, and René Petit.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Harald Edelstam ranks 541 out of 1,612Before him are Karl Rudolphi (1771), Runer Jonsson (1916), Ricky Bruch (1946), Ralf Edström (1952), Jarl Kulle (1927), and Bo Svenson (1941). After him are Henri Saint Cyr (1902), Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790), Bert Bolin (1925), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Charles De Geer (1720), and Kiki Håkansson (1929).

Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Harald Edelstam ranks 116Before him are Thomas Hammarberg (1942), Börje Salming (1951), Rickard Sandler (1884), Karl Staaff (1860), Fredrik von Otter (1833), and Ylva Johansson (1964). After him are Erik Gustaf Boström (1842), Carl Bonde (1872), Nils Edén (1871), Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), Ann Linde (1961), and Carl Swartz (1858).