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Victor Hasselblad

1906 - 1978

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Victor Hasselblad (8 March 1906 – 5 August 1978) was a Swedish inventor and photographer, known for inventing the Hasselblad 6x6 cm medium format camera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Hasselblad has received more than 76,144 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Hasselblad is the 316th most popular inventor (down from 273rd in 2019), the 678th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 506th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Inventor.

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  • 46.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Victor Hasselblad ranks 316 out of 354. Before him are Isaac Pitman, Oleg Losev, Robert S. Langer, An Wang, Jozef Murgaš, and Alexandre Alexeieff. After him are Harry Brearley, Albrecht Berblinger, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Henry Shrapnel, Georges Beuchat, and Phil Ramone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Victor Hasselblad ranks 260. Before him are Joseph Höffner, Petre Steinbach, Jan Diddens, David Smith, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, and Arthur Rudolph. After him are Thelma Todd, Gerardo Romero, Alberto Soria, William Wilson Morgan, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, and Alice Kober. Among people deceased in 1978, Victor Hasselblad ranks 172. Before him are Greta Johansson, James B. Conant, John Lyng, George Moscone, Germain Derycke, and Will Geer. After him are Philip Ahn, Sandy Denny, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Alexander Belov, Sverre Farstad, and Ivan Kavaleridze.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Victor Hasselblad ranks 678 out of 1,612. Before him are Harry Andersson (1913), Klas Lestander (1931), Ulf Andersson (1951), Tore Sjöstrand (1921), Arne Åhman (1925), and Irma Johansson (1932). After him are Torbjörn Nilsson (1954), Nils Östensson (1918), Günther (1967), Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), and Erik Adlerz (1892).

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Among INVENTORS In Sweden

Among inventors born in Sweden, Victor Hasselblad ranks 5. Before him are Gideon Sundback (1880), John Ericsson (1803), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), and Ernst Alexanderson (1878). After him are Simone Giertz (1990).

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