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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 180,191 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lennart Nilsson is the 54th most popular photographer (down from 44th in 2019), the 393rd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 352nd in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Lennart Nilsson ranks 54 out of 105Before her are Gisèle Freund, Cecil Beaton, Karl Blossfeldt, Inge Morath, Sophie Calle, and Ansel Adams. After her are Cornell Capa, Gustav Klutsis, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Étienne Carjat, and René Burri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Lennart Nilsson ranks 184Before her are Egon Bahr, William Baumol, Hal Clement, Joan Copeland, Michael Ansara, and Georges Cottier. After her are Władysław Bartoszewski, Maila Nurmi, Carlo Lizzani, Charles Gérard, Tetsurō Tamba, and Khiuaz Dospanova. Among people deceased in 2017, Lennart Nilsson ranks 183Before her are Baldwin Lonsdale, William Baumol, Mary Tyler Moore, Kim Jong-hyun, Charles Robert Jenkins, and Joaquín Navarro-Valls. After her are Dritëro Agolli, Allan Holdsworth, Arthur Janov, Roger Walkowiak, Michael Ballhaus, and Federico Luppi.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Lennart Nilsson ranks 393 out of 1,612Before her are Daniel Solander (1733), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Estrid of the Obotrites (979), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), and Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805). After her are Sven Lindqvist (1932), Tore Keller (1905), Augustin Ehrensvärd (1710), Eugène Jansson (1862), Artur Lundkvist (1906), and Sophie Adlersparre (1823).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Sweden

Among photographers born in Sweden, Lennart Nilsson ranks 1