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Sven Hedin

1865 - 1952

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Sven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sven Hedin has received more than 367,332 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Sven Hedin is the 44th most popular explorer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Explorer.

Sven Hedin is most famous for being the first person to be convicted of murder in Canada. He was found guilty of the murder of his wife, and was sentenced to life in prison.

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  • 370k

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  • 66.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sven Hedin ranks 44 out of 498. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Thorfinn Karlsefni, William Baffin, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Richard E. Byrd, and Frederick de Houtman. After him are Zhang Qian, Diego de Almagro, Jacob Roggeveen, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Robert Falcon Scott, and Samuel de Champlain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Sven Hedin ranks 15. Before him are Suzanne Valadon, Ferdinand I of Romania, Arthur Harden, W. B. Yeats, Carl Nielsen, and Richard Adolf Zsigmondy. After him are Andranik, Philipp Scheidemann, Paul Dukas, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Alfred Hugenberg, and Benjamin Guggenheim. Among people deceased in 1952, Sven Hedin ranks 15. Before him are Paul Éluard, Karen Horney, Sveinn Björnsson, Benedetto Croce, Elena of Montenegro, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. After him are Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Ferenc Molnár, and Paramahansa Yogananda.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Sven Hedin ranks 76 out of 1,879. Before him are Theodor Svedberg (1884), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Louise of Sweden (1851), Princess Birgitta of Sweden (1937), and Hannes Alfvén (1908). After him are Eric IX of Sweden (1120), Olof Skötkonung (980), Eric the Victorious (945), Marie Taglioni (1804), Harry Martinson (1904), and Hugo Theorell (1903).

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Among EXPLORERS In Sweden

Among explorers born in Sweden, Sven Hedin ranks 1. After him are Salomon August Andrée (1854), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Oscar Dickson (1823), and Charles John Andersson (1827).

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