1499 - 1573
Laurentius Petri Nericius (1499 – 27 October 1573) was a Swedish clergyman and the first Evangelical Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden. He and his brother Olaus Petri are, together with the King Gustav Vasa, regarded as the main Lutheran reformers of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laurentius Petri has received more than 64,908 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Laurentius Petri is the 1,650th most popular religious figure (down from 1,365th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 330th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Laurentius Petri ranks 1,650 out of 2,238. Before him are Agobard, Giacomo Capuzzi, Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Eugène de Mazenod, and Dymphna. After him are Zdislava Berka, Peter of Sebaste, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Baldwin of Luxembourg, Theodor Innitzer, and Saint Alban.
769 - 840
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 1,644
1929 - 2021
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 1,645
960 - 1015
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 1,646
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 1,647
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 1,648
700 - 700
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 1,649
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 1,650
1215 - 1252
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,651
345 - 390
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,652
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,653
1285 - 1354
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,654
1875 - 1955
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 1,655
300 - 305
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 1,656
Among people born in 1499, Laurentius Petri ranks 17. Before him are Michiel Coxie, Maria Salviati, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Polidoro da Caravaggio. After him are Garcia de Orta, Gjon Buzuku, Jan Łaski, Sebastian Franck, Lempira, and Johannes Brenz. Among people deceased in 1573, Laurentius Petri ranks 13. Before him are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Malyuta Skuratov, and Michel de l'Hôpital. After him are Joachim Beuckelaer, Asakura Yoshikage, Antun Vrančić, and Étienne Jodelle.
1499 - 1592
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 11
1499 - 1543
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 12
1499 - 1543
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 13
1499 - 1500
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 14
1499 - 1562
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 15
1499 - 1543
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 16
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 17
1499 - 1568
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 18
1499 - 1577
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 19
1499 - 1560
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 20
1499 - 1543
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 21
1499 - 1537
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 22
1499 - 1570
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 23
1530 - 1573
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 7
1545 - 1573
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 8
1538 - 1573
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 9
1513 - 1573
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 10
1600 - 1573
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 11
1505 - 1573
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 12
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 13
1533 - 1573
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 14
1533 - 1573
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 15
1504 - 1573
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 16
1532 - 1573
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 17
Among people born in Sweden, Laurentius Petri ranks 371 out of 1,612. Before him are Knut Nordahl (1920), Carl Adolph Agardh (1785), Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Sven Rydell (1905), Oscar Swahn (1847), and Esaias Tegnér (1782). After him are Lennart Carleson (1928), Per Oscarsson (1927), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Malena Ernman (1970), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), and Sofia Helin (1972).
1920 - 1984
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 365
1785 - 1859
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 366
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 367
1905 - 1975
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 368
1847 - 1927
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 369
1782 - 1846
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 370
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 371
1928 - Present
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 372
1927 - 2010
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 373
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 374
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 375
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 376
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 377
Among religious figures born in Sweden, Laurentius Petri ranks 10. Before him are Catherine of Vadstena (1331), Nathan Söderblom (1866), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Prince Oscar Bernadotte (1859), Johannes Magnus (1488), and Gustav Trolle (1488). After him are Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1417), Elizabeth Hesselblad (1870), Ulf Ekman (1950), Eva Brunne (1954), Anders Wejryd (1948), and Anna Le Moine (1973).
1331 - 1381
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 4
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 5
1800 - 1861
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 6
1859 - 1953
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 7
1488 - 1544
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 8
1488 - 1535
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 9
1499 - 1573
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 10
1417 - 1467
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 11
1870 - 1957
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 12
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 13
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.51
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 15
1973 - Present
HPI: 29.40
Rank: 16