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Salomon August Andrée

1854 - 1897

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Salomon August Andrée (18 October 1854 – October 1897), during his lifetime most often known as S. A. Andrée, was a Swedish engineer, physicist, aeronaut and polar explorer who died while leading an attempt to reach the Geographic North Pole by hydrogen balloon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salomon August Andrée has received more than 192,371 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Salomon August Andrée is the 126th most popular explorer (down from 123rd in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 207th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Salomon August Andrée ranks 126 out of 498Before him are Hans Staden, Alvise Cadamosto, Pedro de Mendoza, Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Jean Chardin, and Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel. After him are Afanasy Nikitin, Isabella Bird, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Adam Olearius, Adrien de Gerlache, and Francisco Serrão.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Salomon August Andrée ranks 24Before him are Paul Natorp, Léo Taxil, Paul von Rennenkampf, Georg Kerschensteiner, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Yan Fu. After him are Alfredo Catalani, Hubert Lyautey, Aletta Jacobs, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Takahashi Korekiyo, and Otto Sverdrup. Among people deceased in 1897, Salomon August Andrée ranks 19Before him are Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Andrés Bonifacio, Giuseppina Strepponi, Jiroemon Kimura, Sebastian Kneipp, and Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier. After him are Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, Stanislas de Guaita, Galileo Ferraris, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, and Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Salomon August Andrée ranks 210 out of 1,879Before him are Knut Wicksell (1851), Gunnar Asplund (1885), Per Olov Enquist (1934), Ann-Margret (1941), Princess Sophie of Sweden (1801), and Sigfrid Edström (1870). After him are Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Carl Michael Bellman (1740), Johan Banér (1596), Maj Sjöwall (1935), Loreen (1983), and Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539).

Among EXPLORERS In Sweden

Among explorers born in Sweden, Salomon August Andrée ranks 2Before him are Sven Hedin (1865). After him are Pehr Osbeck (1723), Oscar Dickson (1823), and Charles John Andersson (1827).