RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Sigfrid of Sweden

1000 - 1045

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Saint Sigfrid of Sweden (Swedish: Sigfrid, Latin: Sigafridus, Old Norse: Sigurðr, Old English: Sigefrið/Sigeferð) was a missionary-bishop in Scandinavia during the first half of the 11th century. Originally from England, Saint Sigfrid is credited in late medieval king-lists and hagiography with performing the baptism of the first steadfastly Christian monarch of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung. He most likely arrived in Sweden soon after the year 1000 and conducted extensive missions in Götaland and Svealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigfrid of Sweden has received more than 74,786 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sigfrid of Sweden is the 1,590th most popular religious figure (down from 1,561st in 2019), the 1,761st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,888th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Sigfrid of Sweden ranks 1,590 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Meinhard, Anthim the Iberian, Abercius of Hieropolis, Sidi Boushaki, Chrodegang, and Raimon Panikkar. After him are Lanfranc, Aga Khan II, Kirill of Turov, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Saint Alban, and Mauro Piacenza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Sigfrid of Sweden ranks 39. Before him are Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Stephen Držislav of Croatia, Daqiqi, Adalbert of Hamburg, Conan I of Rennes, and Rabia Balkhi. After him are Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Gottschalk, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, and Dub, King of Scotland. Among people deceased in 1045, Sigfrid of Sweden ranks 4. Before him are Hemma of Gurk, Radbot of Klettgau, and Emperor Go-Suzaku. After him is Rainulf Drengot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sigfrid of Sweden ranks 1,761 out of 8,785. Before him are Patrick Geddes (1854), Henry Maudslay (1771), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), John Flaxman (1755), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Leonard Woolf (1880). After him are Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Peg Entwistle (1908), John Sulston (1942), Taliesin (518), and Saint Alban (300).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Sigfrid of Sweden ranks 46. Before him are Elizabeth Blount (1500), John Nelson Darby (1800), Matthew Festing (1949), Malo (487), Stephen Langton (1150), and Richard Williamson (1940). After him are Saint Alban (300), Reginald Lee (1870), Julian of Norwich (1342), John Ball (1338), Barbara West (1911), and John Smyth (1570).

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