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Sten Sture the Elder

1440 - 1503

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Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sten Sture the Elder has received more than 115,087 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sten Sture the Elder is the 4,442nd most popular politician (down from 3,738th in 2019), the 174th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 151st in 2019) and the 56th most popular Swedish Politician.

The elder is most famous for his use of the word "I" in his poems.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sten Sture the Elder ranks 4,442 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis, Prince of Condé, Emperor Go-Fushimi, Rafael Caldera, Lucius Munatius Plancus, Rafael del Riego, and Brahim Ghali. After him are Sancho I of Pamplona, Bernabò Visconti, Kaja Kallas, Al-Afdal ibn Salah ad-Din, Bahadur Shah I, and Soghomon Tehlirian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Sten Sture the Elder ranks 6. Before him are Ivan III of Russia, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Kabir, Hugo van der Goes, and Diogo Cão. After him are Hartmann Schedel, Antonio Vivarini, Jorge Manrique, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Alain I of Albret, and Bartolomé Bermejo. Among people deceased in 1503, Sten Sture the Elder ranks 7. Before him are Pope Alexander VI, Pope Pius III, Elizabeth of York, Piero the Unfortunate, Sophia Palaiologina, and Margaret of York. After him are Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, Bona of Savoy, George, Duke of Bavaria, Pierre d'Aubusson, Peter Schöffer, and Giovanni Pontano.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sten Sture the Elder ranks 174 out of 1,879. Before him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Eric XII of Sweden (1339), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), and Maud Adams (1945). After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), Carl Bildt (1949), Karin Månsdotter (1550), and Catherine of Vadstena (1331).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Sten Sture the Elder ranks 56. Before him are Emund the Old (1030), Ulf Kristersson (1963), Eric X of Sweden (1180), Charles VII of Sweden (1130), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), and Eric XII of Sweden (1339). After him are Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Carl Bildt (1949), Tage Erlander (1901), Inge the Younger (1100), and Anna Lindh (1957).

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