WRITER

Olaus Petri

1493 - 1552

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Olof Persson, sometimes Petersson (6 January 1493 – 19 April 1552), better known under the Latin form of his name, Olaus Petri (or less commonly, Olavus Petri), was a clergyman, writer, judge, and major contributor to the Protestant Reformation in Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olaus Petri has received more than 103,899 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2019). Olaus Petri is the 1,506th most popular writer (up from 1,615th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Writer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

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Notable Works

The manual of Olavus Petri, 1529
1953

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Olaus Petri ranks 1,506 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibn al-Khatib, Elsa Beskow, Guillaume de Lorris, Aksel Sandemose, Henry de Montherlant, and Jacopo Sannazaro. After him are Jonas Mekas, George of Pisidia, Louise Labé, Vladimir Korolenko, Hjalmar Söderberg, and Babrius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1493, Olaus Petri ranks 7. Before him are Paracelsus, Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Anne de Montmorency, and Sten Sture the Younger. After him are Tansen, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Yamamoto Kansuke, and George I, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1552, Olaus Petri ranks 8. Before him are Katharina von Bora, Sebastian Münster, Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, Paolo Giovio, and Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset. After him are Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pierre Attaingnant, and Qiu Ying.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Olaus Petri ranks 236 out of 1,879. Before him are Lars Vilks (1946), Elsa Beskow (1874), Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1616), Adam Afzelius (1750), Reino Börjesson (1929), and Catherine Stenbock (1535). After him are Sven Nykvist (1922), Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Mats Wilander (1964), Carl Gustaf Mosander (1797), John Ericsson (1803), and Camilla Läckberg (1974).

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Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, Olaus Petri ranks 16. Before him are Stieg Larsson (1954), Ellen Key (1849), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Karin Boye (1900), and Elsa Beskow (1874). After him are Hjalmar Söderberg (1869), Camilla Läckberg (1974), Jan Guillou (1944), Håkan Nesser (1950), Per Wahlöö (1926), and Stig Dagerman (1923).

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