COMPOSER

Hugo Alfvén

1872 - 1960

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Hugo Emil Alfvén (Swedish: [alˈveːn] ; 1 May 1872 – 8 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody”, written when he was 31, is still one of the best-known pieces of Swedish music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Alfvén has received more than 162,166 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Hugo Alfvén is the 288th most popular composer (up from 312th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 183rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Composer.

Hugo Alfvén is most famous for his work with electromagnetic fields and the Earth's magnetic field.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hugo Alfvén ranks 288 out of 1,451. Before him are Antonio Lotti, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Alessandro Stradella, Martin Agricola, Johann Jakob Froberger, and Johann van Beethoven. After him are Friedrich Kuhlau, Keith Emerson, Alberto Ginastera, Jaufre Rudel, Miklós Rózsa, and Georg Böhm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Hugo Alfvén ranks 36. Before him are Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, José Sanjurjo, Habibullah Khan, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and Emily Davison. After him are Ichiyō Higuchi, Willem de Sitter, Julius Fučík, Henry Tingle Wilde, Édouard Herriot, and Marcel Renault. Among people deceased in 1960, Hugo Alfvén ranks 31. Before him are Clara Haskil, Friedrich Adler, Felix Kersten, Ernst von Dohnányi, Ethel Voynich, and Mack Sennett. After him are Ida Rubinstein, Soghomon Tehlirian, Inejiro Asanuma, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Victor Klemperer, and Paul Abraham.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 171 out of 1,879. Before him are Eric X of Sweden (1180), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), Claes Oldenburg (1929), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), and Eric XII of Sweden (1339). After him are Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Maud Adams (1945), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Per Albin Hansson (1885), and Lars Levi Laestadius (1800).

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Among COMPOSERS In Sweden

Among composers born in Sweden, Hugo Alfvén ranks 2. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude (1637). After him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1807), Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Kurt Atterberg (1887), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Allan Pettersson (1911), Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867), Lars-Erik Larsson (1908), Ludvig Norman (1831), Ture Rangström (1884), and Einar Englund (1916).

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