SCULPTOR

Lars Vilks

1946 - 2021

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Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. Many years earlier he had created the sculptures Nimis and Arx, made of driftwood and rock, respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lars Vilks has received more than 498,140 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Lars Vilks is the 58th most popular sculptor (down from 20th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Lars Vilks ranks 58 out of 258. Before him are Étienne Maurice Falconet, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Andreas Schlüter, Adriaen de Vries, Ageladas, and Robert Smithson. After him are Isamu Noguchi, Wäinö Aaltonen, Antenor, Andrea Sansovino, Paeonius, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Lars Vilks ranks 132. Before him are Bigas Luna, Robby Krieger, Brenda Blethyn, Ruth Fuchs, Kabir Bedi, and Rodrigo Lara. After him are Peter Green, Ahmed Faras, Raël, George Young, Nicole Garcia, and François Bozizé. Among people deceased in 2021, Lars Vilks ranks 92. Before him are Vicente Fernández, Helen McCrory, Kenneth Kaunda, Robert H. Grubbs, Libuše Šafránková, and Djivan Gasparyan. After him are Leopoldo Luque, Yaphet Kotto, Franco Battiato, Norodom Ranariddh, Đorđe Balašević, and Didier Ratsiraka.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lars Vilks ranks 230 out of 1,879. Before him are Georg Brandt (1694), Per Gessle (1959), Hans Rosling (1948), Lena Olin (1955), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), and Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899). After him are Elsa Beskow (1874), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Adam Afzelius (1750), Reino Börjesson (1929), Catherine Stenbock (1535), and Olaus Petri (1493).

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Among SCULPTORS In Sweden

Among sculptors born in Sweden, Lars Vilks ranks 2. Before him are Claes Oldenburg (1929). After him are Carl Milles (1875), and Johan Tobias Sergel (1740).

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