1847 - 1927
Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (28 June 1847 – 23 February 1927) was an Icelandic composer best known for composing "Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson has received more than 38,555 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson is the 1,151st most popular composer (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Composer.
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Among composers, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 1,151 out of 1,216. Before him are Bruno Coulais, Emilio Arrieta, Paul Whiteman, Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, and Alan Hovhaness. After him are Hans Gál, Paul Williams, Havergal Brian, Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, and Boris Tishchenko.
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 1,145
1823 - 1894
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 1,146
1890 - 1967
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 1,147
1883 - 1962
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 1,148
1928 - 1981
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 1,149
1911 - 2000
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 1,150
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 1,151
1890 - 1987
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 1,152
1940 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 1,153
1876 - 1972
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,154
1925 - 2017
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 1,155
1855 - 1932
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 1,156
1939 - 2010
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 1,157
Among people born in 1847, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 76. Before him are Milovan Glišić, Louis Henri Boussenard, Castro Alves, Eliška Krásnohorská, Emil Holub, and Eduardo López de Romaña. After him are Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Anton Reichenow, Ray Lankester, Cesare Arzelà, Vilma Hugonnai, and Carlo Alberto Castigliano. Among people deceased in 1927, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 106. Before him are Wang Guowei, Émile Coste, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Vincenzo Cerulli, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, and Virgilio Mantegazza. After him are Fernand de Langle de Cary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Marcus Loew, Ricardo Güiraldes, Leonard Nelson, and J. B. Bury.
1847 - 1908
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 70
1847 - 1910
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 71
1847 - 1871
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 72
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 73
1847 - 1902
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 74
1847 - 1912
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 75
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 76
1847 - 1907
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 77
1847 - 1941
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 78
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 79
1847 - 1912
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 80
1847 - 1922
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 81
1847 - 1884
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 82
1877 - 1927
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 100
1862 - 1927
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 101
1868 - 1927
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 102
1859 - 1927
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 103
1829 - 1927
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 104
1889 - 1927
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 105
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 106
1849 - 1927
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 107
1845 - 1927
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 108
1870 - 1927
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 109
1886 - 1927
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 110
1882 - 1927
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 111
1861 - 1927
HPI: 45.51
Rank: 112
Among people born in Iceland, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 56 out of 180. Before him are Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), and Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954). After him are Jón Magnússon (1859), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), and Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961).
1925 - 1990
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 50
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 51
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 52
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 53
1726 - 1768
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 55
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 56
1859 - 1926
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 57
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 58
1896 - 1976
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 59
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 60
1948 - Present
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 61
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 62
Among composers born in Iceland, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 2. Before him are Jón Leifs (1899).