SINGER

Nicolai Gedda

1925 - 2017

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Harry Gustaf Nikolai Gädda, better known as Nicolai Gedda (11 July 1925 – 8 January 2017), was a Swedish operatic tenor. Debuting in 1951, Gedda had a long and successful career in opera until the age of 77 in June 2003, when he made his final operatic recording. Skilled at languages, he performed operas in French, Russian, German, Italian, English, Czech and Swedish, as well as one in Latin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolai Gedda has received more than 204,159 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Nicolai Gedda is the 270th most popular singer (down from 245th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 197th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Singer.

Nicolai Gedda is most famous for being a Swedish operatic tenor. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1925. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and made his debut as Rodolfo in La Bohème in Stockholm in 1948.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Nicolai Gedda ranks 270 out of 4,381. Before him are Anna German, Fancy, Frida Boccara, Sezen Aksu, Beyoncé, and Lucia Popp. After him are Mariah Carey, C. C. Catch, Lola Flores, Fabrizio De André, Morten Harket, and Tarkan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Nicolai Gedda ranks 91. Before him are Gabriele Ferzetti, Sufi Abu Taleb, Paul Greengard, Willi Herold, Bill Haley, and Baruch Samuel Blumberg. After him are Dettmar Cramer, Tom Gehrels, Hugo Koblet, Sammy Davis Jr., Martin Rodbell, and Honor Blackman. Among people deceased in 2017, Nicolai Gedda ranks 83. Before him are Zhou Youguang, Ljubiša Samardžić, Chris Cornell, Karl-Otto Apel, Michael Nyqvist, and Anita Pallenberg. After him are Anne Wiazemsky, René Préval, Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Fats Domino, Tomas Milian, and Hans Rosling.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nicolai Gedda ranks 199 out of 1,879. Before him are Anna Lindh (1957), John I of Sweden (1201), Michael Nyqvist (1960), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), Sten Sture the Younger (1493), and Ingvar Carlsson (1934). After him are Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613), Markus Persson (1979), Birger, King of Sweden (1280), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Knut Wicksell (1851), and Gunnar Asplund (1885).

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Among SINGERS In Sweden

Among singers born in Sweden, Nicolai Gedda ranks 7. Before him are Agnetha Fältskog (1950), Jenny Lind (1820), Marie Fredriksson (1958), Birgit Nilsson (1918), Basshunter (1984), and Zarah Leander (1907). After him are Loreen (1983), Jussi Björling (1911), Joey Tempest (1963), Alice Babs (1924), Siw Malmkvist (1936), and Lill-Babs (1938).

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