PHOTOGRAPHER

Lennart Nilsson

1922 - 2017

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Lennart Nilsson (24 August 1922 – 28 January 2017) was a Swedish photographer noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lennart Nilsson has received more than 190,122 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lennart Nilsson is the 85th most popular photographer (down from 54th in 2019), the 569th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 392nd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Lennart Nilsson ranks 85 out of 148. Before her are Weegee, René Burri, Lothar Wolleh, William Eggleston, Marc Riboud, and Alexandre Michon. After her are Albert Renger-Patzsch, Grete Stern, Heinrich Zille, Nick Ut, Spencer Tunick, and Karl Struss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Lennart Nilsson ranks 248. Before her are Micheline Ostermeyer, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Nancy Mackay, Ruth Roman, Joanne Dru, and John Hick. After her are Donald Keene, Otmar Suitner, Tomás Maldonado, Charles Gérard, Daniel Boulanger, and Xenia Stad-de Jong. Among people deceased in 2017, Lennart Nilsson ranks 264. Before her are Girija Devi, James Rosenquist, Richard Hatch, Leonid Bronevoy, Giulio Angioni, and Jaki Liebezeit. After her are Jiří Bělohlávek, Om Puri, Kim Young-ae, Márta Rudas, Alois Mock, and Tim Pigott-Smith.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Nilsson ranks 569 out of 1,879. Before her are Torsten Hägerstrand (1916), Sven Axbom (1926), Hjalmar Bergman (1883), Janet Ågren (1949), Lisbeth Palme (1931), and Arne Åhman (1925). After her are Gustaf Fröding (1860), Nils Edén (1871), Sven Jonasson (1909), Moa Martinson (1890), Magnus Wislander (1964), and Fredrik von Otter (1833).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Sweden

Among photographers born in Sweden, Lennart Nilsson ranks 1. After her are Bertha Valerius (1824).

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