1916 - 2004
Torsten Hägerstrand (October 11, 1916, in Moheda – May 3, 2004, in Lund) was a Swedish geographer. He is known for his work on migration, cultural diffusion and time geography. A native and resident of Sweden, Hägerstrand was a professor (later professor emeritus) of geography at Lund University, where he received his doctorate in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torsten Hägerstrand has received more than 72,911 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Torsten Hägerstrand is the 61st most popular geographer (down from 57th in 2019), the 584th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 541st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Geographer.
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Among geographers, Torsten Hägerstrand ranks 61 out of 67. Before him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Guillaume Delisle, Hans Meyer, Vaclav Smil, Ellen Churchill Semple, and Adolf Stieler. After him are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Doreen Massey, John Walter Gregory, Curt von François, Ellsworth Huntington, and Carl O. Sauer.
1587 - 1652
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 55
1675 - 1726
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 56
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 57
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 58
1863 - 1932
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 59
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 60
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 61
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 62
1944 - 2016
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 63
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 64
1852 - 1931
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 65
1876 - 1947
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 66
1889 - 1975
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 67
Among people born in 1916, Torsten Hägerstrand ranks 177. Before him are George Sidney, Harry James, Anna Yegorova, Yekaterina Zelenko, Pruden, and Dinah Shore. After him are Keenan Wynn, Van Johnson, Irwin Allen, Einar Englund, Mary Stewart, and Jenő Fock. Among people deceased in 2004, Torsten Hägerstrand ranks 173. Before him are Augusto da Costa, Daouda Malam Wanké, Ancel Keys, John Randolph, John Drew Barrymore, and Frank Thomas. After him are Carlo Di Palma, Jacek Kuroń, Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Eugenio Garin, Ljubiša Spajić, and Claude Nougaro.
1916 - 2002
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 171
1916 - 1983
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 172
1916 - 2009
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 173
1916 - 1941
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 174
1916 - 1998
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 175
1916 - 1994
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 176
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 177
1916 - 1986
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 178
1916 - 2008
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 179
1916 - 1991
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 180
1916 - 1999
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 181
1916 - 2014
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 182
1916 - 2001
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 183
1920 - 2004
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 167
1946 - 2004
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 168
1904 - 2004
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 169
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 170
1932 - 2004
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 171
1912 - 2004
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 172
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 173
1925 - 2004
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 174
1934 - 2004
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 175
1910 - 2004
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 176
1909 - 2004
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 177
1926 - 2004
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 178
1929 - 2004
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 179
Among people born in Sweden, Torsten Hägerstrand ranks 584 out of 1,612. Before him are Nils Edén (1871), Naima Wifstrand (1890), Jan Myrdal (1927), Ann-Britt Leyman (1922), Mats Wahl (1945), and Claes Johanson (1884). After him are Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), Vagn Walfrid Ekman (1874), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Hasse Jeppson (1925), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), and Henry Eriksson (1920).
1871 - 1945
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 578
1890 - 1968
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 579
1927 - 2020
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 580
1922 - 2013
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 581
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 582
1884 - 1949
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 583
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 584
1811 - 1891
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 585
1874 - 1954
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 586
1922 - 2013
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 587
1925 - 2013
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 588
1898 - 1965
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 589
1920 - 2000
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 590
Among geographers born in Sweden, Torsten Hägerstrand ranks 2. Before him are Otto Nordenskjöld (1869).