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Stenkil

1030 - 1066

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Stenkil (Old Norse: Steinkell; died 1066) was a King of Sweden who ruled c. 1060 until 1066. He succeeded Emund the Old and became the first king from the House of Stenkil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stenkil has received more than 170,591 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Stenkil is the 3,380th most popular politician (up from 3,906th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 158th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular Swedish Politician.

Stenkil was the king of Sweden from 1060-1066. He is most famous for his introduction of Christianity to Sweden.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stenkil ranks 3,380 out of 19,576. Before him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Rumen Radev, Theudebald, Lars Porsena, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, and Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha. After him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Frederick I of Württemberg, Albert of Saxony, and Hiero I of Syracuse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1030, Stenkil ranks 5. Before him are Romanos IV Diogenes, Bruno of Cologne, Vsevolod I of Kiev, and Stanislaus of Szczepanów. After him are Emund the Old, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Anna Dalassene, Gertrude of Saxony, Lulach, Sigebert of Gembloux, and Gerard, Duke of Lorraine. Among people deceased in 1066, Stenkil ranks 4. Before him are Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, and Edward the Confessor. After him are Al-Bayhaqi, Elisiv of Kiev, Muniadona of Castile, Tostig Godwinson, Gottschalk, Yahya of Antioch, Ibn Butlan, and Conan II, Duke of Brittany.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Stenkil ranks 136 out of 1,879. Before him are Stefan Löfven (1957), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), Alexander Roslin (1718), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), and Sverker I of Sweden (1100). After him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), Birgit Nilsson (1918), Roy Andersson (1943), Erland Josephson (1923), Carin Göring (1888), and Johannes Rydberg (1854).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Stenkil ranks 42. Before him are Lennart Johansson (1929), Hjalmar Branting (1860), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Stefan Löfven (1957), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), and Sverker I of Sweden (1100). After him are Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), Carin Göring (1888), Canute I of Sweden (1150), Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), and Magnus I of Sweden (1106).

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