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Ingvar Carlsson

1934 - Today

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Gösta Ingvar Carlsson (born 9 November 1934) is a Swedish politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Sweden, first from 1986 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1996. He was leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1986 to 1996. He is best known for leading Sweden into the European Union.Carlsson was a member of the Riksdag from 1965 to 1996 representing the constituency of Stockholm County (until 1970 in the lower house). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingvar Carlsson has received more than 259,976 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Ingvar Carlsson is the 5,000th most popular politician (down from 4,168th in 2019), the 198th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 172nd in 2019) and the 66th most popular Swedish Politician.

Ingvar Carlsson is most famous for being the Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ingvar Carlsson has had the most page views in the with 64,592 views, followed by English (35,984), and Russian (3,519). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (110.23%), Breton (84.88%), and Esperanto (74.60%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ingvar Carlsson ranks 5,000 out of 19,576Before him are Drusus Caesar, Abbas al-Musawi, Amenemope, Sextus Tarquinius, Manmohan Singh, and Louis de Bonald. After him are Jaunutis, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, Abdou Diouf, Siemomysł, Jón Sigurðsson, and Abdul Karim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ingvar Carlsson ranks 84Before him are Bingu wa Mutharika, Tassos Papadopoulos, Georges Wolinski, Pratibha Patil, Leonid Rogozov, and Marty Feldman. After him are Pedro Pires, Kenny Baker, Per Olov Enquist, Anton Geesink, Armi Kuusela, and Yasuo Takamori.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ingvar Carlsson ranks 198 out of 1,879Before him are Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), Anna Lindh (1957), John I of Sweden (1201), Michael Nyqvist (1960), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), and Sten Sture the Younger (1493). After him are Nicolai Gedda (1925), Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), Markus Persson (1979), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), and Knut Wicksell (1851).

Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Ingvar Carlsson ranks 66Before him are Tage Erlander (1901), Inge the Younger (1100), Anna Lindh (1957), John I of Sweden (1201), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), and Sten Sture the Younger (1493). After him are Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Canute II of Sweden (1200), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), and Lennart Bernadotte (1909).