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Rudolf Kjellén

1864 - 1922

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Johan Rudolf Kjellén (Swedish: [ˈrʉːdɔlf ɕɛˈleːn], 13 June 1864, in Torsö – 14 November 1922, in Uppsala) was a Swedish political scientist, geographer and politician who first coined the term "geopolitics". His work was influenced by Friedrich Ratzel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Kjellén has received more than 128,649 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Rudolf Kjellén is the 2,638th most popular politician (up from 2,962nd in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 114th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 2,638 out of 19,576. Before him are Joscelin II, Count of Edessa, Seth-Peribsen, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Karl Seitz, Tzipi Livni, and Louis Blanc. After him are Ivan Ribar, Ehud, Henriette of France, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Viktor Zubkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 16. Before him are Eleftherios Venizelos, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Miguel de Unamuno, Alfred Hermann Fried, and Dmitri Ivanovsky. After him are Heinrich Wölfflin, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Jules Renard, Frank Wedekind, and Alexej von Jawlensky. Among people deceased in 1922, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 19. Before him are Djemal Pasha, Michael Collins, Ernest Shackleton, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Ernest Solvay, and Vittorio Monti. After him are Yamagata Aritomo, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, Andrey Markov, Léon Bonnat, Nellie Bly, and Paul Deschanel.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 109 out of 1,879. Before him are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938), Alva Myrdal (1902), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Lennart Torstensson (1603), Nils Liedholm (1922), and Svante Pääbo (1955). After him are Ulf von Euler (1905), Arvid Carlsson (1923), Peter Stormare (1953), Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Nathan Söderblom (1866), and Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Rudolf Kjellén ranks 33. Before him are Ermanaric (400), Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1700), Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler (1934), Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson (1943), Anund Jacob (1008), and Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld (1938). After him are Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (1861), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Lennart Johansson (1929), Hjalmar Branting (1860), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), and Stefan Löfven (1957).

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